running reports from a VB application

[thebigg]

hello,

i am writing an application and would like to run the reports from a VB form. i am looking for ideas, examples.

thanks,
steve

 

[kavirk]

Hi,
I think this answer may help u.
There are two types of reports u can link with visual basic.
They are
1.Segate Crystal Reports(Latest version of crystal reports)
2.Data Reports (Shipped with visual basic 6.0)

For crystal reports:

Create reoports using crystal report designer tool.
In the visual basic add crystal report control(i.e crystl32.ocx) through projects menu components.

U can view the report from visual basic using the following code:
crystalreport1.reportfilename=app.path & "\reportfile.rpt"
crystalreport1.action=1.

For datareports:

After creationg the datareport u can just say:

datareport1.show

Thanking u
kavirk