Step 1with Crystal Report

Step 1 :To open the crystal report document, Right Click on your project. Select Add -> Add New Item. New window will appear as below. Give Name to your report.

Step 2:After clicking Open u will see another window giving you options how do you want to create the report, using Report Expert or from Blank Report or from an existing report. Here I am selecting second option i.e. As a Blank Report. Now your Crystal Report Document will get opened. On the left hand side there you will see Field Explorer from where you can interact with database. (If Field Explorer is not there then to open it you can use shortcut key Ctrl + Alt + T) Step 3:Now to select database, (My Database is stored in SQL Server 2000) Right Click on Database Fields in Field Explorer. Select Add/Remove Database -> OLEDB(ADO) ->Make New Connection -> Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server (As I am using SQL Server 2000). Click on Next and give your connection Information, Click on Next and then Click on Finish. Now you can add your table/s, view/s which you required for the Report. The window looks like this.

Step 4: Now in your Field Explorer you can see your chosen Table/View. Drag the Fields you want to show in the report in Details Section. The screen will appear as follows.

The fields in Details section are Field Objects and the fields in Page Header, Report Header are Text Objects. Step 5:Now to show this report, Take a form & add a CrystalReportViewer to it.(Just drag CrystalReportViewer from Tool box on the form). For crystal reports add name spaces are important using CrystalDecisions.Shared; using CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine; (Here I am showing report on Page Load, same code can be written on Button Click if wanted.) Now even if we have connected database to report but if we changed database then it is not feasible to create new crystal reports again & again so we can use TableLogOnInfo to connect report to Database programmatically.

Create Object of that as private TableLogOnInfo LogInfo = new TableLogOnInfo(); The function can be written as {

privatevoid SetLogonInfo()

try { LogInfo.ConnectionInfo.ServerName=”SerVerName”; LogInfo.ConnectionInfo.UserID=”sa”; LogInfo.ConnectionInfo.Password=”ok” LogInfo.ConnectionInfo.DatabaseName=”CrystalSample”; } catch(Exceptionex) { MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); } }

Now we need to create object of the report. There are various ways to showreport.

a) Create one object of Report Documentthat can beuse to every report which are going to be shown on that CrystalreportViewer canbe created as ReportDocumentO_Report=new ReportDocument(); We can use this object to every report and need togive pathwhile loading the report.as O_Report.Load(@"E:\CrytstalSample\rptShowList.rpt"); b) Createdifferent objects for different reportsas rptShowList O_showList =new rptShowList(); (Here I am using secondoption). Make DataBase Connectionas O_Report1.Database.Tables[0].ApplyLogOnInfo(LogInfo); Step 6:-

Now I want to show AddressList of the userswhose number is greater than 15. For that I will fill DataTable with theserecords and then attach it to the report. DataTable DT = new DataTable(); try { stringCmdStr=""; CmdStr = “Select * from Vw_AddressListwhereUser_Number>15”; Connection.Open(); SqlDataAdapter Adpt=newSqlDataAdapter(CmdStr,Connection); DT.Clear(); Adpt.Fill(DT); } catch(Exceptionex) { MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); } finally { Connection.Close(); } Step 7:Now set the above filled DataTable as ReportsdataSource. O_showlist.Database.Tables[0].SetDataSource(DT); Step 8: Set the report as crystal report viewer reportsource tobind report to viewer. CryStalReportViewer1.ReportSource = O_Report1111; CryStalReportViewer1.Zoom(1); How to Change the propertiesof Fields on report programmatically.

The Fields on the Detail section,Formula Fields,groupName Fieldsare the FieldObjects. We can change it’s propertieslike font,sizeprogrammatically. Get the name from the properties window&createobject of thatfield.get the section number&change it’s properties. e.g. In the above ReportUser Number and user Streetasddress are the field objects. We can change thereproperties as FieldObject fUserNumber =FieldObject)o_showlist.Sections3.ReportObjects["Field1"]; fFullName1.ApplyFont(new Font(Arial,8.25F)); Same can be done withText Object. We can change properties ofFormula Fieldin different way also. O_showlist.DataDefinition.FormulaFields["Header"].Text= “Address List”; Formula Fields:Here I will just give sample of how to use formulafield. It’s out ofscope to give whole FormulaField Description. In my database I have storedGender field as “M” or “F” but in report I want to show it as “Male”, “Female”etc. • Right Clickon Formula Field ->New • GiveFormula Name. The Formula Editor screenwill appear as follows-

The left side Sectioncontains database fields there we can select on which field we want to writeformula. Middle section is Functions. We can apply different types of functionsto formula. The Right section is of Operators where we use operators informula. Now I have written code as– if({Vw_AddressList.Gender})='M' then 'Male' else 'Female'

Deploying theCrystalReport Dot NetApplication: Step 1:-Right click on Solution->Add New Project

Select SetUp and DeploymentProjects ->Setup Project. Give name to yourSetup. Step 2:-To add Exe and otherfilesIn File System, Right click on Appllication Folder(Itcreatesfolder at Win/Sys path generally) ->Add ->ProjectOutput ->select Primary output&other needed files. Up to this is general Deployment process. If yourapplicationincludes Crystal Reports you need todo some extra. a) AddingMerge Module:• Right Clickon Setup project ->Add ->Merge Module • Select‘Crystal_regwiz2003.msm’, Crystal_Managed2003.msm, Crystal_Database_Access2003_enu.msm,Crystal_Managed2003.msm •

Click on Open.

b) Nowimportant thing is that When you run this Set up on another sytem it will giveyou error of “Keycode32.Dll” The error isdue to not giving Registration key to Merge Module File‘ ‘Crystal_regwiz2003.msm’ Todo that Right Click on ‘Crystal_regwiz2003.msm’ and selectProperties. In properties select ‘(MergeModuleProperties)’-> Enter your key at‘License Key‘. Now the License key can beyour Crystal Report product key or you can get it from, Help(Menu of dot net) ->About Microsoft Development Environment. There you will see thestring “Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET AAP50-GS00000-U7000RN“(can bedifferent for different versions).Your key is'AAP50-GS00000-U7000RN'. Now build the solution&your set up is ready.

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