Crystal Reports 10 or Beyond the C Standard Library

Crystal Reports 10: The Complete Reference

Author: George K Peck

Produce winning presentations and reports with expert advice from this definitive guide. Discover vital tips on how to best utilize Crystal Reports’ features to analyze data, and build professional, complex, and effective reports. Find the entire spectrum of user knowledge—from advice for new users on how to develop, design, and build a simple report, to in-depth information on complex features such as Crystal Server Pages and integrating Crystal Reports into Visual Basic.NET programs.

GEORGE PECK (Evergreen, CO) is a seasoned consultant and trainer, specializing in Crystal Reports, Crystal Enterprise, and their integration into custom Windows and Web products. He has authored four best-selling editions of Crystal Reports: The Complete Reference.

Table of Contents:

1	Getting the feel of crystal reports 10	3
2	Enhancing appearance with text objects	29
3	Sorting and grouping	37
4	Creating geographic maps	65
5	Using formulas	79
6	Creating custom functions	141
7	The repository	157
8	Analyzing with advanced selection criteria	177
9	Making your reports visually appealing	191
10	Using sections and areas	219
11	Analyzing with cross-tabs	245
12	Creating charts	269
13	Using subreports	301
14	Viewer interaction with parameter fields	321
15	Exporting reports	349
16	Reporting from SQL databases	363
17	Creating and using business views	411
18	Accommodating database changes and field mapping	489
19	Reporting from OLAP cubes	499
20	Reporting from proprietary data types	523
21	Crystal reports web alternatives	547
22	Crystal reports with ASP and ASP.NET	567
23	Crystal reports with Java	635
24	Introduction to crystal enterprise	661
25	Using the crystal launchpad and web desktop	677
26	Administering crystal enterprise	719
27	Integrating crystal reports with visual basic	807
28	Crystal reports with visual studio .NET	877

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Beyond the C++ Standard Library: An Introduction to Boost

Author: Bjorn Karlsson

Preface

Dear Reader,

Welcome to Beyond the C++ Standard Library: An Introduction to Boost.

If you are interested in generic programming, library design, and the C++ Standard Library, this book is for you. Because the intended audience for the book is intermediate to advanced C++ programmers, there is little coverage of basic C++ concepts. As the title suggests, the focus of this book is on the Boost libraries—general usage, best practices, implementation techniques, and design rationale.

Almost from the day I discovered Boost, the people behind it, and the extraordinary libraries in it, I've wanted to write this book. It is amazing that a language as mature as C++ still offers room for exploration into higher-level abstractions as well as technical detail, all without requiring changes to the language. Of course, this is what sets C++ apart from many other programming languages: It is specifically and intentionally designed for extension, and the language's facilities for generic constructs are extremely powerful. This exploration is at the core of the Boost libraries and the Boost community itself. Boost is about making programming in C++ more elegant, more robust, and more productive. As discoveries are made and best practices are shaped, a great challenge faces the C++ community; to share this knowledge with others. In isolation, there is limited value to these remarkable findings, but when exposed to a larger audience, a whole industry will evolve.

This book shows how to use a selection of the wonderfully useful Boost libraries, teaches best practices for their use, and even goesbehind the scenes to see how they actually work. The Boost libraries' license grants permission to copy, use, and modify the software for any use (commercial and non-commercial), so all you need to do is visit boost.org and download the latest version.

For all the C++ Standard Library aficionados out there, it is well known that a new revision of the Standard Library is in progress. From a standardization point of view, there are three primary areas where the C++ Standard Library is likely to change:

• Fixing broken libraries

• Augmenting missing features to existing libraries

• Adding libraries that provide functionality that is missing in the Standard Library

The Boost libraries address all of these areas in one way or another. Of the 12 libraries covered in this book, six have already been accepted for inclusion in the upcoming Library Technical Report, which means that they will most likely be part of the next version of the Standard Library. Thus, learning about these libraries has excellent long-term value. I hope that you will find this book to be a valuable tool for using, understanding, and extending the Boost libraries. From that vantage, you'll want to incorporate those libraries and the knowledge enshrined within them into your own designs and implementations. That's what I call reuse.

Thank you for reading.

Björn Karlsson

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