Crystal Reports 10:
Basic
Frequently asked questions and instructor notes
All our courses assume that each student has a personal computer to
use during the class. Our hands-on approach to learning requires they do. This
topic gives information on how to set up the classroom to teach this course. It
includes minimum requirements for the students’ personal computers, setup
information for the first time you teach the class, and setup information for
each time that you teach after the first time you set up the classroom.
Student computer requirements
Each student’s personal computer should have:
· A keyboard and a mouse
· A Pentium II (or
higher) processor
· 128 MB of RAM
· 2 GB of available hard-disk space
· A CD-ROM drive
· An XGA monitor (1,024´768 minimum resolution
support)
· An active Internet connection
First-time setup instructions
The first time you teach this course, you will need to perform the
following steps to set up each student computer.
1 Install Windows XP on an
NTFS partition according to the software manufacturer’s instructions. (You can
also use Windows 2000, but the screen shots in this course were taken using
Windows XP, so students’ screens might look somewhat different if you do.)
2 Install the Internet
Information Services component from the XP installation disk. A default
installation of this component is all that is required.
3 If the student machines
have Internet access, and they are behind a software or hardware firewall,
install the latest critical updates and service packs from
www.windowsupdate.com.
4 Adjust the computer’s
display properties as follows:
a Open
the Control Panel and click Appearance and Themes.
b Choose
Display to open the Display Properties dialog box.
c Verify
that the Theme is set to Windows XP.
d On
the Settings tab, change the screen resolution to 1,024´768 pixels, and the Color
quality setting to High (24 bit) or higher.
e Click
OK. If you are prompted to accept the new settings, click OK and click Yes.
Then, if necessary, close the Display Properties dialog box.
5 Do a Custom installation
of Microsoft Office 2003 Professional. Install only Microsoft Word, Microsoft
Excel, and Microsoft Access.
6 Do a Custom installation
and install all the features of Crystal Reports 10 Professional Edition. (Click
each subcategory under Crystal Reports and choose Entire feature will be
installed on local hard drive.) When the Crystal Decisions Registration Wizard
dialog box appears, click Register Later.
7 Do a typical (“New”)
installation of Crystal Enterprise. (During installation, provide a password
for MSDE Security Configuration. The default username is sa.) If the Crystal
Decisions Registration Wizard appears, click Register Later. If the Crystal
Publishing Wizard initializes, click Cancel. (If you have an antivirus program
running, it might notify you more than once that a script was detected, and
halt the installation. If this happens, instruct the antivirus program to allow
the scripts to run.)
8 Install a printer
driver. An actual printer is not necessary.
9 Download the student
data files for the course. You can download the data directly to student
machines, to a central location on your own network, or to a disk.
a Create
a folder named Student Data at the root of the hard drive.
b Connect
to www.courseilt.com/instructor_tools.html.
c Click
the link for Crystal Reports to display a page of course listings, and then
click the link for Crystal Reports 10: Basic.
d Click
the link for downloading the student data files, and follow the instructions
that appear on your screen.
e Copy
the files to the Student Data folder.
10 Add the Outlander logo
to the Crystal Repository. To do this:
a Start
Crystal Reports 10.
b If
the Crystal Decisions Registration Wizard dialog box opens, click Register
Later. Verify that Open an existing report is checked, and click OK.
c Navigate
to the Unit_03 folder, and open Repository report.
d Choose
View, Repository Explorer to open the Crystal Repository. You will be asked to
log on to the Crystal Enterprise server. Enter the user name as Administrator
to log on, if necessary. There is no password.
e Choose
Insert, Picture to display the Open dialog box.
f Select
Outlander logo, and click Open. Place the picture anywhere in the report.
g Right-click
the picture and choose Add to Repository to open the Add Item dialog box.
h In
the Name box, type Outlander Logo and in the Author box, type Outlander Spices.
i Under
Location, right-click the Crystal Repository (the name of the computer), click
New Folder, and type Images. Verify that the Images folder is selected.
j Click
OK to add the picture under Images in the Crystal Repository.
k Close the Crystal Repository Explorer. Close the report and do not save changes to it.
l Close
Crystal Reports 10.
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