Visual Studio 2008 extract reports from Crystal Ceports 2008

Hi,
I am a little new with CR2008,
I need to find a way to create a report from crystal using VS2008 (C#).
The program will get a rpt file or/and other parameters and need to create a reports.
The reports can be a doc or pdf file.
1) Is this can be done?
2) Where can I find code example which create it?
Thank,
Amos

Hi
Yes, You can export the reports in PDF or DOC fromat.
To download sample code click [here|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/codesamples].
You can also take help from [Dev library|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/node/7770]
Hope this helps!!
Regards,
Amit

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