Crystal Reports for Windows Applications

Creating and Setting Up a Crystal Report

Illustrates the steps for:

• creating a new project

• adding PickDP ADO.NET controls

• setting the connection properties for the report to point to your Pick database server

• creating a new query string for the PickDPCommand control

• assigning the PickDPDataAdapter SelectCommand property to the new PickDPCommand

Creating a Dataset

Illustrates the steps for:

• adding a new dataset to the project

• creating the database table schema that matches the query string created in the previous tutorial

Designing the Report

Illustrates the steps for:

• adding a new Crystal Report item to the project

• using the Report Expert wizard to define the type of report to generate and specify the data to output

Inserting the Code

Illustrates the steps for:

• adding a CrystalReportViewer control to the form

• entering the appropriate code in the Load event of the form

Running the Report

Running the report.