Crystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series)

One of the earlier reviews said this and other reference books were not good electronically. I just downloaded this copy a few hours ago on my PC, and within minutes I found what I was looking for. I think the electronic version is GREAT. I don't have to lug around a thick book and there are all kinds of links to move around quickly. I could see why it would be bad on the standard Kindle, but for larger screens such as the PC, it works just fine.

My team and I received this a month ago. It has become our primary source of information for Crystal Reports. In conjunction with two other books (Crystal Reports Encyclopedia Vol. 2 and Crystal Reports 9 on Oracle) we feel we have the resources to complete our project. This book lives up to its name in "Complete reference", with it we learned to use formulas to create very flexible reports. As in all projects the users always want the option to present the data in several ways, we have been able to produce these types of reports using one report and one set of data, but with different outputs. We feel this makes ongoing changes easier to handle with each report packaged alone. I strongly recommend this book and the other two as references for programmers new to Crystal Reports.

I've got this book and have been using it as a reference guide for work. I've re-entered the field of report writing using crystal reports and find this book to hold a lot of good information. I've searched a few times for things that are not covered in the book or don't appear to be in the right place and then figured out I was searching for things that are not part of crystal reports or using the incorrect terms when searching. All in all, I like the book.

This is a combination score: 1 star for the Kindle edition and 5 stars for the paperback.I did the Kindle trial because I thought a copy on the computer would be more useful to me. The Kindle copy was close to useless. I wanted this as a reference book not something to be read from cover to cover. I expected to be able to look up an area of interest. I could not do this on the Kindle version. The index had all the same entries as the paperback, BUT NO PAGE NUMBERS OR LINKS! It was totally useless. The Table of Contents had at least one link that took me to a completely different subject. I tried the Kindle search function, but was unable to zero in on the area of interest.I ordered a used paperback through Amazon Marketplace. I am able to use it as a reference. Finally I was able to judge the content quality which I found to be very good.I have since found electronic versions for other eReaders that are more useable (and more expensive). I believe that this book was just poorly "Kindle"ized. It does make me leery of the Kindle editions of other manuals even though I have some that were translated well.

We recently upgraded to Crystal Reports 2008 and I needed a refresher course. Budgets are tight, so I wasn't able to take a class. I ordered this book to brush up my report writing skills and learn the new tricks of 2008. This guide is quite comprehinsive and well organized.

The book is a good reference and explains the concepts well. I'm using it for SAP Crystal Reports 2013 and nearly all of it applies or is easy to apply to CR 2013.

It's a reference book for outdated software! Thorough and clear. Simple enough for the inept, detailed enough for a novice.

It is a great reference when I have questions.

A pretty decent solid reference manual for a pretty complex product (I have just implemented the client and the server components + infoview and the viewer).There are a few things not in it but add in SAP info notes and you'll have all you need.

Great