This readme covers important information that should be read before performing your Seagate Crystal Reports 8 install. Please read the entire document before proceeding with your installation.
Contents
What’s New in Seagate Crystal Reports 8
Installation and System Requirements
Features No Longer Supported
Known Issues and Limitations
Documentation
Seagate Software Office Contacts
What’s New in Seagate Crystal Reports 8
Seagate Crystal Reports is the world’s most widely used reporting tool with over four million users.
This latest version of Seagate Crystal Reports offers a new, comprehensive web reporting solution to access, analyze and report on data. In addition, version 8 incorporates a significant number of enhancements and new features which serve to augment the capabilities of Seagate Crystal Reports in the following areas:
Developer Tools
Performance
Usability
Integration with Microsoft® OfficeTM
To read a synopsis of the specific enhancements made in each area, please refer to the Crystal Reports User’s Guide (UserGde.pdf) located in the \Docs directory of your product CD.
For a more comprehensive discussion detailing the new features that have been added to version 8, please see the file features.doc, also located in the \Docs directory of the product CD.
Installation and System Requirements
Installation instructions are available from the Crystal Reports User’s Guide or from the file install.rtf, both of which are located in the \Docs directory of the product CD.
Note that the following system requirements must be met when installing Seagate Crystal Reports 8:
Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, or higher
Minimum RAM: 16 MB (32 MB for Windows NT)
Recommended RAM: 32 MB
Minimum hard drive space required: 30 MB
Maximum hard drive space required (Full Install): 210 MB
Features No Longer Supported
The following identifies the feature