Summary
In this chapter, you have had a look at integrating reports into Windows applications, starting with basic integration with the Crystal Report Viewer for Windows Forms. In terms of ease of use and functionality, the Crystal Report Viewer provides most of the functionality you will need for view-only reporting implementations. In addition to the standard viewer functionality, we also looked at how you could use the properties, methods, and events of the viewer to customize the look and feel or even create your own custom viewer that matches your own application's user interface.
So what is next? For more advanced integration topics and greater control over the report itself, you may want to consider flipping over to Chapter 8 to start learning how the Report Engine can be used to control your report's contents and appearance.If you also develop web applications, you are probably keen to get into the next chapter, but keep in mind that some of the same concepts we just covered in this chapter (and in Chapter 8 with the Report Engine topics) will also apply to web applications, which we will be looking at next.