Crystal Reports for

Visual Studio
 Introduction
► CrystalReports for Visual Studio .NET is the
standard reporting tool for Visual Studio .NET;
it brings the ability to create interactive,
presentation-quality content.

► With Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET,

you can host reports on Web and Windows
platforms and publish Crystal reports as
Report Web Services on a Web server.
 Brief History
► Crystal Reports has a long history of
integration with Microsoft.
► Microsoft and has shipped with Visual
Basic 6(and subsequently Visual Studio)
as the default report writer since 1993.
► Visual Studio 2002/2003/2005 versions
includes Crystal Reports.
 Why use a reporting
tool?
► Presentation of data in well formatted
manner in the user interface of
application.
► Quickly and easily make changes to
your reports without making changes
to your code.
► Can import the data to other
applications/various formats easily.
 Crystal Report Features
► Database Expert of Crystal Reports can easily
interact with a wide variety of database
protocols, as well as proxy data in the form of
ADO.NET DataSets.
► We can display Crystal reports on forms, in
both Web and Windows applications.
► An exporting feature exports data from the
Crystal Report to Word, Excel, PDF, and
HTML, and Crystal Reports formats.
 Crystal Report Features
► Crystal Report provides the page-
based report printing from any Web or
Windows application.
► Multilingual client support allows you
to configure the Crystal Report so that
other languages can be displayed in
the Tool Tips.
 Crystal Report
Namespaces
► Crystal
Reports for Visual Studio .NET
provides the following 7 namespaces:
 CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine
 CrystalDecisions.ReportSource
 CrystalDecisions.Shared
 CrystalDecisions.Web
 CrystalDecisions.Web.Services
 CrystalDecisions.Web.Services.Enterprise
 CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms
► CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine
 Provides support for the report engine.
► CrystalDecisions.ReportSource
 Provides classes that comprise a layer
between the Windows Forms Viewer or
the Web Forms Viewer, and the Crystal
Reports Engine. These classes handle
requests from the viewers. The classes
then determine how to contact the engine
and make the call on the viewer's behalf.
► CrystalDecisions.Shared Namespace
 Provides classes, interfaces, and
enumerations that are shared by the Web
Forms Viewer, Windows Forms Viewer, and
Crystal Report Engine.
► CrystalDecisions.Web Namespace
 Provides support for the Crystal Reports Web
Viewer control and its associated classes.
► CrystalDecisions.Web.Services
 Provides support classes for exposing Crystal
Reports as Web Services.
► CrystalDecisions.Web.Services.Enterprise
 Provides support classes for consuming
reports from Crystal Enterprise.
► CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms
 Provides support for the Windows Forms
Viewer control and associated classes.
 Crystal Report Classes
Namespace Classes

CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine 64

CrystalDecisions.ReportSource 1

CrystalDecisions.Shared 18

CrystalDecisions.Web 8

CrystalDecisions.Web.Services 1

CrystalDecisions.Web.Services.Enterprise 1

CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms 8
 Commonly Used Classes
Class Description
Area Represents an area in a report. An area is a
group of like sections in the report that all
share the same characteristics.
AreaFormat Allows you to retrieve information and set
options for a specified area in a report.
GraphicObject Base class providing generic properties for
various kinds of graphic objects.

PictureObject Represents a picture object on the report. This

class allows you to retreive information and set
generic format options inherited from the
GraphicObject class.
BoxObject Represents a box that has been drawn on the
report. This class allows you to retreive
information and set generic format options
inherited from the DrawingObject class.
 Class Description
ChartObject Represents a chart object on the report. This
class allows you to retreive information and set
generic format options inherited from the
ReportObject class.
CommonFieldFormat Allows you to set format options common to all
fields in a report.
ReportDefinition Allows you to retrieve all Areas, ReportObjects,
and Sections in a report.
Database Provides properties to get information about
the database accessed by a report.
ReportDocument Represents a report and contains properties
and methods to define, format, load, export,
and print the report.
SpecialVarFieldDefinition
Provides properties for retrieving information
on a special field found in a report.

SummaryInfo Allows you to get and set summary report

information.
 Class Description
DataDefinition Contains all the information relating to data
manipulation based on the data source in a
report.
SubreportObject Allows you to get and set date format options
for a date field in a report.
DateTimeGroupOptionsRepresents a subreport placed in a report. A
subreport is a freestanding or linked report
found within the main report. This class allows
you to retreive information and set generic
format options inherited from the ReportObject
class, as well as allowing you to open the
subreport as a ReportDocument.
DrawingObject Base class providing generic properties for
various kinds of drawing objects.

Table Represents a database table accessed by the

report. This class provides properties and
methods to get information about the table
and set logon information for the table.
 Adding a Report to a
Project
► Crystal
Report is a part of Add New Item
templates available in Visual Studio.

► Toadd a report to the project, add a new

item by Right Clicking on the project in
Solution Explorer and selecting Add->Add
New Item->Crystal Report as you can see in
Figure.
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