Convert a Crystal Report to PDF

Introduction

Export a report to PDF at runtime (Dynamically)

How to generate a report to PDF... I had this requirement and after my research i came up with this.

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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