Here's a cool tool: http://healthmonitor.sourceforge.net/
HealthMonitor is a .NET app that runs as a Windows service and monitors the status of a number of counters, and can notify admins via E-mail, SMS or network popup (NET SEND?).
Have you ever tried to move one field from one section to another (like from Group Header to Details) in the CR .NET IDE? You can't. But you can move two! That's right--Ctrl+Click and grab two fields, and drag them to another section (make sure you get the fields completely in the other section). This looks like a bug, but I haven't followed up on it yet.
When I need to move a single field from one section to another, I add a blank Text Object, grab both objects, and put them where I want them.
One reason to move a single field from one section to another is because when you add a field to a report from the Field Explorer, the designer automatically adds the field's title to the Page Header. If you have the Page Header all nice and pretty, you don't want to have to dig around to get the undesirable header field and delete it.
One reason to drag multiple fields between sections is to preserve their layout. If you were to delete a number of fields from your report, and then add them all back in the proper layout, you'd waste a lot of time. You'd also have to fix your report header again. Just grab them all and move them to the desired section.
I have a new Crystal Alliance article published today:
Merging and Password Protecting PDFs Exported by Crystal Reports
source: http://aspalliance.com/571
Crystal Reports has the ability to produce output in PDF format. Often, it is desirable to have multiple reports appear in the same PDF file. Crystal Reports does not have the ability to export multiple reports into the same PDF, or to password protect a PDF, but several third party components can process PDFs post-export from Crystal Reports. We'll use one .NET control named Dynamic PDF Merger to combine two PDFs into a single file, and return the single file to the end user.
I also show you how to add password protection to your exported PDF to prevent the end user from performing functions such as copying or printing the document.