Connecting Crystal reports to vb.net

[haihems]

Hi,

I'm having Visual basic.NET 2003 and Crystal reports 10. How can i connect crystal reports from vb.net? Thanks in advance

Regards,
Hems.

[haihems]

Hi,

I've created a crstal report. Now I want to view it from Vb.Net. I've added the Reference to Crystal Report viewer and added the control to the toolbox.Then I drag & drop it in a form and try to put the path of the report to the reportsource. But it remains non-editable. What can I do guys? Am I miss anything? Would appreciate your help....

[Asgorath]

Try adding your CR10 report in your project. It should appear on your solution explorer, double click on it it should open in your ide. Hit the Save icon and it should ask you if you want to save it to VS.NET 2003 Cyrstal Report format, answer yes.

Well this what with report made in vb5 that comes with CR 4, don't know if CR10 will work.

Regards
Jorge

[haihems]

Hi Asogorth,

I've added an existing Report to my solution. But while double clicking it, it opens from Crystal Report not from VB. So i can't save it as u told. Any Help friend? Very urgent please...

Regards,
hems.

[Asgorath]

Hi
Try associating the .rpt files with Visual Studio .NET

Regards
Jorge

[haihems]

Hi,
Can't understand what you are saying ...Please explain me...
I'm stucking with this problem. Help me...

Thanks.
Regards,
Hems.

[haihems]

Hi Asgorth,

Try associating the .rpt files with Visual Studio .NET

Now I found the meaning of what you are telling as "Associating". I try to open the .rpt file with the 'Open with -> Microsoft Visula Studio.NET' option. (Hope this is what you have wrote as 'Associating the .rpt file). But after that, I add .rpt to my solution and try to open. It open with Hexadecimal values (like FF, OF etc.,) What to do?


regards,
Hems.

[Asgorath]

Well i wasn't sure you could open a cr10 report in vs.net 2003. Maybe creating a new report with vs.net?

Regards
Jorge

[haihems]

Hi,
I'm having Visual Basic.NET 2003 Standard Edition and Crystal Reports 10.0 Standard Edition. Will it possible for me to create a report in my project using these softwares????
Quick response will be appreciated..Thanks
regards,
Hems

[Asgorath]

Oops you can't...

Regards
Jorge

[haihems]

Hi Asgorth,

Oops you can't...

Regards
Jorge

Then how can I do the reports for my project. Can u suggest me please...
I'm using Excel as a database.

Regards,
Hems

[kleinma]

sorry I have only used CR that COMES with VS.NET

what you should do is visit businessobjects.com, which is the maker of CR

They have lots of examples and information on how to use CR 10 with .net

http://www.businessobjects.com/produ...f=devzone_main
http://www.businessobjects.com/support/default.asp