Bringing Together HTML Controls and Crystal Reports
Every once in a while I get a chance to present in a forum or user group and show some new amazing capabilities in the product suite. Last year I had the chance to demonstrate WebElements. WebElements is a collection of Crystal functions which generate HTML.
An easy to use library of functions for Crystal Reports designers:
- Designed by a report designer for report designers
- Embed different kinds of controls for report consumers
- Easily distributed as an .rpt file to other report designers
- Small in size, less than 60k unzipped
- Automated installation
- Expandable and customizable and code can be shared
Since Microsoft Reporting Services provides easy to use drop-down parameters, more and more customers are asking for the ability to embed web controls into their Crystal Reports. Now with Webelements we can add radio buttons, list boxes, drop-down selectors, action buttons, etc. In fact, Jamie Wiseman, the original creator of WebElements has a lot of great samples you can download from the Business Objects Diamond Developer website.
WebElements Online Presentation
Click on the picture below to access my WebElements presentation:
I’d love to hear your feedback on WebElements.
Hello,
I know that you can put WebElements functions into reports without a Report Server by copy/pasting functions into your report. But how can you view them without the report server? If I just use the ReportViewer Component in ASP, it just displays the text because there is not a Pass Thru HTML for the DHTML viewer in ASP. Any help would be great. -Will