Question

When creating my Crystal Report I obviously set up a database and server connection that I use for development.

What I want to do now in my VB application is to dynamically set the database and server name to use with the reports. I have these values as the strings varServer and varDatabase.

Anyone know how to go about doing this?

Thanks in advance.

P.S I have tried several online solutions but am having trouble with VB6.

Answer 1

This link has all information you want to know.

UPDATE: Here is a minimum working sample for integrated authentication with SQL Server. You should use the ConnectionProperties of the table object to set connection parameters.

Dim app As New CRAXDDRT.Application Dim rpt As CRAXDDRT.Report Dim tbl As CRAXDDRT.DatabaseTable Dim tbls As CRAXDDRT.DatabaseTables  Set rpt = app.OpenReport('C:\report\repotest.rpt')  For Each tbl In rpt.Database.Tables     tbl.ConnectionProperties.DeleteAll     tbl.ConnectionProperties.Add 'Provider', 'SQLOLEDB'     tbl.ConnectionProperties.Add 'Data Source', 'localhost'     tbl.ConnectionProperties.Add 'Initial Catalog', 'testdb'     tbl.ConnectionProperties.Add 'Integrated Security', 'True'   ' cut for sql authentication     'tbl.ConnectionProperties.Add 'User Id', 'myuser'   ' add for sql authentication     'tbl.ConnectionProperties.Add 'Password', 'mypass'  ' add for sql authentication Next tbl  'This removes the schema from the Database Table's Location property. Set tbls = rpt.Database.Tables For Each tbl In tbls     With tbl         .Location = .Name     End With Next  'View the report Viewer.ReportSource = rpt Viewer.ViewReport