Your database has a field in it that stores the file name of an image or
you have a folder of images you want to process in a report.
You want to see the image embedded in your report.
You want something that is easy to use.
You are comfortable with subreports and
linking to existing parameters.
You are using Crystal Reports 8.5 or
later
Your images are all of a similar shape
and size
KEY Facts
cViewIMAGE
uses the COM source driver for Crystal Reports
cViewIMAGE will work with Crystal
Reports 8.5, 9.0 and 10.0. It will not work with versions 8.0 or
earlier as they do not recognize the COM data driver
cViewIMAGE will process bmp, jpg, giff,
tiff files.
There is no cViewIMAGE application.
You use cViewIMAGE inside the Crystal Reports Designer.
There are now two
COM drivers included in the setup. You can process a recordset with a single record and image or
all the images in a folder.
You can use separate COM image files by
storing the image database information in separate files.
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