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8/4/2019 Your First VB.net Crystal Reports - A Step by Step Guide
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Your first VB.NET Crystal Reports - A step by step guide
Crystal Report is an application which can generate various reports from different data
sources, we can create reports, print and preview those report using it, It is compatible with
almost a developing platforms and databases, In this article you can find useful resources for
generating reports from VB.NET with Crystal Report.
We can now see how to create a sample Database and Tables and data. First we have to
create a database. Give the database name as "crystaldb"
Create a DataBase "crystaldb"
In the crystaldb database, let us create three tables OrderMaster, OrderDetails, Product.
OrderMaster
1. OrderMaster_id
2. OrderMaster_date
3. OrderMaster_customer
4. OrderMaster_createduser
OrderDetails
1. OrderDetails_id
2. OrderDetails_masterid
3. OrderDetails_productid
4. OrderDetails_qty
Product
1. Product_id
2. Product_name
3. Product_price
Now that you have a database you can start your first VB.NET Crystal Reports.
All Crystal Reports programming samples in these tutorials are based upon the following
database (crystaldb, the one we created through the previous article).
Open Visual Studio .NET and select a new Visual Basic .NET Project.
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Create a new Crystal Report for Product table from the above database crystalDB. The
Product Table has three fields (Product_id, Product_name, and Product_price).
From the main menu in Visual Studio select PROJECT-->Add New Item. Then Add New Item
dialogue will appear and select Crystal Reports from the dialogue box.
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Accept the default settings and click OK.
Next step is to select the appropriate connection to your database. Here we are going to select
OLEDB connection for SQL Server
Select OLE DB ( ADO ) from Create New Connection.
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Select Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server.
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Next screen is the SQL Server authentication screen. Select your Sql Server name, enter
userid, password and select your Database Name. Click next, Then the screen shows OLE
DB Property values, leave it as it is, and click finish.
Then you will get your Server name under OLEDB Connection from there select database
name (Crystaldb) and click the tables , then you can see all your tables from your database.
From the tables list select Product table to the right side list.
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Click Next Button
Select all fields from Product table to the right side list.
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Click Finish Button. Then you can see the Crystal Reports designer window. You can arrange
the design according your requirements. Your screen looks like the following picture.
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Now the designing part is over and the next step is to call the created Crystal Reports in
VB.NET through CrystalReports Viewer control.
Select the default form (Form1.vb) you created in VB.NET and drag a button and
CrystalReportViewercontrol to your form.
Select Form's source code view and put the code on top
Imports CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine
Put the following source code in the button click event
Imports CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim cryRpt As New ReportDocument
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cryRpt.Load("PUT CRYSTAL REPORT PATH
HERE\CrystalReport1.rpt")
CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = cryRpt
CrystalReportViewer1.Refresh()
End Sub
End Class
NOTES:
cryRpt.Load ("PUT CRYSTAL REPORT PATH HERE\CrystalReport1.rpt")
The Crystal Reports is in your project location, there you can see CrystalReport1.rpt. So give
the full path name of report here.
After you run the source code you will get the report like this.
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Hope this article helps you to create your first Crystal Reports.
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