Re: How good is cfreport?
On Nov 26, 2007 2:28 PM, Billy Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have experience with outputting Crystal Reports using ColdFusion? We have a number of existing Crystal Reports that I would like to leverage if possible. I am also making a purchase decision between Blue Dragon Server JX and CF Server 8.0, so I want to know whether CF Server (cfreport tag) is worth the extra bucks. You should be able to do pretty much anything that Crystal Reports supports with the built-in cfreport and the (free) Report Builder. Talk to Dean Harmon at Adobe if you have specific questions (since he wrote most of the reporting subsystem). -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive. -- Margaret Atwood ~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:293853 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: How good is cfreport?
You should be able to do pretty much anything that Crystal Reports supports with the built-in cfreport and the (free) Report Builder. Talk to Dean Harmon at Adobe if you have specific questions (since he wrote most of the reporting subsystem). Sorry, but I'm not convinced of this. I've written some pretty complex Crystal Reports way back when, and after working with the Report Builder for a year +, can say that it isn't quite there yet. Good tool, no doubt, but still buggy, and doesn't support some things that I could use. (How about being able to pass in multiple queries to the report.) The IDE is very mouse-unfriendly, and I've seen instances of objects getting stuck in invisible places (how does an object get set to a negative y axis inside of a section?). Granted, I'm not on CF8 yet either (we're on 7.02) -- hopefully there's been huge progress made since? Cheers, Kris ~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:293866 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: How good is cfreport?
Not positive on this, but I believe the multiple query thing was handled with CF 8... Steve Cutter Blades Adobe Certified Professional Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer _ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com Kris Jones wrote: You should be able to do pretty much anything that Crystal Reports supports with the built-in cfreport and the (free) Report Builder. Talk to Dean Harmon at Adobe if you have specific questions (since he wrote most of the reporting subsystem). Sorry, but I'm not convinced of this. I've written some pretty complex Crystal Reports way back when, and after working with the Report Builder for a year +, can say that it isn't quite there yet. Good tool, no doubt, but still buggy, and doesn't support some things that I could use. (How about being able to pass in multiple queries to the report.) The IDE is very mouse-unfriendly, and I've seen instances of objects getting stuck in invisible places (how does an object get set to a negative y axis inside of a section?). Granted, I'm not on CF8 yet either (we're on 7.02) -- hopefully there's been huge progress made since? Cheers, Kris ~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:293869 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: How good is cfreport?
I've been using Crystal Reports viewed via the web for sometime. As I am using an IIS server I've been using asp pages and it works great. I am using a program called recrystallize (www.recrystallize.com) which is a wizard that processes your rpt file and you need to provide the database connection information, parameters and how you want the report to be displayed. Once the process is completed it generates the ASP pages which you place on your web server. I've been using it for years and it's a great tool. Jim Pennington On Nov 27, 2007 10:17 AM, Cutter (CFRelated) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not positive on this, but I believe the multiple query thing was handled with CF 8... Steve Cutter Blades Adobe Certified Professional Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer _ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com Kris Jones wrote: You should be able to do pretty much anything that Crystal Reports supports with the built-in cfreport and the (free) Report Builder. Talk to Dean Harmon at Adobe if you have specific questions (since he wrote most of the reporting subsystem). Sorry, but I'm not convinced of this. I've written some pretty complex Crystal Reports way back when, and after working with the Report Builder for a year +, can say that it isn't quite there yet. Good tool, no doubt, but still buggy, and doesn't support some things that I could use. (How about being able to pass in multiple queries to the report.) The IDE is very mouse-unfriendly, and I've seen instances of objects getting stuck in invisible places (how does an object get set to a negative y axis inside of a section?). Granted, I'm not on CF8 yet either (we're on 7.02) -- hopefully there's been huge progress made since? Cheers, Kris ~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the What's New PDF now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:293877 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
RE: How good is cfreport?
Thanks for the input. It is very helpful. -Original Message- From: Jim Pennington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:46 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: How good is cfreport? I've been using Crystal Reports viewed via the web for sometime. As I am using an IIS server I've been using asp pages and it works great. I am using a program called recrystallize (www.recrystallize.com) which is a wizard that processes your rpt file and you need to provide the database connection information, parameters and how you want the report to be displayed. Once the process is completed it generates the ASP pages which you place on your web server. I've been using it for years and it's a great tool. Jim Pennington On Nov 27, 2007 10:17 AM, Cutter (CFRelated) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not positive on this, but I believe the multiple query thing was handled with CF 8... Steve Cutter Blades Adobe Certified Professional Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer _ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com Kris Jones wrote: You should be able to do pretty much anything that Crystal Reports supports with the built-in cfreport and the (free) Report Builder. Talk to Dean Harmon at Adobe if you have specific questions (since he wrote most of the reporting subsystem). Sorry, but I'm not convinced of this. I've written some pretty complex Crystal Reports way back when, and after working with the Report Builder for a year +, can say that it isn't quite there yet. Good tool, no doubt, but still buggy, and doesn't support some things that I could use. (How about being able to pass in multiple queries to the report.) The IDE is very mouse-unfriendly, and I've seen instances of objects getting stuck in invisible places (how does an object get set to a negative y axis inside of a section?). Granted, I'm not on CF8 yet either (we're on 7.02) -- hopefully there's been huge progress made since? Cheers, Kris ~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:293899 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: How good is cfreport?
I have been using crystal reports for years, but not with cfreport. I use an asp page to render the Crystal Report in a .pdf format. I pass the variables I need from coldfusion to the .asp page, which then calls the Crystal report, and exports it to .pdf, then displays the ..pdf to the user. More recently I have written code to use .net to do ths. It should be easy with .net, but it aint for me, although it does work. But it is a major pain and not very portable between machines. I am really hoping that I will be able to convert this to the CF report builder, although I have not been able to convert our detailed, multi column report to the cf report builder copying the functionality and design. Recreating your reports with cfreport builder may be quicker. People probably hate this option. On Nov 26, 2007 3:28 PM, Billy Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have experience with outputting Crystal Reports using ColdFusion? We have a number of existing Crystal Reports that I would like to leverage if possible. I am also making a purchase decision between Blue Dragon Server JX and CF Server 8.0, so I want to know whether CF Server (cfreport tag) is worth the extra bucks. Thanks, Billy Cox Old World Spices [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:293850 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
