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Bryan PatrickFastReport .NET
I've used Crystal Reports since back when they used to give away tee shirts with your order. I still have the one with the dog on the back. I consider myself an expert with CR, even doing things it makes nearly impossible to do (like TOCs).
By far the biggest problem with CR that I had was that it only allowed 1 data set as your major report band. If you wanted a report with completely different sections (like a summary section at the end), you had to use subreports.
Fast Reports (FR) is a MUCH, MUCH easier report writer to use than CR. Each design template "page" can represent a different section of your report. Changing the order of the sections of your report is as simple as dragging the tab to the new location.
FR is also smaller, faster, and less expensive that CR and the support is exceptional. Every time I've had a problem, Fast Reports has worked to either find a workaround, or fix the problem in the next release (usually the next day).
I've purchased FR VCL, FR Studio, and FR.NET and each new product is better than the previous one. I especially like the C# .NET programming as the scripting language for FR.NET. No more using one language for my application and a different one for my report script.
I haven't used (or needed) any other reporting tool for the last few years since I've started using Fast Reports.
By far the biggest problem with CR that I had was that it only allowed 1 data set as your major report band. If you wanted a report with completely different sections (like a summary section at the end), you had to use subreports.
Fast Reports (FR) is a MUCH, MUCH easier report writer to use than CR. Each design template "page" can represent a different section of your report. Changing the order of the sections of your report is as simple as dragging the tab to the new location.
FR is also smaller, faster, and less expensive that CR and the support is exceptional. Every time I've had a problem, Fast Reports has worked to either find a workaround, or fix the problem in the next release (usually the next day).
I've purchased FR VCL, FR Studio, and FR.NET and each new product is better than the previous one. I especially like the C# .NET programming as the scripting language for FR.NET. No more using one language for my application and a different one for my report script.
I haven't used (or needed) any other reporting tool for the last few years since I've started using Fast Reports.