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Import .rpt and .cs file of Crystal report to generate report

I can import the .rpt and .cs file of crystal report via OpenFileDialog, but i dont know how i can use that to generate report. is it possible to do that just importing the .rpt and .cs and you can use the imported file to generate report?

Solution

  • Add a reference to Crystal reports SDK (CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine) https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Crystal+Reports%2C+Developer+for+Visual+Studio+Downloads

    Then open the report

    using (ReportDocument rep = new ReportDocument())
{
     //Open report
     rep.Load("SomeReport.rpt", OpenReportMethod.OpenReportByTempCopy);

     //rep.PrintOptions = ...
     rep.PrintToPrinter(1 /*NumCopies*/, true, 1, 9999);

     //or
     rep.ExportToDisk(ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat, "SomeReport.pdf");
}

    This assumes that the report knows where to get its data from. Manually providing data requries additional steps.