AUTOMATICALLY SCHEDULE/DISTRIBUTE CRYSTAL REPORTS.ChristianSteven Software has released Crystal Reports Distributor v. 4. an application for Windows that saves time and money by making it easy to define single or packages of Crystal reports, schedule and run them automatically, and send the reports to print, fax, disk, or email in a number of standard formats. Simply set up a schedule stating how often you would like each report to run, whether you'd like the output in Word, Excel, HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , RTF (Rich Text Format) A document format from Microsoft for encoding text and graphics. It was adapted from IBM's DCA format and supports ANSI, IBM PC and Macintosh character sets. , Acrobat Document exchange software from Adobe that allows documents to be displayed and printed the same on every computer. The Acrobat system created the Portable Document Format (PDF), which is widely used in commercial printing and on the Web. See PDF. , RPT RPT - Unify. Report Writer Language. , text format, and more and who it should be sent to. It's easy to schedule reports to run at a specific date and time, or to run them hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. The same report can be scheduled to be run multiple times with different parameters, formats, frequencies, and destinations. By automating repetitive reporting tasks, Crystal Reports Distributor ensures that reports are created and distributed when needed, without error, and without costly support time. Crystal Reports Distributor's familiar Explorer-like interface makes it easy to define and schedule report packages. The context (right-click) menus and full copy-and-paste support make it easy to create complex distribution schedules. Features include the ability of Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. 4/2000/XP users to run Crystal Reports Distributor as a service, an improved intuitive user interface, a comprehensive scheduler that lets you create reports at any frequency, and send them to print, fax, disk, or email (using SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. , MAPI (Mail API) A programming interface from Microsoft that enables a client application to send to and receive mail from Exchange Server or a Microsoft Mail (MS Mail) messaging system. Microsoft applications such as Outlook, the Exchange client and Microsoft Schedule use MAPI. , and CRDMail), a wide range of export formats, dynamic database functionality, custom frequency calendars, a built in address book, bulk printing, ftp folder output, single and ranges of parameters, and the efficiencies and advantages of .NET technology. Whether you're spending too much time running and distributing Crystal Reports output to line managers, or you need to provide corporate management with tailored reports on a regular schedule, Crystal Reports Distributor gives you the tools that you need. Crystal Reports Distributor v. 4 runs under Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP, and works with Crystal Reports through version 9. Pricing begins at $695(US) for a Bronze Edition license. Site licenses and educational/charitable licenses are available. You can purchase Crystal Reports Distributor securely online at http://www.christiansteven.com/. A trial version of Crystal Reports Distributor is available from the same Internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. . For more information, visit http://www.christiansteven.com. |
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