Ken’s
Quick Reference to Crystal Reports in VB.NET
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Don't
waste time
trying to figure out how to launch and control your Crystal Reports
from VB.NET. This 12 page PDF, with 6 simple code examples,
not only covers the basics - it will also help you understand how
Crystal
is integrated with .NET. My code examples and sample projects
strip
out any unnecessary variables and objects to expose the core of each
command.
This is unlike the Crystal samples that bury each command in
several
extra layers.
Included in this package is working
source code for compiling your own simple Crystal
Reports
Desktop Viewer. This viewer can be customized and
will let
your users select a report from any directory and run the report,
without installing Crystal Reports!
Note
-
The material
does not teach you how to write Crystal Reports, and assumes that you
already
know the basics of VB.NET. I don't cover the other .NET
languages,
but since they all share the same object model, you may find that most
of
this material is applicable. If you are using VB5 or VB6,
see my
Quick Reference for Crystal in VB.
Topics covered:
The
core
components
and references and how they are used.
The objects and minimum code needed to launch an existing report.
How to Connect to the server in
your application before launching SQL based reports.
How to Export
to the most common formats
How to pass a DataSet from the application to the
report.
How to change Subreport properties
How to override and control the following settings in a report using
.NET commands:
Selection Formula
Groups
Sorts
Formula
Fields
Parameter prompts
Examples
of
formatting
.NET variables so they can be passed to formulas and parameters
A list of links and other free resources.
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