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Crystal Reports viewers
Crystal Reports schedulers/Email (desktop)
Crystal Reports schedulers/Email (server based)
Crystal Reports Email tools
Crystal Reports web portals
RPT management utilities (analyze and compare RPT files)
RPT management utilities (find and update properties in multiple reports)
Business Objects Enterprise related products
RPT conversion tools
Crystal Reports special data drivers
BarCode and MICR fonts for Crystal Reports
Formula function libraries (UFLs)
Misc. tools for Crystal Reports
Crystal Reports viewers
Crystal Reports schedulers/Email (desktop)
Crystal Reports schedulers/Email (server based)
Crystal Reports Email tools
Crystal Reports web portals
RPT management utilities (analyze and compare RPT files)
RPT management utilities (find and update properties in multiple reports)
Business Objects Enterprise related products
RPT conversion tools
Crystal Reports special data drivers
BarCode and MICR fonts for Crystal Reports
Formula function libraries (UFLs)
Misc. tools for Crystal Reports
| Crystal Reports Viewers: (All of these can Refresh, Preview, Print and Export) | Read my annual feature comparison for viewers, updated every September: |
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Crystal Corral by Groff Automation |
Free |
| rptView by Pursuit Technologies | Free with ads |
| CR Dispatch by APB Reports | Free (donations accepted) |
| DataLink Viewer by Millet Software | $25 |
| Cview - by Chelsea Tech | $195 (5 users) |
| CrystalKiwi Explorer - by CrystalKiwi | $44 |
| Logicity Pro by Saber Logic | $125/year |
| ViewerFX by Origin Software | $40 |
| Report Runner Viewer by Known Keep | $100 and $25/year to renew |
| R-Tag Crystal Viewer by RTag | $99 (free community edition available) |
| The following products are still listed on their web sites but may be abandoned because the vendor is not responding: | |
| EasyView by Easy Street Software | $40 |
| The Report Viewer 4.6 by TheReportViewer.com | $50 |
| Report Viewer 9.0 by CrystalDesk | $50 |
| Desktop Scheduling: | Read my annual feature comparison for Desktop Schedulers, done every March. |
| Crystal Delivery ( Free Option) | SXPE* |
| Smart Report Organizer (Free Option) | SXPE* |
| R-Tag Crystal Scheduler (Free Option) | SXPE* - bursting, exception handling, empty report handling, XLS export to multi-tab |
| Logicity (Free Option) | SXPE* |
| Logicity Pro | SXPE* - same as above with added features and support |
| Report Commander | SXPE* - run reports on demand, empty report handling, distribution lists |
| CrystalKiwi Scheduler | SXPE* - bursting |
| CView Manager | SXPE* - bursting, distribution lists |
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Visual CUT |
SXPE* - bursting, exception reports, PDF split and merge, XLS export to multi-tab, append to tables |
| Remi Crystal | SXPE*- encryption, empty report handling, SQL updates, distribution lists |
| Report Runner Batch | SXPE* - bursting, PDF split and merge, event based scheduling, fax |
| Crystal Command | Run reports from the command line, create commands and schedule them |
| The following products are still listed on their web sites but may be abandoned because the vendor is not responding: | |
| Report Scheduler Pro 9.0 | |
| EasyView | |
| Server Based Scheduling/Email: | Read my annual feature comparison for Server-Based Schedulers, done every May |
| Navarre Report Scheduler | Schedule, Print, Export, Email, FTP |
| Cview Server | Schedule, Print, Export, Email, Security |
| CrystalKiwi Scheduler | Schedule, Print, Export, Email, Burst |
| R-Tag Crystal Scheduler | Schedule, Print, Export, Email, Burst, Security |
| ReportServer | Schedule, Print, Export, Email, Security |
| ToolSched | Schedule, Print, Export, Email, Burst |
| Liaison Messenger EDD | Scheduler for Microsoft Dynamics and Sage Software |
| rePORTAL SCR | Schedule, Print, Export, Email, Burst |
| Report Runner Batch Enterprise | Schedule, Print, Export, Email |
| CRD Premium Edition | Schedule, Print, Export, Email, Fax, Burst |
| Other Email tools: | |
| PDF-eXPLODE | Burst, Export to PDF and Email your report (by printing it.) |
| CUT light | Send Email messages from within a report |
| Web Portals & Related Products: | |
| ReCrystalize Pro | Generates code for launching Crystal Reports on the Web (WCS or Automation Server). |
| ReCrystalize Server | Server based web viewer |
| rePORTAL CR | Web Portal with basic and row level security, scheduling for Crystal, FRx & Office documents |
| RippleStone | Web Portal with basic and row level security, scheduling, dynamic pick lists and Email distribution |
| Report Runner Web Portal | Web Portal with basic security, scheduling, dynamic pick lists and Email distribution |
| Intellifront BI | Web Portal for Crystal Reports, SSRS and Microsoft Power BI |
| Report Launch | Bridge between Business Objects server products and server based applications |
| Rapid Stack | Web Portal built on BO Enterprise Edge |
| RPT Management Utilities (Scan, Document, Compare and/or update RPT files): |
| Read my annual feature comparison for RPT Management Utilities, done every July |
| Report Miner - Creates a readable database of report properties and objects. Allows you to compare / cross-reference reports and print report specifications. |
| Find It EZ Code Search Pro (Desktop) - Scan for all references to specific tables and fields. Scan, compare and cross-reference RPT files, application source code, SQL databases, documentation. |
| Dev Surge 365 (SaaS) - to scan for all references to specific tables and fields. Scan, compare and cross-reference RPT files, application source code, SQL databases, documentation. |
| R-Tag Documentation & Search - search, compare and generate documentation for your reports |
| R-Tag Version Control - search, compare and generate documentation for your reports. Also adds a comprehensive source code control system for RPT files. |
| Report Runner Documentor - Tool to create a readable database of your reports' primary properties and fields |
| .rpt Inspector Professional Suite - 16 tools to analyze, document, & modify report objects across multiple reports at once (formulas, parameters, data sources, etc.) |
| .rpt Inspector Online - Free tools to analyze, document, & modify report objects across multiple reports at once (formulas, parameters, data sources) |
| Visual CUT (Report Inspector Feature) - Scan and organize all report objects and expressions in multiple reports. Mass update text, fonts, expressions and data sources. Generate new expressions using Excel. Re-import subreports. |
| The following products are still listed on their web sites but may be abandoned because the vendor is not responding: |
| Report Analyzer - Cross-reference and print report specs |
| Products for Business Objects Enterprise: | |
| .rpt Inspector Enterprise | 19 tools to analyze, document, & modify properties across multiple reports, schedules and instances at once (formulas, data sources, etc.) |
| Find It EZ Dev Surge 365 | Scan RPT files within BI Platforms for all references to specific tables and fields. Compare versions of RPT files, change datasources or schedule login information. |
| SPL (Smart Pick Lists) | Adds dynamic or cascading parameters to Crystal Enterprise |
| RPT Conversion tools: | |
| DataTerrain | Converts Crystal Reports to OBIEE BIP, Cognos and
Jasper. Converts OBIEE BIP, Cognos, Jasper, BRIO, Hyperion and Actuate to Crystal Reports. |
| Access Converter | Converts Access reports to Crystal Reports (and Access apps to VB/Java apps) |
| Access2CR | Converts Access reports to Crystal Reports |
| Connecting to specialized data: | |
| Data2CR | Allows you to read Cobol data files with Crystal Reports |
| QODBC for QuickBooks | Allows you to read QuickBooks data |
| QQube | Transforns QuickBooks data into a data warehouse, optimized for reporting |
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BarCode and MICR Fonts: |
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ID Automation Fontware |
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Azalea Fonts |
Free EAN13 Barcode Font released under GPL/GNU |
| Wasp Fontware Pro+ for Barcodes |
Free MICR Font
(for printing Checks) released under GPL |
| Formula UFLs: | Read my annual feature comparison for Formula UFLs, done every November |
| U2lwin32 UFL | 38 additional functions including: read/write text files, read/write registry values, run applications |
| U2lwin64 UFL | [Beta] Same functions as above, but recompiled as 64-bit, for Crystal Reports 2020 |
| CUT light UFL | 130 additional functions including email, text/ini/registry/excel/html files, registry, sparklines, gauges, barcodes, images, command lines, SQL, Geo, language translation, and regular expressions |
| Chelsea Tech UFLs | 8 separate UFLs with 20 additional functions including: Email, read/write XML, read registry and text files |
| CrystalKiwi UFLs | 3 separate UFLs with functions for Table of Contents, Index and merging export files |
| CRUFLMAG | Allows you to strip punctuation from a string. |
| Misc. Tools for Crystal Reports: |
| CView Pick - Refreshes the parameter pick list in a group of reports. |
| CRChart 64-bit -- CRChart 32-bit Adds many additional charting capabilities to Crystal Reports |
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Enhanced Mapping Features |
| OctoTools for Bursting directly to specified folders in PDF Format |
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Crystal
Translator - Language translation manager for report
text objects |
| Phrase Express - Library for storing formulas and other commonly used phrases. Paste into any application. |