The Viewer Java SDK allows you to build customized report viewers for displaying reports as HTML and Dynamic HTML (DHTML). It works together with the Java Reporting Component to allow Crystal reports to be viewed through a web browser using only a Java application server. As a web application developer, you can include the viewer in your JavaServer Pages (JSPs) and programmatically manipulate them to produce the output that you require. This allows you to minimize the time spent on presentation and formatting code by leveraging the viewer's ability to use existing reports to render formatted HTML.
The Viewer Java SDK allows you to control how a report is displayed and the features that are available to the user. It also allows you to connect to several report sources, allowing you to view reports included with your web application, as well as reports obtained from a Crystal Enterprise system or Report Application Server.
Besides providing a solution for report viewing, the Java Viewer SDK also allows you to add report exporting functionality to your web applications. This means that you can programmatically export Crystal reports to a range of different formats.
See Viewer Functionality for a complete description of the features that are available with the viewer, a list of the export formats supported, as well as typical usage scenarios for the viewer.
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