Using CrystalReportViewer to Display Crystal Reports in .Net - Toolbar Functions

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We can manage the functionality of each button programmatically by using the methods associated with it. The buttons on the bar are in the following order, with the listed functionality. 

• Export Report: This method is used to export the report.

• Print Report: This method is used to print the report.

• Refresh: This method lets you refresh the report programmatically. 

• Toggle Group Tree: This method is used to show the group tree.

• Go to First Page: Use this method to go to the first page of the report.

• Go to Previous Page: Use this method to go to the previous page of the report.

• Go to Next Page: Use this method to go to the next page of the report.

• Go to Last Page: This method takes you to the last page of the report.

• Go to Page: This method is used to go to nth page of the report by specifying the desired page number.

• Close Current View: This closes the current view of the report

• Find Text: This particular method is widely used programmatically to find particular text in the report and perform required operations.

• Zoom: This method lets you see the report in a magnified state. 

We can enable or disable this tool bar by setting the property "Display ToolBar" to True or False. We can also enable or disable each button on the toolbar by setting their individual properties to True or False in the property window. All of these properties can be set programmatically to make our report more dynamic.

We can enable or disable ToolBar programmatically as follows:

CrystalReportViewer1.Display ToolBar = False

We can set other properties in a similar fasion.

We can also use CrystalReportViewer to display data from other data sources such as XML files, flat text files, and so forth. With the help of Viewer you can even view multiple reports at once with tab reporting. You can refresh current data in the report. You can print a report as well as export a report in various formats such as .PDF, .RTF, Excel, Word and HTML.

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