Datasheet

The following samples are included in this set:

Sample Description

Simple Page The Simple Page sample application demonstrates using the Web

Forms Viewer with one of the sample reports (World Sales). This

sample demonstrates drilling down into the details of the report and

some of the other features of the report viewer, including the report

group tree, the viewer toolbar, and the page control options.

Custom Navigation This sample demonstrates the amount of customization that can

occur within the Web Forms Viewer. The viewer has a set toolbar by

default, but developers who wish to control the look and feel of the

entire page can control the toolbar or even create their own with min-

imal coding.

Interactivity This shows how events can be fired when different areas of a report

are clicked, which will change the text of the textbox in the upper

right-hand corner. It also gives some insight into the events sup-

ported by the Web Forms Viewer.

There is also a More Samples link that will take you back to the Crystal Decisions Web site.

The second set of sample applications, for Windows Forms, is extracted from a self-extracting file and

can be found in the WinForms folder. These samples demonstrate the use of Crystal Reports .NET with

Windows applications and include separate projects for Visual Basic and Visual C#. Both of these pro-

jects demonstrate a simple Preview implementation of the Windows Forms Viewer and allow you to

select a report to view. Once you have selected a report file (there are a couple located in the

Reports

directory of the Samples folder), the report is bound to the viewer; the Print Engine runs the report and

uses the viewer to display the results.

Sample Reports

In addition to sample applications, there are also sample report files available for you to use in your

testing and development. There are two different sets of reports available in the Reports directory of the

Samples folder: Feature Examples demonstrate different features and functionality within Crystal

Reports .NET (Charting, Embedded Hyperlinks, Sorting, and so on), and General Business reports are

typical of reports that may be created and used in business (Income Statement and World Sales Report,

for example).

All of these reports have been created using the sample Access database that ships with Crystal Reports

.NET and are indispensable to use when debugging. If you are having difficulty integrating your report

and can’t determine whether it is your code, the viewer, or the report designer itself that is not working,

you can substitute your report with one of the sample reports and at least eliminate one option!

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