• File Associations. You can install cView as the default viewer of rpt files. So if you send a rpt with saved data to a cView user, they just need to click on the rpt file to open in and view inside cView.
   
• Database Security. cView stores all the database security information prior to processing the report. You can lock this away from the user, so they never see the database password.
   
• Ease of Control. You manage a folder of reports and use the local network security to decide who can view which reports.
   
• Secure Subreports. If your report includes a subreport that requires a database password, cView can process the report. Some report viewers do not include this feature.

Now, as an administrator, start putting all of these pieces together. What emerges is a "feature set" that goes well beyond the software menu. For example:

• Reduced TCO. Your total cost of ownership of your Business Intelligence reporting system is drastically reduced because cView is simple, flexible, and powerful. It has the functionality you need, without the bells and whistles that force users to drive tech support nuts with trouble calls.
   
• Inexpensive upgrade path. Face it. You're going to upgrade your version of Crystal Reports some time. Why make that process inherently expensive via a Web-based viewing solution when you can make it inherently cost-effective with a desktop-based viewing solution?
   
• Ease in scalability. cView makes it easy to add seats to your business intelligence system. Just buy another low-cost licensing pack, and you're good to go. For repeat customers, we provide options that eliminate complicated license management.

• Desktop Shortcut. You can create a shortcut on your desktop to run a report with one click of the mouse. The shortcut just needs to call cView and the report you wish to process.
   
• Ease of Use. Report design is a specialized task requiring a high level of skill.  But once the report is designed and tested, others may just want to process the report. In contrast, View has been designed to be very easy to use. It is as simple as clicking a toolbar button, or using a menu to do a File/Open on a rpt file.
   
• Interactive Reports. If a report uses parameters, cView will prompt the user with the questions and allow them to select answers from pick lists. cView supports all parameter types including multi-value, range, and multi-value/ range.
   
• One-click Print and Export. With one click of the toolbar, cView will print or export the report without requiring you to preview it first.
   
• Output Flexibility. A viewed report can be exported to other formats including PDF, Excel, Word, XML, and csv. The results can be printed, emailed, or saved in a disk folder.
   
• Report Instances. cView can create a instance of your report.  This is a report with saved data that you want to archive or store for later viewing.
   
• Set Print Date. You can set the print date prior to running a report so the reports process at a specific time.  This is useful for running reports as at another historical point in time.

• View History, Folder and Instances. You can select a view of all the reports in a folder,  the history of the last ten reports or all the reports in the instances folder.  Then you just select the report and can print, view or export that report.

cView is a powerful Crystal Reports viewer that allows users to work with (and view) reports in ways that other desktop viewers do not.

cView:

• Saves money.
• Improves performance.
• Reduces tech support calls.

Yes, cView works with Citrix systems.
Yes, cView works with Terminal server  systems.

If someone e-mails you a Crystal Report and you have access to your database, most Crystal Report viewers will allow you to run the report. cView does this, as well. But, it also allows you to process the report against live data. Thus, it is a true Crystal Reports viewer that doesn't consign you to working with outdated reports. Or to building information silos.

Once you've installed the cView license, you'll be able to modify many reports, print settings, and display settings. cView allows a user to dynamically change report file locations at run time. This works for data file based reports using FoxPro, Btrieve, or MS-Access.

Easy to use. User calls to tech support are about nil.

• The user sees a simple screen with a list of reports.
• The user selects the desired report and clicks "view."
• cView displays the report.

If your users are comfortable using File/Open in other programs they have all the instructions they need to use all the features in cView. They find the Crystal Report and process it live against the database. For users who want even less interaction, cView can be set up to run their favorite report by clicking a desktop icon.

It really is that simple. Yet, cView is powerful and inexpensive.
 

• Refresh against live data.
• View reports with saved data.
• Change parameters for print and display.
• Set up alerts.
• Export a report to other formats, such as Excel, PDF, Word, XML, and csv.
• Drill down into the report, just as if they had a Crystal license.
• View history of previously viewed reports.
• View folder of reports.