Displaying Crystal Report in Windows form

[hne]

Hello,
I am using VS.NET and Crystal Report 10. How can I display my Crystal Report Form in C#? When I call my Crystal Report class from another class (Form1.cs) it fails to load the form.
i.e.: Form1.cs
display_myform.csForm crViewer1 = new csForm();

In my Crystal Report form csForm.cs, I have a method event called csForm_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e). However, from Form1.cs when get into csForm.cs, my app fails to load the method.

Thanks for your help.

 

[sodakotahusker]

This is how I do it.

Create a form with the crviewer drawn on it.

Create rpt files within your project by clicking add new item - choose crystal report - design your report.

load your form with crview and set reportSource to the rpt you wish.



What it appears you are doing is trying to set a viewer object = to a form and that ain't gonna happen!

--------Here is my code from the viewer form. I have a global variable caller _reportName which triggers the action when the page loads. _reportData is a global dataset which contains the data for the report.



private void frmReport_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
this.CenterToScreen();
switch(_reportName)
{
case "rptInventoryListWithoutPriceInStock":
goto case "rptListWithUnitPriceFull";
case "rptListWithUnitPriceInStock":
goto case "rptListWithUnitPriceFull";
case "rptListWithoutUnitPriceFull":
goto case "rptListWithUnitPriceFull";

case "rptListWithUnitPriceFull":
rptInventoryList rpt = new rptInventoryList();
rpt.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt;
break;
case "InventoryListbyMetalType":
rptInventoryListByMetalType rpt2 = new rptInventoryListByMetalType();
rpt2.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt2;
break;
case "rptBelowMinimumStock":
rptInventoryBelowMinimum rpt3 = new rptInventoryBelowMinimum();
rpt3.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt3;
break;
case "rptOutstandingPOList":
rptOutstandingPOList rpt4 = new rptOutstandingPOList();
rpt4.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt4;
break;
case "rptCurrentInventoryCost":
rptCurrentInventoryCost rpt5 = new rptCurrentInventoryCost();
rpt5.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt5;
break;
case "rptInventoryPricehistory":
rptPriceHistory rpt6 = new rptPriceHistory();
rpt6.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt6;
break;
case "rptInventoryCostbyMetalType":
rptCostOfInventoryByMetalType rpt7 = new rptCostOfInventoryByMetalType();
rpt7.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt7;
break;
case "rptMetalList":
rptMetalList rpt8 = new rptMetalList();
rpt8.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt8;
break;
case "rptPriceHistory":
rptPriceHistory rpt9 = new rptPriceHistory();
rpt9.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt9;
break;
case "rptInventoryOnOrder":
rptInventoryOnOrder rpt10 = new rptInventoryOnOrder();
rpt10.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt10;
break;
case "rptVendorInventory":
rptVendorSupplyList rpt11 = new rptVendorSupplyList();
rpt11.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt11;
break;
case "ContractPriceList":
rptCustomerContractPricing rpt12 = new rptCustomerContractPricing();
rpt12.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt12;
break;
case "rptSales":
rptSalesSummary rpt13 = new rptSalesSummary();
rpt13.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt13;
break;

case "rptCustomerAddresses":
rptCustomerAddresses rpt14 = new rptCustomerAddresses();
rpt14.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt14;
break;

case "rptVendorAddresses":
rptVendorAddresses rpt15 = new rptVendorAddresses();
rpt15.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt15;
break;
case "PackingSlip":
rptPackingSlip rpt16 = new rptPackingSlip();
rpt16.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt16;
break;
case "Invoice":
rptInvoice rpt17 = new rptInvoice();
rpt17.SetDataSource(_reportData);

rptMain.ReportSource = rpt17;
break;
case "PO":
rptPurchaseOrder rpt18 = new rptPurchaseOrder();
rpt18.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt18;
break;
case "Quote":
rptQuote rpt19 = new rptQuote();
rpt19.SetDataSource(_reportData);
rptMain.ReportSource = rpt19;
break;

}

 

[hne]

First of all, thank you very much for your response. Also, I must apologize for the fact that I am a newbie in C#. I see you point that attempting to set a viewer object to a form is not going to work. However, this is my dilemma; from my main form (Form1.cs), I need to click a button (called Display) to load and view my crviewer form that I created in my Design view with Crystal Report tool drawn in the form (csForm.cs). Your first three bullet points above, I have already accomplished. What I have been unsuccessful in is calling and displaying my viewer form (csForm.cs) from within the main form (Form1.cs). Thx.

 

[hne]

Sorry I did not update this thread. This was my solotion:
try
{
// Initialized my form viewer
display_myform.csForm crViewer1 = new csForm();
// Load report, datasources, other stuff and display...
crViewer1.Show();
}
// if any exception, catch it...
catch (Exception ex)
{
statusBar1.Text = "Error: " + ex.Message.ToString();
}
}