I'm using VS.NET 2005 Professional and I don't see it installed. Which edition are you using? With that bundled edition, you can deploy to as many servers as you want?

>I have used the bundled 11 version within VS 2005.
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>>Sorry, I meant which edition not version.
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>>>I could be wrong, but I don't think any version of Crystal will require a plugin on the user's side. I think all reports are rendered as HTML.
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>>>That being said, I would use 11. It is easier to work with, and the CrystalReportViewer control seems more robust in 11 than it is in 9 (not sure about 10).
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>>>>Hi Mike.
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>>>>To to develop locally on my workstation, then to deploy to a server with only the application asking Crystal (not the users directly) which edition of Crystal should I get?
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>>>>>Evan,
>>>>>I use Crystal Reports with ASP.NET, and it works great. Sometimes I get incredibly frustrated with some of CR's oddities, but if you get the latest version I think most of the technical difficulties have been worked out.
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>>>>>>I'm currently using a custom server component that I've written using VFP8. ASP.NET send requests to the report component then VFP pulls data from SQL Server 2005, compiles the data sends it out using the VFP reporting engine to a PDF file. I've played with Crystal a bit and find it odd. What do people recommend for creating reports (mostly PDF) these days from an ASP.NET application? Is SQL Reporting services worth a look? I would like something that doesn't require a plug-in to be installed in the browser. Ideally I could output to PDF, Excel, HTML and other formats. But just PDF is fine for now.