Chapter 4: Report Integration for Web-Based Applications

Overview

While Windows applications will still continue to be popular for some time to come, the growing trend in application development is for web-based applications.

In this chapter, we are going to look at how to integrate and view reports from within web-based applications created with Visual Studio .NET. In addition, we will look at some of the run-time customizations that can be made to your reports, as well as some issues around web application deployment. This will consist of:

Determining the correct Object Model

CrystalDecisions.Web namespace

Using the Crystal Web Forms Viewer

Customizing the Crystal Web Forms Viewer

Passing information to the Web Forms Viewer

As we go through this chapter, we will be building forms for use in web-based reporting applications, which demonstrate many of the Crystal Reports.NET features that can be used in your own web applications.