Load Crystal Report from File

This code will show how to load a crystal report .rpt file that is saved on a local drive instead of embedded. The advantage to this is the program does not need to be re-compiled each time a report is modifed. Also, the .rpt can be upload from the application and stored in a database and then written to file. Do not embed the .rpt file when using this method.


using System;
using CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine;
using CrystalDecisions.Shared;

namespace Report 
{   
    public partial class Report : Document  
    {
       public void ReportLoad()
       { 
            ReportDocument reportDocument = new ReportDocument();
            string filePath = "C:\Projects\Application\Report\CrystalReport.rpt";
            reportDocument.Load(filePath);
            crystalReportViewer.ReportSource = reportDocument;
       }
   }

}
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