Another alternative is the open source charting program called OWTChart. I am currently using the program with websites created with RTango2000 with out any problems.
-----Original Message----- From: Len Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 12:46 PM To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Crystal Reports / Witango integration Ian Danials from New Creation Consulting has been developing a product called Spitfire Charts. It's an add-in to Witango that provides a complete charting solution with a single custom tag. It looks very cool. I am sure Ian can provide more info for you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Lockwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list witango-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 9:32 AM Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Crystal Reports / Witango integration > Len, > > >In my experience, Witango does everything Crystal can do, > >and with more control, faster reporting, faster design, > > This blows me away! I currently do allot of reports through Witango, but I > "thought" Crystal was an easier and more eloquent solution. (Shows my lack > of Crystal experience!) > > I'm very happy with your answer, I was just trying to offer the "best" > solution. > > Only one more thing, if graphs and charts are required, what then? > > Chuck Lockwood > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > LockData Technologies, Inc. > 309 Main Avenue, Hawley, Pa 18428 > Phone: 570-226-7340 ~ Fax: 570-226-7341 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ http://www.lockdata.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Len Wright > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 11:45 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Crystal Reports / Witango integration > > > I'll give this one a go - our company is a reseller of accounting software > (Microsoft Great Plains, Accpac, Adagio). They all use Crystal Reports for > reporting. I have been a reseller of Crystal products for 12 years. They are > a great company, and a pleasure to deal with. > > Crystal reports can read data from any database that supports ODBC. So if > your Witango application uses MS-SQL, Pervasive, or something similar you > can read the data using the Crystal Reports Designer. > > Crystal Report Proffesional will allow you to design your report and compile > it so the user can run it using the runtime engine without the Crystal > Reports designer being installed. > > (I have written some of these types of reports to deploy over the web, but > gave up on it because Witango was easier and faster to deliver the same > report.) > > For adhoc reporting, you can define run-time parameters that the user fills > out when they run the report. This is best when the user wants to run a > report and must enter values for say, the begining and ending dates. > > In my twelve years experience with training accounting staff how to use > these tools, I can say that most users (99.99%) never get to the stage where > they can build their own report from scratch. It's too complicated for them > to figure out the concept of a relational database. > > Crystal Enterprise Server *should* co-exists with the Witango server on the > same box, but of course you should test it first. > > If I may, can I ask what is it that you think Crystal Reports can do that > Witango can't do? In my experience, Witango does everything Crystal can do, > and with more control, faster reporting, faster design, and of course > seemless integration into your application. > > Don't get me wrong, Crystal Reports is great, but for a site that already > has Witango, Crystal is redundant, IMHO. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chuck Lockwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of list witango-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 8:09 AM > Subject: Witango-Talk: Crystal Reports / Witango integration > > > > Crystal product / pricing is anything but clear to me, so maybe someone > > could shed some light. > > (Blue, green or red hopefully, currently its all black!) > > > > What Crystal products would I need to purchase to accomplish the > following: > > > > Offer Crystal reporting integrated with a Witango app on 3 separate > > intranets. > > I would develop most reports, but, > > What if they wanted the ability to do simple Adhoc reporting? Do they > need > > to purchase additional licenses? > > > > Does Crystal coexist with Witango Server? > > > > As usual, all responses appreciated! > > > > Chuck Lockwood > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > LockData Technologies, Inc. > > 309 Main Avenue, Hawley, Pa 18428 > > Phone: 570-226-7340 ~ Fax: 570-226-7341 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ http://www.lockdata.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
