Dynamically Changing Database Connections Information

Post Author: Robert Flaherty
CA Forum: .NET
USing Crystal 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 in C#:
Below is the code that I am using to set the database connection at runtime. This does not work when the Server/Database is different from the Server/Database that was used when the report was generated. What happens is a dialog box appears with the original connection information, The textbox for the server and the database are disabled.
public partial class ViewOrder : Form
string sqlStmt;
public ViewOrder(string SqlStmt)
InitializeComponent();
GlobalVaribles gv = GlobalVaribles.Instance;
sqlStmt=SqlStmt;
ConnectionInfo connectionInfo = new ConnectionInfo();
connectionInfo.ServerName = gv.Server;
connectionInfo.DatabaseName = gv.Database;
connectionInfo.UserID = gv.UserID;
connectionInfo.Password = gv.Password;
crystalReportViewer1.SelectionFormula = sqlStmt;
string reportPath = Util.BuildFileName(gv.ReportPath, "Order001.Rpt");
crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = reportPath;
crystalReportViewer1.ShowGroupTreeButton = true;
crystalReportViewer1.EnableDrillDown = false;
SetDBLogonForReport(connectionInfo);
private void SetDBLogonForReport(ConnectionInfo connectionInfo)
TableLogOnInfos tableLogOnInfos = crystalReportViewer1.LogOnInfo;
foreach (TableLogOnInfo tableLogOnInfo in tableLogOnInfos)
tableLogOnInfo.ConnectionInfo = connectionInfo;

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