Crystal Reports ActiveX Designer Design and Runtime Library 11.5

Question

Hai to all,
            I'm new in crystal report 11.5, my task is desig time i just create a blank report during runtime programaticaly create Fieldobject,Blob object and so on, i came to know this is the right (Crystal Reports ActiveX Designer Design and Runtime Library 11.5) dll but, i dont know how to write the code. Experts please post simple code, i tried this site https://boc.sdn.sap.com/codesamples but there is no code related my task, experts please help me.
Softwares am using:
Visual studio 2005, asp.net 2.0, SQL server 2005 and crystal report 11.5
Edited by: winseelan j on Aug 21, 2008 4:03 PM

Answer 1

Hello,
You are using the wrong SDK in this case. You cannot use ADO.NET (crdb_adoplus.dll) with the RDC. It would not recognise it. RDC only supports classic ADO (crdb_oledb.dll). Report Creation APi and the RDC was designed for Visual Basic 6.0.
To do what you are trying to do you would have to use the Report Application Server (RAS) in .NET to create your reports.
I recommend starting by creating a simple application with the report created in the Crystal Report designer using ADO.NET(XML) driver and Visual Studio .NET code to pass the dataset at runtime so you are familiar with the code and properties before trying to create the full report in code with RAS.
You will find more information and samples in the Developer's Library:
http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXIR2SP2/en/devsuite.htm
The samples are at:
http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXIR2SP2/en/en/CrystalReports_dotNET_SDK/sampleList.htm
Look for "VB_Web_Data_DataSets".
If you create a dataset you want in Visual Studio .NET, you can write it to XML or and XML Schema and use that to create the report.
        'From a dataset, create an XML file to use creating a new report
        'using the full path to the .xml file, include the schema
        dataSet.WriteXml("C:\Temp\myReportData.xml", XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema)
        'Or create a schema to use building a report
        dataSet.WriteXmlSchema("C:\Temp\myReportData.xsd")
Once you have the report format the way you want it, you can use the Report Application Server Samples from the Developer's Help to give you direction in building your report at runtime:
http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXIR2SP2/en/en/RAS_SDK/sampleList.htm
Elaine