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Use Crystal Report (on) in Visual Studio. NET)

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Before we started this small study on how to use Crystal Reports on VS. NET, my friends and I were very confused about how to apply it to our Web programs. A week later, after some efforts (search for the "how-to" document on the Internet), we learned some tips for adding simple reports to the asp.net program.

This article includes the application of Crystal Report to your. NET Web application requires a summary of some of the methods, through these step-by-step demonstration, you will encounter errors (as we have encountered) will be minimized. To make better use of this article, readers should have basic knowledge about database connection in ASP. NET and are using VS. NET for development. Please note that we only tested the following code using beta2.

This article includes the following content:
(1) introduction;
(2) test tool-use an existing Crystal Report file on the. aspx page;
(3) Crystal Report demonstration-use Pull Model;
(4) demonstration of Crystal Report-use Push Model;
(5) output the Report file to other formats.

There are a variety of Crystal Reports. Here we use "Crystal Report for Visual Studio. NET" designed specifically for. NET ". It is a rich programming model, which can operate its properties and methods. If you use VS. NET to develop your program, you do not need to install any additional software because it is already included in VS. NET.

Advantages
The main advantages of using Crystal Report for Visual Studio. NET are:
-- Quick report development
-- Can be expanded to complex reports with associated charts
-- It can interact with other controls in the web form.
--It can be output to common formats such as .20.,.doc,.xls,.html and. rtf.