What do you mean by it "sucks payment
wise"?
I have to select a reporting solution next week as well,
but I didn't see anything with Crystal that I needed
other than the one time price to purchase Crystal
Developer. But I'm assuming I missed something in the
fine print.
We just chose Active Reports for .NET (from Data
Dynamics). It was definitely cheaper than Crystal in the
long run, but it also had some features we liked better,
like Xml report definitions and the ability to
"brand" the end-user report designer.
Other options that were considered were a reporting
package from ComponentOne and report add-in for SQL
Server. The report add-in for SQL is still in beta, so
it wasn't even a possible factor for us, and Active
Reports simply has a great history with lots of success
stories that the one from ComponentOne couldn't match. I
also saw a few others, but they failed obvious criteria
and were not considered any further, so I don't even
recall their names now.
Excellent! Thanks Paul. You certainly eased my mind in
this issue. It's very strange that so few solutiong
exist...
Hang in there Roy - SQL2K Reporting Services is coming
soon. :)
I'd go with ActiveReports (it also has better support
than Crystal).
+1 for ActiveReports. Support is great, and the reports
are highly customizeable - you can make 'em purty.
Done! I've recommended it today to my boss. Thanks for
all your help guys :)