The report viewer renders a report source into
DHTML and provides interaction controls, such as Search, Zoom, Drill Down,
Export, and Print.
The Crystal Reports Viewers Java SDK provides the
report viewers. The Crystal Reports Viewers Java SDK allows you to build
customized report viewers to display reports as Dynamic HTML (DHTML). You can
include the viewers in your JavaServer Pages (JSPs) and manipulate them through
code to create the presentation that you want. This enables you to minimize
hand coding the presentation of data.
The Crystal Reports Viewers Java SDK also supports
exporting (PDF, RTF, and Crystal Reports formats), printing, displaying
multiple viewers in the same page, and both automatic and developer-specified
prompting for database logons or parameter information.
Note: Crystal Reports
Java cannot support requests from the DHTML Interactive Viewer or the
Grid Viewer.
The DHTML Report Page Viewer
This viewer provides basic thin-client report
viewing capabilities to present data and provide drill down, page navigation,
zoom, prompting, text search, highlighting, exporting, and printing.
The Report Parts Viewer
This viewer provides the ability to view
individual report parts including charts, text, and fields.
Note: When the report parts viewer is
used with Crystal Reports Java, report parts must be designed
into the report with the report designer. Crystal Reports Java
does not support the definition of report parts through code.