[RESOLVED] Report Designing with Crystal Report 11....

[intellogo]

Hi,

I have installed Crystal Report 11 Developer Ed.
And have selected the following components also:

-->References window:
1. Crystal ActivX Report Viewer Library 11.0
2. Crystal Reports ActivX Designer Design and Runtime Library 11.0
3. Crystal Reports ActivX Designer Runtime Library 11.0

-->Components -> Controls window:
1. Crystal ActivX Report Viewer Library 11.0

-->Components -> Designer window:
1. Crystal Reports 11


My VB6 project is ready. I only have to make some reports in it.

QUESTION:
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1. If i want to allow the end user to select a criteria, such as a "CITY", on which the report will be generated, then do i have to create a seperate vb form and provide him with the "CITY" combo-drop-down box on it, so that his selected choice will be used in the report being generated ??


2. If while deploying my s/w at the end user, i dont want to install Crystal Report 11 at his end, then which option do i go for:
(a) using the Crystal Report 11 designer module by right-clicking the
Project Exploer in VB6's IDE........OR........
(b) Report designer in the Crystal Report 11 product itself.


3. What are the particular components that have to be embedded into my setup file, so that my vb6 s/w will run fine at the end user's PC, without the need for installing the Crystal Report 11 product at his PC ??


Please answer the questions or provide related help, in the order of the questions above.
And ofcourse, help will be gr8tly appreciated

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Regards,
Gautam Naidu

[Hack]

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1. If i want to allow the end user to select a criteria, such as a "CITY", on which the report will be generated, then do i have to create a seperate vb form and provide him with the "CITY" combo-drop-down box on it, so that his selected choice will be used in the report being generated ??

That is what I would do.

2. If while deploying my s/w at the end user, i dont want to install Crystal Report 11 at his end, then which option do i go for:
(a) using the Crystal Report 11 designer module by right-clicking the
Project Exploer in VB6's IDE........OR........
(b) Report designer in the Crystal Report 11 product itself.

Neither. You will need to package your entire program, not just the reporting section. To do that you will need to create an Installation and Setup package which will include all components your VB program needs to run as well as the components required for your reports to work.

[intellogo]

Hi..Hack,

Thanks for ur response, but i have some doubts yet to be cleared..

I know about the standard wizard that helps to design reports but thats only with pre-defined values.And i have also seen the deciding factor (upon which the reports are based on) stated in the FORMULA WORKSHOP of the Record Selection section.

QUESTION:
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1. If ur saying that i have to create a seperate vb form for each report, so that i can allow the user to provide a selection for the reports to be generated (i.e his selection becomes the criteria on which the reports would be generated on), then could u let me know that how do i assign his selected choice and integrate it with the report designer ??

Example:
A Textbox in the vb form (txtCity.text) contains "New York".
Then how do i assign this "txtCity.text" to the FORMULA WOKSHOP's
Record Selection section ??

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Regards,
Gautam Naidu