CrystalReportViewer 10.0 vs Crystal ActiveX Report Viewer 10.0

Can someone give me a brief pros and cons of using 1 versus the other. Is the CrystalReportViewer just a wrapper for the Active X Component (with limitations). This pertains directly to trying to capture (using the CrystalReportViewer) when a report is finished loading (in a VB.NET 2003 Application) that has a long running Stored Procedure. Viewer loads and events are finished but Report isn't shown for a minute as the stored procedure runs - trying to capture the event that finishes? Thanks!

Hello,
the crystalviewer object model has the following 3 events which might help you here :
AfterRender, AfterRenderContent and AfterRenderObject.
Please use the link below to get more documentation from our search engine:
https://boc.sdn.sap.com/search/node/AfterRender
Falk

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Post Author: mnichols1202
CA Forum: General
This one is killing me.
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Post Author: Camille
CA Forum: General
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