i have a "Connection.vb" where all my Connection string stored and used by the entire program.
i'm new to Crystal Reports.. and i want to changes its connection string based on the connection string i made... im using MS SQL 2008.. SQL Server Native Client 10.0 OLE DB Provider..
and here is my connection string.
"Provider=SQLNCLI10;Server=....\SQLEXPRESS;Database=Blah;Trusted_Connection=yes"
i tried to google it.. but they are using different language, different database, and complex examples...
thanks in advance..
I just spent some quality time figuring out this exact problem, in VB. I hope this helps.
Replace YourDataContext() with whatever your data context is. Alternatively, you can get the connection string from the AppConfig as usual. I am getting mine from the data context because we are migrating databases and keep changing the connection strings.
Private Sub SetCrystalReportsConnection(ByRef report As ReportDocument)
Dim sqlConnInfo As SqlConnectionStringBuilder = New SqlConnectionStringBuilder(New YourDataContext().Connection.ConnectionString)
For Each connection As InternalConnectionInfo In report.DataSourceConnections
If sqlConnInfo.IntegratedSecurity Then
connection.SetConnection(sqlConnInfo.DataSource, sqlConnInfo.InitialCatalog, True)
Else
connection.SetConnection(sqlConnInfo.DataSource, sqlConnInfo.InitialCatalog, sqlConnInfo.UserID, sqlConnInfo.Password)
connection.IntegratedSecurity = False
End If
Next
End Sub