When a major software company rolls out a program like Crystal Reports, it must do so within certain constraints. These constraints tend to leave some user needs unmet. That's where third-party utilities can help immensely. For example:

• cViewPICK – Automatically update the default pick list for a folder full of reports. The benefit is that your report designer does not have to open the report and reload the default values to pick up new values.

• cViewIMAGE – Load images into your report when you only have the filename of the image in the database. The benefit is you do not need to store the actual image in your database.

• SMTP UFL – Send multiple email messages from one report with our User Function Library. A sought after feature is that it supports HTML formatted messages and embedded images and files.

• cViewMAIL – The “SendMail” component of our SMTP UFL is available as a standalone utility if you want to 
  integrate with 3rd party applications 

 In addition to utilities, there are third-party viewers, schedulers, republishers, analyzers, and so on. These can greatly boost your productivity and your percieved value to your organization. And for good reason--they really do help improve the Crystal Reports experience and help your company make the best use of a significant software investment. More importantly, they help your company make better use of strategic information. And that means a fatter bottom line.

Here are some to products to consider. Just click on the name of the product for more information.

cView Crystal Reports Viewer		Let others view your Crystal Reports
cViewSERVER		Run your Crystal Reports scheduler as a Windows Service. Automate your Crystal Reports distribution.
cViewMANAGER Crystal Reports Scheduler and Manager		Schedule and manage the distribution of your Crystal Reports
Report Analyzer		Get the kinks out of your Crystal Reports
Recrystallize Pro Web Publisher		Publish your Crystal Reports to the Web, the smart way.
International Function Library for Crystal Reports		Create reports for international users
cViewIMAGE		Return images from file to your report
Text Lookup Function Library for Crystal Reports		Search texts and return individual lines or columns.
XML UFL for Crystal Reports		Add XML to your Crystal Reports.

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