Re: Crystal Reports using AS/400 data

[Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not sure if they have added ability to run form a command line in recent releases, but we had written some wrappers to call Crystal and process documents with Crystal for previous projects. 

This allowed us to then call out desired reports on the fly.

With that in place you don't really need Crystal Enterprise.

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message: 3
date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:20:28 -0400
from: Hoteltravelfundotcom <hoteltravelfun@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Crystal Reports using AS/400 data

Rich, that's what I was thinking. Why use the CR formulas which are often a bit convoluted.
Didn't know it can read an XML file i have to check that.  Other question i have is how to use the Crystal Enterprise but this is probably the wrong forum.
For instance, suppose you want to run Report B based on a result in REport A for certain users, else run Report C.

on the AS/400, there are many ways but you could just do this in a CL.


On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> If you're using Crystal, make sure to consider simply generating XML 
> files for input and then the reports are for presentation only. 
> Simplifies the process.
>
> If you're looking for IBM i based alternatives our iForms product can 
> be used to natively generates reports and electronic forms in a 
> variety of formats including print, PDF, HTML, RTC, CSV and more.
>
> CL commands can also be embedded in your application code as needed.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
> RJS Software Systems Inc.
> Where Information Meets Innovation
> Document Management, Workflow, Report Delivery, Forms and Business 
> Intelligence
> Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Web Site: http://www.rjssoftware.com
> Tel: (952) 736-5800
> Fax: (952) 736-5801
> Toll Free: (888) RJSSOFT