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Quote pitbowtek Replybullet Topic: There is No Stupid Question...?
     Posted: 05 Mar 2008 at 10:27am
OK, I am to the point of complete frustration over the simplest thing.  So go easy on me if it is so obvious I overlooked something.
 
I have designed the Report and Everything works just the way the Customer wants it. ( I have exported to PDF to send him the examples to view) So now that it is 'ready for use'  How does one distribute a single report for the customers use without it opening in Crystal Reports Design Mode? The customer does own Crystal, but I don't want them having to mess with that, or accidentally mess something up.
 
I want the Customer to click on the Report Icon, it prompts for the Date and Account Ranges then displays the report. I have looked through the books I have and searched on line and I am not coming up with what seems like a simple thing.
 
HELP! Ouch
 
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Quote BrianBischof Replybullet Posted: 05 Mar 2008 at 10:53am
This isn't a stupid question becuase BOBJ really hasn't addressed this very well (even though CR has been out for years). They have a new Crystal Viewer which lets the user do just what you want. They install the viewer and then they can view reports without going into design mode. However, it is brand new and it could definitely use more features. Nonetheless, it will probably be all that you need. Secondly, if someone at your organization is a programmer, you can create a simple .NET application to view reports. 
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Quote fusion Replybullet Posted: 05 Mar 2008 at 11:02am
Brian,
Can you explain more about what a crystal report viewer can do?
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