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Your first VB.NET Crystal Reports - A step by step guide
By: Issac Emailed: 355 times Printed: 534 times
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.
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.
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.
Select Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server.
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.
Click Next Button
Select all fields from Product table to the right side list.
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.
Now the designing part is over and the next step is to call the created Crystal Reports in VB.NET
through Crystal Reports Viewer control.
Select the default form (Form1.vb) you created in VB.NET and drag a button and
CrystalReportViewer control 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
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.
Hope this article helps you to create your first Crystal Reports.
If this tutorial doesn't answer your question, and you have a specific question, just ask an
expert here. Post your question to get a direct answer.
2009-02-21
Comments(21)
1. Hi ,
Is there any way to export contents of datagridview to crystal report?. bcos i have some data which is
displayed in the gridview but not in the dataset or table.
By: Nithya Duraiswamy at 2009-03-03 21:32:05
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2. Hi Nithya,
yes you can do that see the tutorial on How to export from DataGridView to excel using VB.net at
http://www.java-samples.com/showtutorial.php?tutorialid=1054
By: Ramlak at 2009-03-04 01:20:01
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3. Hey is there any way to export datagrid to crystal reports. Please advice me on this
By: Anu at 2009-05-08 13:11:48
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4. can i have sample of java programming that has database connection and manipulation on SQL 200
and MS Access?
Thanks
By: piolo at 2009-05-31 18:53:25
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5. the above is perfect, but when i hit the export button, it opens the save as window, it defaults to .rpt as
the save as type, how can i set this to XLS and still allow the user to save as normla, i.e set file name
and location themselves, as I have been looking into this and a lot of people are suggesting adding a
button and using the export options, but I don’t want that I still want the user to control where/what
they save, it just want it to default to excel for them. Any ideas?
By: CH at 2009-06-02 03:01:34
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6. Hi,
i tried this way.that works perfectly.but i make the setup of the project & install it.there, report doesn't
display...it shows an error message...is there any additional software needed to display report???wat's
the problem??pls help me...
By: indu at 2009-06-08 03:13:51
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7. How can I send parameter to crystal report?
By: Mark at 2009-10-14 03:41:36
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8. hi! this coding is very helpful for me thanks .
By: bhuvaneshwari at 2009-10-18 23:52:58
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9. hi,
my problem is.......
i use vb.net 2005 i want to put any no to data grid from the user and perform the arithmetic operation
on it such as.....
column1 column2 co lumn3
5 * 2 10
input 5 and 2 from user in column 1 and column 2 and calculate the value of it in 3rd column
By: Anirban at 2009-10-25 10:15:13
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10. hay is there any way to perform operation or calculation
directly on crystal reports, which was not done in dataset.
like can i count number of presence of a person in a particular month directly in reports?
By: neha at 2009-11-20 08:29:45
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11. hello,
i have to connect the crystal report with the report source dynamically. Is there any facility to connect
the report dynamically?
By: shanmugaraj at 2010-03-03 04:08:30
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12. very good tutorial..
By: shobhit at 2010-05-04 12:17:41
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13. hi this is very helpful........thank you very much
By: sumalatha at 2010-06-07 02:16:37
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14. hey dude
im using vb.net 2008 and sql server 2005
i followed the steps
but when i hit show button the report viwer only show the field names its not showing the data in a
table
i made a report of a single table to show all data of that table as u did
By: Haseeb ur Rehman at 2010-11-12 02:08:48
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15. Hi,
My problem is that how to connect the report with my access database by using a relative path..u know
wat i mean.. a path that will run on any other PC..
because actually when i run my program on another PC, it is asking for the database..and i need to
reconnect the database..but when i will submitt it will be wrong
so i need to know a way to connect using a relative path
thanks hope it is well explained
By: Twahie at 2011-03-21 05:31:06
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16. Hi,
As you shown here that we have to give the full path of our crystal report but what the problem here is
that if you switched to another system there might not be having the same path. So what we have to
do is have to change the paths of all the reports. What i wish is that is there any way we can give
relative path instead of absolute path? How?
By: Keyur at 2011-04-05 03:30:12
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17. sir,
my project is in asp.net so is there any reports to be generated for asp projects .please reply sir
By: mohsin at 2011-04-14 06:25:59
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18. can you clearly reveal how to create crystal reports and how to make alignments in crystal reports in
vb6....?
By: halim at 2011-07-02 00:28:48
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19. Hi,
My problem is with daybook. In table , The ledgername is 'Purchase' , But in crystal report, I want 'By
Purchase',, How can i get it sir?
Thanks in advance....
By: Priyesh at 2011-07-06 06:34:33
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20. Hi sir !
I have two Crystal Report, Named Crystal1 and crystal2,
Is it possible that the CrystalReportViewer can view two Crystal report .. ? and how ? im using Vb.net
2008..
By: Anderson Abad at 2011-07-20 03:34:51
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21. I am using VS2010 & SAP for crystal report. I have done what you posted.
But I did it with my database. A table was selected like your post.
It show only column name, does not show the value of row. Some color name & date was shown here. I
have tried for another tables. It's act same. I don't understand what should be done....Please help me
as soon as possible......
Yahoo : mamun_ruetcse
By: Abdullah Al Mamun at 2011-08-11 23:20:37
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