Report Viewing

Introduction

CrystalKiwi Explorer is a cost effective an easy way for you to deliver your Crystal Reports to all the users at your site.  You can install it on your terminal server or on each user workstation.

CrystalKiwi Explorer runs as a windows application and displays a list of report files in a selected directory.  The user can then select a report, answer any relevant parameter prompts and the report will process the report live against your database.

CrystalKiwi Explorer will also display a report that has existing saved data.  It can then refresh against the live data if requested.

Main Form

The Main Form displays all the rpt and rptr report files in the selected folder.  Double click on any file in the list and the report will process.

You can select a specific report to run from another folder by clicking the "Open" icon from the toolbar, or use the menu item File/Open

You can display a folder of reports by clicking the "Select Folder" icon from the toolbar, or use the menu item File/Select Folder.

Menu Items

On the file menu you can do the following:

• File/Open: Open a specific rpt or rptr report file and view it against the live database.  If the file includes saved data, it will first display with that data.  You can then refresh it by clicking the refresh icon inside the viewer.

• File/Select Folder: browse your machine or network to select another folder to list in the list box on the left of the form.

• File/New Viewer Window: will let you open additional forms and view another report. We support multiple viewer windows using this mechanism.

• File/Settings/Database Connections: will display the current database connection form

• File/Settings/Email Settings: will display the SMTP settings form

• File/Exit: will close CrystalKiwi Explorer and all currently open forms.

The View Menu will do the following:

• View/Report will select the report in the list and view that file.  You can also double click on the file name to view that report file.

• View/Report Properties: will let you see and modify the current report file properties

• View/History: will display your CrystalKiwi History.  This is a list of every report you have processed and some statistic information.

The Tools Menu will do the following:

• Tools/Configure will let you modify the tools settings.

• Tools/Report Bursting will display the report bursting form.  This feature will let you process a report and send personalized versions to multiple recipients.

• Tools/Report Scheduler will display the report scheduler form.  This will be operational in the next version

The Help Menu will do the following:

• Help/About CrystalKiwi Explorer will display version information about this program

• Help/Purchase Now will open a web page on the CrystalKiwi or Reseller web site to enable you to purchase an activation code

• Help/Activate Product will display current activation code status.  You can enter the activation code you purchased to enable a full version of this program.

• CrystalKiwi Help

Toolbar icons

The Toolbar Icons are to enable you to quickly invoke a function.  All the toolbar icons are also available via a menu item.

Place your mouse over the toolbar icon to see what function it will perform.

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