C# Crystal Reports - Date to Date

Createting two date parameters (dateFrom and dateTo).

Date From parameter.



Date To Parameter



Here we have three tables selected for report (ordermaster , orderdetails and

product ) and we are making the formula like , select all records from the tables

whose order date is between fromDate parameter and toDate paramater . For

doing this you have to select from date as Ordermaster.orderdate, to date as

Ordermaster.orderdate , comparison operators , boolean operator (AND) and

date parameters fromdate and todate fields from selection list of Formula Editor

and make the formula.

The following picture shows how to select the fields from formula editor and

make the formula. Double click each field then it will automatically selected .



After the creation of selection formula you can close that screen .

Now the designing part is over and the next step is to call the Crystal Reports in

C# and view it in Crystal Reports Viewer control .

Select the default form (Form1.cs) you created in CSharp and drag two

Textboxs (from date entry and to date entry) , a button and

CrystalReportViewer control to your form.

Copy and paste the following source code and run your C# project

using

using

using

using



System;

System.Windows.Forms;

CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine;

CrystalDecisions.Shared;



namespace WindowsApplication1

{

public partial class Form1 : Form

{

public Form1()

{

InitializeComponent();

}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

ReportDocument cryRpt = new ReportDocument();

cryRpt.Load("PUT CRYSTAL REPORT PATH

HERE\CrystalReport1.rpt");



TableLogOnInfos crtableLogoninfos = new TableLogOnInfos();

TableLogOnInfo crtableLogoninfo = new TableLogOnInfo();

ConnectionInfo crConnectionInfo = new ConnectionInfo();

Tables CrTables;

ParameterFieldDefinitions crParameterFieldDefinitions ;

ParameterFieldDefinition crParameterFieldDefinition ;

ParameterValues crParameterValues = new ParameterValues();

ParameterDiscreteValue crParameterDiscreteValue = new

ParameterDiscreteValue();

crParameterDiscreteValue.Value = textBox1.Text;

crParameterFieldDefinitions =

cryRpt.DataDefinition.ParameterFields;

crParameterFieldDefinition =

crParameterFieldDefinitions["fromDate"];

crParameterValues =

crParameterFieldDefinition.CurrentValues;

crParameterValues.Clear();

crParameterValues.Add(crParameterDiscreteValue);

crParameterFieldDefinition.ApplyCurrentValues(crParameterVal



ues);



crParameterDiscreteValue.Value = textBox2.Text;

crParameterFieldDefinitions =

cryRpt.DataDefinition.ParameterFields;

crParameterFieldDefinition =

crParameterFieldDefinitions["toDate"];

crParameterValues =

crParameterFieldDefinition.CurrentValues;

crParameterValues.Add(crParameterDiscreteValue);

crParameterFieldDefinition.ApplyCurrentValues(crParameterVal



ues);



crConnectionInfo.ServerName = "YOUR SERVERNAME";

crConnectionInfo.DatabaseName = "DATABASE NAME";

crConnectionInfo.UserID = "USERID";

crConnectionInfo.Password = "PASSWORD";

CrTables = cryRpt.Database.Tables;

foreach (CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.Table

CrTable in CrTables)

{

crtableLogoninfo = CrTable.LogOnInfo;

crtableLogoninfo.ConnectionInfo = crConnectionInfo;

CrTable.ApplyLogOnInfo(crtableLogoninfo);

}



}

}



}



crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = cryRpt;

crystalReportViewer1.Refresh();



cryRpt.Load(PUT CRYSTAL REPORT PATH HERE\\CrystalReport1.rpt");

The Crystal Reports file path in your project files location, there you can see

CrystalReport1.rpt . So give the full path name of Crystal Reports file like

c:\projects\crystalreports\CrystalReport1.rpt

crConnectionInfo.ServerName = "YOUR SERVERNAME";

crConnectionInfo.DatabaseName = "DATABASE NAME";

crConnectionInfo.UserID = "USERID";

crConnectionInfo.Password = "PASSWORD";



You have to pass the necessary database connection information.

Now you can run the program . Enter from date and to date , then you can see

the report whose order date is between from date and to date you passed to

Crystal reports.



19. How to print Crystal Reports in C#

The following program shows how to print multiple copies of Crystal reports

from C#.



All C# Crystal Reports Tutorial in this website is based on the following

database - crystaldb. So before you begin this section , please take a look at the

database structure of crystaldb - Click Here C# crystaldb

If you are new to Crystal Reports and do not know how to create Crystal

Reports from C# , please take a look at the section step by step tutorial for

creating a Crystal Reports from C#.

The following program generate a Crystal Reports from product table and print

2 copies of report without using CrystalReportViewer in C#. The program

generate report from Product table , the step by step tutorial for creating a

Crystal Reports from C# section explains how to create report from Product

table. Also the program dynamically passing the logon parameters to Crystal

Report. If you don't know how to pass dynamic logon parameter please take a

look at the section C# Dynamic logon parameters in Crystal Reports.

Hope you understand the previous section well. Create a Crystal report from

Product Table and copy and paste the following source code in the project.

Copy and paste the following source code and run your C# project

using

using

using

using



System;

System.Windows.Forms;

CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine;

CrystalDecisions.Shared;



namespace WindowsApplication1

{

public partial class Form1 : Form

{

public Form1()

{

InitializeComponent();

}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

ReportDocument cryRpt = new ReportDocument();

cryRpt.Load("PUT CRYSTAL REPORT PATH

HERE\CrystalReport1.rpt");

TableLogOnInfos crtableLogoninfos = new TableLogOnInfos();

TableLogOnInfo crtableLogoninfo = new TableLogOnInfo();

ConnectionInfo crConnectionInfo = new ConnectionInfo();

Tables CrTables;

crConnectionInfo.ServerName = "YOUR SERVERNAME";

crConnectionInfo.DatabaseName = "DATABASE NAME";

crConnectionInfo.UserID = "USERID";



crConnectionInfo.Password = "PASSWORD";

CrTables = cryRpt.Database.Tables;

foreach (CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.Table

CrTable in CrTables)

{

crtableLogoninfo = CrTable.LogOnInfo;

crtableLogoninfo.ConnectionInfo = crConnectionInfo;

CrTable.ApplyLogOnInfo(crtableLogoninfo);

}

cryRpt.Refresh();

cryRpt.PrintToPrinter(2, true, 1, 2);

}

}



}



cryRpt.Load(PUT CRYSTAL REPORT PATH HERE\\CrystalReport1.rpt");

The Crystal Reports file path in your project files location, there you can see

CrystalReport1.rpt . So give the full path name of Crystal Reports file like

c:\projects\crystalreports\CrystalReport1.rpt

crConnectionInfo.ServerName = "YOUR SERVERNAME";

crConnectionInfo.DatabaseName = "DATABASE NAME";

crConnectionInfo.UserID = "USERID";

crConnectionInfo.Password = "PASSWORD";



You have to pass the necessary database connection information.

Now you can run the program . When you run this program the program will

print multiple copies of Crystal Reports.

20. How to deploy Crystal Report

The following section describes how to deploy a Crystal Reports components

and assemblies on the target machine.



If you are new to Crystal Reports and do not know how to create Crystal

Reports from C# , please take a look at the section step by step tutorial for

creating a Crystal Reports from C#.

Crystal Reports for Visual Studio ships with your deployment projects that

enable you to deploy Crystal Reports components and assemblies on the target

machine. We can use different approaches to install Crystal Reports runtime

files on the target machine in order to run your C# applications smoothly.

If you are using Visual Studio then during your setup and deployment you can

add the CRRedist2005_x86.msi file to your setup file and distribute it as a

single setup file with your C# application. The installer can execute the setup

file automatically within your .Net Project in a single click. You can find the

CRRedist2005_x86.msi file in your system's C:\Program Files\Microsoft

Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper\Packages\CrystalReports . Also you

can distribute the CRRedist2005_x86.msi separately and install it on the target

machine where your C# applications installed.

The other way to install Crystal Reports on target machine is to create a setup

file using Merge Modules and distribute it with your C# application or as a

separate setup file. Click the following link to see how to make a setup file with

Merge Modules.

21. How to Crystal Report Merge Module

The following section shows how to create a setup file for Crystal Reports

Client side installations using Merge Modules.

If you are new to Crystal Reports and do not know how to create Crystal

Reports from C# , please take a look at the section step by step tutorial for

creating a Crystal Reports from C#.

In the previous section How to install C# Crystal Reports on Clinet machine ,

we already saw how to deploy a Crystal Reports components and assemblies on

the target machine using CRRedist2005_x86.msi file. Here we are creating a

separate setup file for client side installations using Crystal Report Merge

Modules.

Crystal Reports uses merge modules to ensure the correct report components

and assemblies are installed with your deployment of C# project. A merge

module is a set of components that are merged with a Windows installer for



applications that need them. The following steps are creating a setup file for

Crystal Reports Client side installation using Merge Modules.

Before creating a setup project, make sure that the following files exist in the

\Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules folder.

CrystalReportsRedist2005_x86.msm

Microsoft_VC80_ATL_x86.msm

policy_8_0_Microsoft_VC80_ATL_x86.msm



Steps to create Setup file for your C# Application.

1) Make sure the above mentioned files are in the \Program Files\Common

Files\Merge Modules folder , If the files are not there you can download the file

and copy it to the folder \Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules .

Download: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/11688

2) Open your Visual Studio

3) Select "New Project" from File menu.



4) Select "Setup and Deployment" from "Other Project Types"

5) In the "Solution Explorer", select your setup project, right-click, and select

Add and Merge Module from the menu.



6) Select CrystalReportsRedist2005_x86.msm to your setup project.

The file available at \Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules



Then you can see Microsoft_VC80_ATL_x86.msm and

policy_8_0_Microsoft_VC80_ATL_x86.msm will be automatically added in

the Detected Decencies section.

7) Build your project.

Now you will get the setup file for distribution. Either you can add this setup

file to your C# application installer or distribute it as a separate setup file.