Recordset match to Crystal Report
I want to disply the recordset made from VB application to crystal report. How can I do it?
Many Problems in Crystal Reports
It was really a major relief to see someone helping out in Crystal Reports (cr). Otherwise, hardly anyone knows cr properly in the industry today. The help that cr gives alongwith the software is also not elaborate enough.
I am right now developing an accounts package using VB6 as frontend, Access as backend and Crystal Report 8.5 Report Designer Component.
The points for clarification are as below:-
(1) If i am putting a password in my access database, and then designing some reports using 'Report Designer Component', it gives the following error when I am using ADO connection string to connect to the database and clicking on Test Connection - "Test Connection failed because of an error in intializing provider. Cannot start your application. The workgroup information file is missing or opened exclusively by another user". The Access database was not open when doing this. Provider name and other details that i am giving are all correct. Any solutions for this? Or is it that, i cannot set a password for Access database if i want reports in cr?
(2) Since the software is going to be a multiuser application, do you forsee any problem while installation. One problem i found out was setting the path for reports. I am using .dsr files. What i am doing is setting the location as under :
Report.Database.Table(1).Name = "xzy" ' table name which matches with actual design.
Report.Database.Table(1).Location= App.Path & "\database.mdb"
Are there any other alternatives to this? If am am hard coding the query itself in the RDC, will the above codes run? What should i write as table name then, since the query user multiple joins? Also what to do in case if i am giving password for my database.
(3) Is cr really powerful than Data Report of VB? Many people have told me that there are several problems like setting the paper size etc. in Data Report. Apart from that are there any other problems?
Thanking you.
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Re: Recordset match to Crystal Report
hi,
Set your recordset to DataSource Property in crystal report control.
yours,
Babu
MailID: k_babs@hotmail.com
Re: Great: you should write atricle
hi,
Thank you for you suggestion, Still i need to learn more in crystal report to develop well. That's why i try to help others, my level best.
Thanks,
Babu
MailID: k_babs@hotmail.com