Read Crystal Reports Template

Hey Guys,

Can we read the template of a crystal report? The reason I need to is I have to getvalues from the users for the values in the template they select from the list.

e.g If the report has a label with caption "Name" and a Text Box with the Name="Customer Name",

The form will load those and the user will enter Value for the Text box.

Thanks.

Yes you can read the entire design of the report via the RDC. First set the references in your project to the Crystal Reports Activex Designer Runtime Library (RDC). I assume when you say template you mean an existing report? Then open the report using code like

Dim rpt As CRAXDRT.Report
Dim myapp As CRAXDRT.Application
Set myapp = New CRAXDRT.Application
Set rpt = myapp.OpenReport(txtRptName)

Once the report is "open" you can now traverse the enitre report (rpt object) sections to pick off whatever you need to dynamically request from the user before running.