The Report Viewer (formely Report Viewer for Crystal Reports)

The Report Viewer, which was until recently know as Report Viewer for Crystal Reports, is a software program that can be used in order to view Crystal reports, as well as convert them to other file formats.

The installation process does not last very long, and the interface presents quite a clean and neatly-organized. It encompasses a few buttons, some drop-down menus and a pane in which to display the selected information. It is suitable to all types of users, including those less experienced.

First and foremost, you should know this application enables you to open multiple instances and tabs in one single session, so that you can start multi-tasking with ease. It is possible to upload multiple RPT or RPTR files and view them in the main window, in a folder structure, or in their own tab.

You can easily rename items, bring up properties, view page settings, add formulae and e-mail data as a RPT, CSV, XML, XLS, TTX, PDF, RTF, TXT or DOC document. It is possible to zoom in and out of reports, use a search function and go the next or previous page with just a click of the button.

Last but not least, you should know you can copy data to the Clipboard, as well as export it to a different file format, such as CSV, XML, XLS, TTX, PDF, TXT, RTF, DOC or XLSX, or send the entire project to the printer.

The computer’s performance is not going to be affected in any way as the CPU and memory usage is low at all times, while the response time is good. The interface is suitable to all and our tests did not reveal any errors or freezes.

Taking all of this into consideration, we can safely say The Report Viewer is an efficient and reliable software solution for those who need to work with Crystal reports on a daily basis.