an alternative to Crystal?

[george d lake]

an alternative to Crystal?

Does anyone know of something that will create simple reports like Crystal?
export to Excel and PDF?

Thanks.

 

[Steve C. Orr, MCSD]

I've had good experiences with VSView:
http://www.componentone.com/products.aspx?ProductCode=1&ProductID=69

Here's a somewhat fancier version if you prefer:
http://www.componentone.com/products.aspx?ProductCode=1&ProductID=70

 

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

I did a review of List and Label and found it pretty good:

http://www.combit.net/

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an alternative to Crystal?

Does anyone know of something that will create simple reports like Crystal?
export to Excel and PDF?

Thanks.

 

[J.C.]

Actuate... it also exposes a Web Services API that you can program against
using .NET.

 

[kkupchyk]

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