crystalr reports

[shaz jazz]

Hi, i want to ask can i call a crystal report without reportViewer control. i mean is there any way to call a report directly in some way?? basically i'm using c# express edition which do suports SQL server 2005 but doesnt support crystal reports. so i installed crystal report 10 seperately and begin using it. now in my C# IDE if i go to add Item then crystal report icon doesn't apear. also there is not report viewer control in the the controls area. so i asked this question. if there exists no way then sugest me what should i d0?? hope u'l respond for my satisfaction. as far as my introduction is concerned i'm a student of BS doing my final project, i'm using .net since 1 year but crystal reports are new for me. regards

thx in advance!! regards shaz jazz

[gnadeem]

hi there. report viewer control is a part of dll so you wouldn't be ablt o use it serperately. there might be some other options, but here is a rough-one. export the report to a file of desired format and then view in explorer or other application that supports the format you chose. Rep r = new Rep(); //report object r.ExportToDisk(CrystalDecisions.Shared.ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat , "C:\\myreport.pdf"); //exporting as pdf file ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo("iexplore.exe","C:\\myreport.pdf"); Process.Start(info); if you cant find something more robust, this may be usefull, at least on educational level. regards.