need help in crystal report

[binilmb]

hi
im new to crystal report. how can i call it in vb and is there any way to save the report to .pdf file

[Hack]

Moved to reporting section.

[binilmb]

how can i call crystal report in vb

[Al42]

This is a snippet from a VB.Net program I wrote, but you may be able to adapt it to VB:

Imports CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine
Imports CrystalDecisions.Shared

Dim CrystalReportDocument As ReportDocument
Dim CrystalExportOptions As ExportOptions
Dim CrystalDiskFileDestinationOptions As DiskFileDestinationOptions

Dim Filename As String
CrystalReportDocument = New ReportDocument()
CrystalReportDocument.Load("Path" & "CrystalReportTemplateName.rpt")

Filename = "C:\FileName.pdf"

CrystalDiskFileDestinationOptions = New DiskFileDestinationOptions()
CrystalDiskFileDestinationOptions.DiskFileName = Filename
CrystalExportOptions = CrystalReportDocument.ExportOptions
With CrystalExportOptions
.DestinationOptions = CrystalDiskFileDestinationOptions '<- This is what makes it save the report on disk
.ExportDestinationType = ExportDestinationType.DiskFile
.ExportFormatType = ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat '<- This is what makes it save it as a pdf document
End With
CrystalReportDocument.Export()

[PeterBorroloola]

what version crystal reports and vb?