SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio
SAP BusinessObjects SDK Features - Crystal Reports
Compare the key developer features in versions 3.1 and 4.0
Last Updated February 2012
Compiled by Terry Penner, Geoff Bazira
Crystal Reports Viewer – Java and .NET SDK in 3.1 and 4.0
In 4.0, the Crystal Reports viewer supports both Crystal Reports for Enterprise and Crystal Reports 2011 content:
- Open
- Refresh
- Report viewing: Consumption of entire report and format
- Prompts -for parameter values (not Dynamic Cascading Prompts)
- Drilldown (Planned innovation for future release in 4.x)
- Paging
- Client side printing
- Set database logon credentials
- Customize viewing experience (e.g. toolbar, customer logo)
- Multi-lingual
Crystal Reports for Enterprise
RESTful Web Services and JavaScript SDK is a planned innovation for a future release. Key future focus areas are:
- Open Report
- Create transient report
- Report viewing: Consumption of report data (Title/detail/header-footer/meta-data/summary info)
- Prompts, Keydates (including Interactive Parameter values)
- Drilldown
- Paging (OData service)
- Export to PDF, Excel, CSV
- Set database logon credentials
- Customize viewing experience (e.g. toolbar, customer logo)
- Multi-lingual (Change user locales and timezone)
Crystal Reports 2011 / RAS
Report Modification and Viewing - Java and .NET SDK in 3.1 and 4.0
- Create, Edit, Remove tables, table joins and datasources in the report.
- Create, Edit, Remove the data structures in the report.
- Modify the layout and format of the areas, sections, and report objects in the report.
- Modify and import subreports.
- Modify custom functions.
- Get unformatted data directly from the report.
- Export reports to a specific format and modify the page size.
Documentation and Samples
