Help on Crystal Reports

[gggram2000]

hi there, I have a windows based program in visual studio 2005 using C# and sql server 2005 as backend.

It's the first time I am trying to use Crystal reports, from what I have now is simply a table from the database and the crystal report viewer displays the entire table. I'ved been searching to see where I can enter a select statement that will allow me to decide which data I get on the report. So far I've read about Select Expert that's found in design view of the crystal reports in reports but I don't find anything like it. I'm also thinking maybe when creating the report there's somewhere where I can select or query specific data. If anyone would like to shed some light on this matter I'll appreciate it a lot.

--GM

[Shashi Sadasivan]

the select expert is where you can specify what to see and filter your data there.

If you are quering on how to do this programatically , what i use is parameters.

Add Parameters in your report and then edit select expert to the values of the parameters.

When creating a report in .Net you can specify the parameters you are sending (which wil have to match that of the report)

[gggram2000]

the select expert is where you can specify what to see and filter your data there.

If you are quering on how to do this programatically , what i use is parameters.

Add Parameters in your report and then edit select expert to the values of the parameters.

When creating a report in .Net you can specify the parameters you are sending (which wil have to match that of the report)

Yeah but I can't find any Select expert, there's no property to enable it...where can I find it?

[gggram2000]

Hey, I've tried creating a dataset so that the report displays a certain data that i query. My code looks like this:

// getting the dataset
                string connString = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("ConnectionString");
                string query = "Select * from SaleReceipts";                           
                conn = new OleDbConnection(connString);
                conn.Open();
                da = new OleDbDataAdapter(query, conn);                                
                ds = new DataSet();
                da.Fill(ds,"SaleReceipts");    
                                
                // Crystal report code
                Report1 rpt1 = new Report1();                
                rpt1.SetDataSource(ds);                 
                crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = rpt1;

My problem is that when the report displays it only displays the first row instead of all (*). Is there anything wrong with this code?

[Shashi Sadasivan]

have you tried opening up crystal reports and vieing the report there?

check the report menu in the toolbar and it should have a select option.

As of what i have seen, that menu appears atleast from 9.0 onwards

[gggram2000]

have you tried opening up crystal reports and vieing the report there?

check the report menu in the toolbar and it should have a select option.

As of what i have seen, that menu appears atleast from 9.0 onwards

Thanks for the help. I finally feel comfortable with crystalreports. I searched a tutorial where it explains about the pull and push method, basically I needed a push method for my report since I was querying specific data to display. I think if I was told about those methods from the beginning I wouldn't have had any problems with crystal reports.

--GM