Create CR in runtime in C#.net or alter a CR in runtime

The version of Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET 2003 has limited runtime report creation capabilities.

There are ways to allow for some limited runtime customization and these usually take advantage of Formula Fields within Crystal Reports. At runtime you can "bind" a formula to a database field. You are still limited by the fact that the database schema your report was created off of must match what you pass to it a runtime. This means you can add in new tables or databases or alter the schema of the datasets at runtime.

Samples can be found at:

http://support.businessobjects.com/search/results.asp?summary=1&ct=livewww-all&site=my_collection&client=my_collection&output=xml_no_dtd&filter=0&radioGroup=kbase_search&q=crnetcsharpsamples&content_typ=fileupdate&language=EN&index_cont=0&index_ft

We do have a web based product called Crystal Reports Explorer that allows for users to modify/create reports:

http://www.businessobjects.com/products/reporting/crystalreports/explorer.asp

Keith - Business Objects
Keith - Business Objects

KeithThomson at 2007-9-9 >