How to change DSN at run time

[Winanjaya]

Dear All,

I am using VB6+ CR9, how to change DSN at run time? ..

Please help

TIA

Winanjaya

[chilling]

Have you found the answer to this question? .... I would like to know too

[Winanjaya]

not yet

[Mark Gambo]

Dear All,

I am using VB6+ CR9, how to change DSN at run time? ..

Please help

TIA

Winanjaya

I don't understand your question, could you elaborate?

[chilling]

This is how to change DSN at runtime:
From the CrystalReport.New event which you will find in the CrystalRepost.vb file add the following line:

Public Sub New()
        MyBase.New()
        Logon(Me, "DSN Name", "Database", "UserName", "Password")
    End Sub

then create a module within your appliaciation call "modCrystalReports" and add the following code

Imports CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine
Imports CrystalDecisions.Shared

Module modCrystalRports

    ''' <summary>
    ''' The Logon method iterates through all tables 
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="cr"></param>
    ''' <param name="server"></param>
    ''' <param name="db"></param>
    ''' <param name="id"></param>
    ''' <param name="pass"></param>
    ''' <returns></returns>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Public Function Logon(ByVal cr As ReportDocument, ByVal server As String, ByVal db As String, ByVal id As String, ByVal pass As String) As Boolean
        Dim ci As New ConnectionInfo()
        Dim subObj As SubreportObject

        ci.ServerName = server
        ci.DatabaseName = db
        ci.UserID = id
        ci.Password = pass

        If Not (ApplyLogon(cr, ci)) Then
            Return False
        End If

        Dim obj As ReportObject
        For Each obj In cr.ReportDefinition.ReportObjects()
            If (obj.Kind = ReportObjectKind.SubreportObject) Then
                subObj = CType(obj, SubreportObject)
                If Not (ApplyLogon(cr.OpenSubreport(subObj.SubreportName), ci)) Then
                    Return False
                End If
            End If
        Next
        Return True
    End Function
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Apply Login
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <param name="cr"></param>
    ''' <param name="ci"></param>
    ''' <returns></returns>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Public Function ApplyLogon(ByVal cr As ReportDocument, ByVal ci As ConnectionInfo) As Boolean

        Dim li As TableLogOnInfo
        Dim tbl As Table

        ' for each table apply connection info 
        For Each tbl In cr.Database.Tables
            li = tbl.LogOnInfo
            li.ConnectionInfo = ci
            tbl.ApplyLogOnInfo(li)

            ' check if logon was successful 
            ' if TestConnectivity returns false,
            ' check logon credentials 
            If (tbl.TestConnectivity()) Then
                'drop fully qualified table location
                If (tbl.Location.IndexOf(".") > 0) Then
                    tbl.Location = tbl.Location.Substring(tbl.Location.LastIndexOf(".") + 1)
                Else
                    tbl.Location = tbl.Location
                End If
            Else
                Return False
            End If
        Next
        Return True
    End Function

End Module

That should do it

[udaywalve]

how to handle multi user application...in vb6.0/sql 2000
i want to restrict other users when one user is editing the one record say Invoice. no. 0001

[Mark Gambo]

how to handle multi user application...in vb6.0/sql 2000
i want to restrict other users when one user is editing the one record say Invoice. no. 0001

I think you posted to the wrong thread, becuase you can't edit any data via Crystal Reports.