Passing parameters from a prompt form to a Crystal Report Form

[Lyndon]

Hi,

I have an application where i prompt a user for an identifier on one form,
then have them click a button to bring up a Crystal report where the crystal
report viewer is embedded in a second form. The identifier is intended to
be a parameter to be used either for the generation of a dataset used by
the crystal report, or for a stored procedure used by a crystal report. On
Crystal's site and other places/publications I have seen lots of examples
of creating data sets or stored procedures as the datasources for crystal
reports including the use of the parameters. But these examples will hardcode
a parameter value into the code which either generates the data set or runs
the stored procedure in advance of crystalreports displaying the results.

Does anyone know how i can pass a parameter provided on an initial form to
a second form containing both a crystalreport viewer and inherent launching
code for the crystal report? I have gotten report to work with parameters
hard coded into the code on the form containing the crystal report viewer,
just not passing the paramater to it from a previous form.

Can selective reports be generated this way, or does one have to use to parameter
objects that crystal reports itself provides as the means to generate a filtered
report?

Thanks- BTW let me know if this a silly question

[VBDotNet Team [MS]]

Hi,

You can pass parameters to the second form by either 1) creating a
parameterized constructor, or 2) setting a public property on the second
form before the call to Form.Show().

Good luck,
Paul Kuklinski
Developer VB.Net

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"Lyndon" <lvsundmark@telus.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> I have an application where i prompt a user for an identifier on one form,
> then have them click a button to bring up a Crystal report where the
crystal
> report viewer is embedded in a second form. The identifier is intended to
> be a parameter to be used either for the generation of a dataset used by
> the crystal report, or for a stored procedure used by a crystal report. On
> Crystal's site and other places/publications I have seen lots of examples
> of creating data sets or stored procedures as the datasources for crystal
> reports including the use of the parameters. But these examples will
hardcode
> a parameter value into the code which either generates the data set or
runs
> the stored procedure in advance of crystalreports displaying the results.
>
> Does anyone know how i can pass a parameter provided on an initial form to
> a second form containing both a crystalreport viewer and inherent
launching
> code for the crystal report? I have gotten report to work with parameters
> hard coded into the code on the form containing the crystal report viewer,
> just not passing the paramater to it from a previous form.
>
> Can selective reports be generated this way, or does one have to use to
parameter
> objects that crystal reports itself provides as the means to generate a
filtered
> report?
>
> Thanks- BTW let me know if this a silly question