Visual-studio – Crystal Report direct saving as PDF, instead of viewing

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I want to make a report from ASP.Net, in Crystal Report. I want, when user click on print, it should simply show a browser dialog of Save,Open,Save as, and PDF should be saved, or Crystal Report print preview should appear, I don't want to display report first in Viewer then click on button to get print or PDF, I want simply from clicking on asp button, I have all the idea of parameters and know how to make report, my question is just to not to show viewer and take report from asp button in a form of PDF or print preview dialog to print. I have used the Export method of .Net for Crystal Report, but it does not work.

Best Answer

You can generate a PDF by Using a Crystal Report and piece of code....

  • First: Generate a Crystal Report as per your requirements.

  • Second: Use the below code to generate the PDF:

    • Place the following name spaces at the top of the code page

      Imports CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine
Imports CrystalDecisions.Shared

    • Variable Declaration

      Dim CrReport As New CrystalReport1() // Report Name
Dim CrExportOptions As ExportOptions
Dim CrDiskFileDestinationOptions As New DiskFileDestinationOptions()
Dim CrFormatTypeOptions as New PdfRtfWordFormatOptions()

    • Set the destination path and file name

      CrDiskFileDestinationOptions.DiskFileName = "c:\RichText.pdf"

    • Specify a page range (optional)

      crFormatTypeOptions.FirstPageNumber = 1 // Start Page in the Report
crFormatTypeOptions.LastPageNumber = 3 // End Page in the Report
crFormatTypeOptions.UsePageRange = True

    • Set export options

      CrExportOptions = crReport.ExportOptions

With CrExportOptions

// Set the destination to a disk file
.ExportDestinationType = ExportDestinationType.DiskFile

// Set the format to PDF
.ExportFormatType = ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat

// Set the destination options to DiskFileDestinationOptions object
.DestinationOptions = CrDiskFileDestinationOptions
.FormatOptions = crFormatTypeOptions

End With

    • Trap any errors that occur on export

      Try
    // Export the report
    CrReport.Export()
Catch err As Exception
    MessageBox.Show(err.ToString())
End Try

Thats it.... Now you are ready to create a PDF of the Report.

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