Reporting with Visual Studio and Crystal Reports : create a reporting application from scratch using Visual Studio and Crystal Reports / Mahmoud Elkoush.

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Preface -- Chapter 1. Setting up the requirements. Installing Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 ; Getting the source ; Installation ; Installing Crystal Report for Visual Studio 2012 ; Getting the source ; Installation ; Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 ; Getting the source ; Installation ; Installing Northwind database in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 ; Getting the source ; Installation ; Summary -- Chapter 2. Designing a sample application. Creating a new application ; Adding controls to the form ; Employees ; Beginning your design process ; Products and orders ; Beginning your design process ; Employees and orders ; Beginning your design process ; Validating form data ; Sketching your reports on paper ; Summary -- Chapter 3. Selecting the data. SQL queries in Microsoft Visual Studio ; Connecting to our database ; Add database diagram ; Test queries ; Populate the ComboBoxes with data ; Add DataSet to the application ; Populate the cbEmpTitle ComboBox ; Populate the cbEmpCity ComboBox ; Populate the cbEmpCountry ComboBox ; Populate the cbProductsCategory ComboBox ; Populate cbOrdersCountry ComboBox ; Summary -- Chapter 4. Creating first report. Preparing a report data ; Selecting the report data ; Creating a TableAdapter ; Adding a report to the application ; Working with lines and boxes ; Using special fields ; Adding the report to a form ; Summary -- Chapter 5. Enhancing Reports ; Using parameter fields ; Working with formula fields ; Working with subreport ; Grouping and sorting data ; Summary -- Chapter 6. Working with Cross-Tab reports. Creating our report ; Customizing the Cross-Tab appearance ; Performing page setup ; Summary -- Chapter 7. Working with charts. Creating the reports data source ; Creating the first report (bar chart) ; Removing the legend ; Removing the chart's title ; Changing the chart's appearance ; Creating the second report (pie chart) ; Removing the legend ; Removing the chart's title ; Changing the chart's appearance ; Creating the third report (gauge chart) ; Removing the legend ; Removing the chart's title ; Changing the chart's appearance ; Creating the fourth report (all in one) ; Summary -- Index.

A fast-paced, example-based guide to learn how to create a reporting application using Visual Studio and Crystal Reports.""Reporting with Visual Studio and Crystal Reports"" is for developers new to Crystal Reports. It will also prove useful to intermediate users who wish to explore some new techniques in Crystal Reports using Microsoft Visual Studio. Readers are expected to have basic knowledge of C♯, Microsoft Visual Studio, and Structured Query Language (SQL).

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