Tip: Get report parameters as text from Crystal Reports in C#
I am starting a new set of posts presenting small code snippets in C# you could use when working with Crystal Reports in Visual Studio. And the first one is “GetReportParamsAsText“. Very simple but...
View ArticleCrystal Reports 2008 : hacking datetime parameter format
One would think that this should be a no-brainer : ability to specify an edit format for date/time parameter in Crystal Reports. Not so fast… Problem is as following: ASP.Net Web client with Crystal...
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Crystal Reports 2008, ASP.Net and impersonation
We have created our perfect reporting solution using Crystal Reports 2008 viewer control, tested everything, and deployed it into production environment… and it is working… until Friday night…...
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Crystal Reports 2008 : hacking datetime parameter format – reloaded
Few weeks ago I have wrote on how to hack Crystal Reports 2008 ASP.Net Viewer control to suppress time part in the parameter calendar control. With release of Service Pack 1 for Crystal Reports 2008,...
View ArticleCrystal Reports Extension Methods Library
After using Crystal Reports for many years what always strikes me is that some of the methods available via API are not generic enough and require unnecessary repeated coding for simple things. Lately...
View ArticleCrystalReports: getting engine version
When working on the new web-site which uses CrystalReports engine to display some reports, it is useful to know what version is used. Yes, we usually know what version of engine we have on development...
View ArticleHow to set default file name for export from CrystalReportViewer in ASP.Net
I have had nice discussion about a new Crystal Reports based web-site today. And everything seems to be fine… Except users want to see a proper default name for the exported files… Environment: Crystal...
View ArticleExpiration of CrystalReport Viewer pages with long running queries
Wow! It worked… I continue my journey with Crystal Reports Viewer (CRV) inside ASP.Net pages. Topic of this post is to discuss problems and solutions related to long running queries in CRV. I would...
View ArticleCrystal Reports 2008 and ASP.Net : speed up the first session
Did you ever noticed that after restart of the IIS ASP.Net page which has Crystal Reports Viewer would take much longer to come up? Some of it is expected since on initial start up, a number of Crystal...
View ArticleCrystal Reports 2010 – rumors are out
It has been two years since Crystal Reports 2008 was released. It feels old now – no support for new .Net technologies, no support for new export formats, etc. So question is – when we would see any of...
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