All of the significant changes relate to either application programming or web deployment with Crystal Enterprise. If you are simply designing and running reports, you will have to hunt for the few minor changes. The good news is that the report file for v10 is backward compatible with v9 (probably because nothing has changed in the RPT format). After scouring the program I found the following new features that do not relate to programmers or the web:
* Horizontal Page Numbers for Cross-tab virtual pages.
* A new chart type called 'Funnel Charts".
* A format painter to transfer properties from one field to another.
* The ability to tab between the "Explorer" windows (Field/Report) like in VB.
* New linking options that allow you to enforce joins to unused tables.
* An option to retain original image color depth instead of 8 bits per pixel.
* An option to prevent "Keep Group Together" from messing up the first page.
* A combined "Save and Close" button in the formula editor.
If you are a programmer working with Crystal Reports, these new features might interest you:
* A 100% Java reporting component, including a custom Java tag library.
* New simplified merge modules for .NET.
* A .NET to Crystal Enterprise upgrade path.
* New simplified APIs for the RAS.
*Two new formula functions that return the Enterprise User Name or User Id.
The have also strengthened the links between Crystal Reports and Crystal Enterprise by adding two new features. The repository has been moved to within Crystal Enterprise and is now a 'managed' repository. This allows you to set security on modifications, but seems to prevent people who don't want CE from using the repository feature. You can also create and report on Business Views. This is like the old "Dictionary" feature which allows you to hide the complexity of the tables and links from the report designer. However, this also can only be used with Crystal Enterprise.
