cr 2008 and vs 2008

[kimt]

Have a program using cr2008 & vs2008. Everything works except that the report is not viewable within vs2008. And I don't have a clue. This is the code that calls the report:

    Private Sub mnuReportsWater_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuReportsWater.Click
        With frmWater
            .StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen
            .Width = 875
            .Height = 1000
            .Top = 25
            .Text = "Water Usage"
            '.Hide()
            .Show()
        End With

    End Sub

the only thing in frmWater is a line to suppress the CR logo:

Public Class frmWater

    Private Sub CrystalReportViewer1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CrystalReportViewer1.Load
        CrystalReportViewer1.ShowLogo = False
    End Sub
End Class

When crWater is clicked/double clicked a message 'There are no items to show for the selected document.' Frustraing as all heck since the report was developed in cr 2008 (v12)or cr2008 basic (v10) in vs 2008.

That was before a couple of re-installs of the OS over a period of several months. Now, nothing.

Any ideas would be great. Thanks.

[wes4dbt]

When crWater is clicked/double clicked a message 'There are no items to show for the selected document.'

what is "crWater"? Is it a button on a form, a menu selection or something else.

Have you checked CrystalReportViewer1 to see if it has a report assigned to it. what appears when frmWater is shown?

[kimt]

Should have been crWater.rpt.



Clicking the edit the current crystal report, a blank page shows. However, when the program is run, voila!, the report is there. Can't seem to make it appear in vs2008.

Thanks for the help.

[wes4dbt]

Ok, I understand what your saying. I don't know what would cause that, I never use that function. I always assign the crystalreportviewer reportsource at runtime because I use the same viewer for all my reports. I always edit my reports by selecting the report from the "Project Explorer". Is "crWater" in the project explorer? If not, then add it to your project. Then all you have to do to edit the report is double click the report in the project explorer.

btw - Just curious, is this an irrigation water tracking application? I wrote a large app for that purpose, haven't seen to many around.

[kimt]

I have a form and cr report for each and they are in the solution explorer.

You mention that you have only one viewer for all reports, which may be a better way. Would you share how that is done?

Thanks for your help.

[wes4dbt]

Here's an example,

                Dim con As New OleDb.OleDbConnection(My.Settings.WaterConnectionString)
                Dim ds As New WaterTablesDataSet
                Dim da As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("select userid,name from users", con)
                da.Fill(ds.users)
                Dim rpt As New CrystalReport2
                rpt.SetDataSource(ds)
                Dim frm As New frmReports
                frm.CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = rpt
                frm.Show()

btw - The reports "Build Action" property is set to Embedded Resource.

[kimt]

Thanks. Will that enable me to edit the crystal report in vs 2008?

And it appears that the code you offered would be placed in the form for each report ie -> If there is a crAttending.rpt, crLastname.rpt and crPayments.rpt then each report would have a corresponding form such as frmAttending, frmLastname and frmPayments?

[wes4dbt]

Why would each report need a form? Why not just select the report from a menu or list box or combobox....