How to make a call to the Crystal Reports from my VB. Net application.

[Former Member]

Hi I have a web application built using Visual Studio 2010 VB.NET 4.0 running Crystal Reports XI which are in a folder within the project I am using Server.MapPath("rptTest.rpt")) to call and display the reports and everything is working correctly.

Now recently we purchased new Crystal Reports Server 2013 and the new request is for all the CR to be moved to the new server and have the application call the CR from the Crystal Report Server.  My question is how do I make the call to the report server from my application server? If someone can point me to a tutorial or a good resource I would greatly appreciate.

[former_member188030 · Accepted solution]

Congratulations Milena,

Moving to CR Server 2013 is a good move. Its a far more scalable solution than standalone CR.

For working with CRS, we have a complete Enterprise RAS .NET SDK.

See the developer guide and API reference guides here.

Sample apps.

NET RAS SDK Samples - Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) - SCN Wiki

Thanks,

Bhushan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Bhushan Hyalij thank you!

[former_member292966]

Hi Milena,

Have a look at this link to start.  There are samples available.

http://scn.sap.com/thread/1006689

You can get more help from the SDK forum.

http://scn.sap.com/community/bi-platform/microsoft-net-sdk

Good luck,

Brian

[Former Member]

Thank you for the reference links I will check them!