Seems silly to have to create a parameter that is already part of report?

I am using the following code to set a parameter in my report.

Code:

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Dim paramList As New Generic.List(Of Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms.ReportParameter)

dim TestString as string
TestString = "hello world"

paramList.Add(New Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms.ReportParameter("paramTitle", TestString))

ReportViewer1.LocalReport.SetParameters(paramList)

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However, if I create the parameter at design time, it seems like I should be able to do something much simpler like

Code:

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Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms.ReportParameter("paramTitle", TestString)

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since the parameter is already created. However, I can't get anything like that to work.

Is this logic bad somewhere?

Thanks,

Dave

Code:

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    Imports CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine
    Imports CrystalDecisions.Shared
    '
    ' Load the selected report file.
    '
    Dim CR As New ReportDocument
    CR.Load(strReportPath)
    '
    ' Declare the parameter related objects.
    '
    Dim crParameterDiscreteValue As ParameterDiscreteValue
    Dim crParameterFieldDefinitions As ParameterFieldDefinitions
    Dim crParameterFieldLocation As ParameterFieldDefinition
    Dim crParameterValues As ParameterValues
    '
    ' Get the report's parameters collection.
    '
    crParameterFieldDefinitions = CR.DataDefinition.ParameterFields
    '
    ' Set the first parameter
    ' - Get the parameter, tell it to use the current values vs default value.
    ' - Tell it the parameter contains 1 discrete value vs multiple values.
    ' - Set the parameter's value.
    ' - Add it and apply it.
    ' - Repeat these statements for each parameter.
    '
    crParameterFieldLocation = crParameterFieldDefinitions.Item("StartDate")
    crParameterValues = crParameterFieldLocation.CurrentValues
    crParameterDiscreteValue = New CrystalDecisions.Shared.ParameterDiscreteValue
    crParameterDiscreteValue.Value = strStartDate
    crParameterValues.Add(crParameterDiscreteValue)
    crParameterFieldLocation.ApplyCurrentValues(crParameterValues)
    '
    ' Set the Crytal Report Viewer control's source to the report document.
    '
    CrystalReportViewer.ReportSource = CR

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If the parameters were added to your Crystal Report by clicking the Parameter Fields node in the Crystal IDE's Field Explorer they can be set using the following code:

Code:

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    Dim cr As New ReportDocument
    cr.Load(strReportPath)
    cr.SetDataSource(DS.Tables("Customers"))
    cr.SetParameterValue("StartDate", strMyParmValue)
    CrystalReportViewer.ReportSource = cr

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jggtz, that is for a crystal report, I'm using microsoft reporting services (rdlc file)

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