Ripplestone is a web portal that enables you to easily manage, distribute and schedule your Crystal Reports on your intranet or external web site. It is an inexpensive alternative to purchasing Crystal Reports Server. But it is more than just an alternative – it also offers three key features that are not available in all versions of Crystal Enterprise: dynamic pick lists, row-level security and enhanced alert reporting.
Ripplestone is an add-on product to Crystal Reports that gives you these primary features:
- Easily Manage your Crystal Reports
- A user security system.
- Row-level security so that you don't have to have so many different versions of your reports.
- Dynamic pick lists for parameters.
- Web-based report publishing and administration.
- Automated report distribution via e-mail.
- Report scheduling.
- Enhanced alert reporting.
Ripplestone was developed using Microsoft's .Net framework (VB.Net and ASP.Net). Ripplestone works will all versions of Crystal Report including:
- Crystal Reports 2008 (12.0)
- Crystal Reports XI (11.0)
- Crystal Reports 10.0
- Crystal Reports 9.0
- Crystal Reports 8.5
Ripplestone is easy to install. Please see the Ripplestone website for a more complete description of the software.