How can I display Crystal XI reports inside a Delphi 2007 application?

This is the solution I’ve found, using ActiveX: First, register the Active X control like this: In Delphi, choose Component -> Import Component Click on “Type Library”, click Next Choose “Crystal ActiveX Report Viewer Library 11.5” Pick whatever Palette Page you want (I went with “Data Access”) Choose an import location Exit out of the … Read more

What can you do with COM/ActiveX in Python? [closed]

First you have to install the wonderful pywin32 module. It provides COM support. You need to run the makepy utility. It is located at C:\…\Python26\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client. On Vista, it must be ran with admin rights. This utility will show all available COM objects. You can find yours and it will generate a python wrapper for this … Read more

Crystal Reports in ASP.NET MVC

It is pretty simple actually. just add following references to your MVC project: CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine CrystalDecisions.ReportSource CrystalDecisions.Shared use Action method like below: C# : using CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine; public ActionResult Report() { ReportClass rptH = new ReportClass(); rptH.FileName = Server.MapPath(“[reportName].rpt”); rptH.Load(); rptH.SetDataSource([datatable]); Stream stream = rptH.ExportToStream(CrystalDecisions.Shared.ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat); return File(stream, “application/pdf”); } VB.NET : Imports CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine Public Function Report() As … Read more

Query from two tables in report

In Crystal report wizard, locate your odbc created with username and password. Then you will see a Command text, You can put your Query in there. This code for VB.NET Private CRPT As New ReportDocument Private APPPATH As String Private PARAM As New ParameterFields Public PARAM_DESC As New ParameterDiscreteValue Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e … Read more

Compare SQL Server Reporting Services to Crystal Reports [closed]

On the one-hand, Crystal Reports is a steaming pile of expensive and overhyped donkey poo, and on the other hand SSRS actually fulfils all the promises that CR marketing makes – and it’s free. My contempt for CR stems from many years of being obliged to use the horrible thing. There’s really no point in … Read more