Crystal Reports can be expensive, depending on what you need to do. As their EULA is constantly changing, you should contact Business Objects directly.

There are several good books on .Net architecture, Service Oriented Architecture, Design Patterns, etc. that can help you out here. I'm currently reading Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design, which is excellent. A search of Amazon will find many others.


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>Craig,
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>Thank you for the reply!
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>Kevin said the same thing about business rules and data access.
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>Where would I find good reference on .Net architecting?
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>I hear Crystal Reports is costly to distribute. Is that not true?