What's New in the Crystal
Reports Viewer 2008?
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Introduction
About this document
This document provides an overview of the new features and enhancements
available in the Crystal Reports Viewer 2008.
The Crystal Reports Viewer 2008 has enhanced report consumption features
that allow users to interact with the reports they are viewing. The viewer is
now configurable to Business Objects Servers so reports can be refreshed
with the latest data. The interface has been changed so users can
interactively work with reports by changing parameter values and by using
interactive sorting.
New Features
What's New in the Crystal Reports Viewer 2008?
Introduction
Integration with BusinessObjects Enterprise
The Crystal Reports Viewer 2008 lets users connect to Business Objects
servers. This process allows the user to have up-to-date reports by refreshing
them with the latest data.
You can now use Windows AD as an authentication type to connect to a
Business Objects server.
Supports all reports created in Crystal Reports 2008
In the Crystal Reports Viewer 2008, you can view any reports created in
Crystal Reports 2008. Some of the new features that can be viewed include:
• A “Parameter” panel where you can view and edit report parameters
• Interactive sorting
• Optional parameters that allow you to customize what information is
displayed
• Built-in barcode support
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What's New in the Crystal Reports Viewer 2008?
New Features
• Crystal Reports 2008 crosstab improvements
• Xcelcius, Adobe Flex, and Adobe Flash objects embedded in reports.
• Flexible pagination, which includes:
• Custom page size
• Pagination based on the number of detail records
• Mixed page orientations
• Removed white space at the end of pages
• Conditional margins
The viewer supports viewing, printing, exporting, and saving reports with
these features.
For more information about new features in Crystal Reports 2008 see
http://www.businessobjects.com.
Prompting improvements
When you select report parameters in the viewer, you can now use dynamic
prompts with cascading lists of values. Prompts of this type make it easier
for you to filter report data and find an exact value for your parameter.
Note:
Like other report parameter types, dynamic prompts with cascading lists of
values must be created in Crystal Reports before you can use them in the
viewer.
Usability and accessibility improvements
Report viewing is now easier than ever with continuous scrolling. Users can
use the mouse scroll wheel to smoothly scroll from page to page within a
report.
To make reports accessible to the blind and seeing impaired, the Crystal
Reports Viewer 2008 has improved JAWS screen reader support.
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