Report Application Server .NET SDK Developer Guide

To create a new unmanaged report

New, unmanaged reports on a file path accessible to a RAS server can be created using the ReportClientDocument.New method.

Note Note

Do not use the ReportAppFactory.NewDocument method, which is reserved for creating new, managed reports in a SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise repository.

Create a new ReportClientDocument object.

Visual Basic
Dim rcd As ReportClientDocument = New ReportClientDocumentClass()

C#
ReportClientDocument rcd = new ReportClientDocumentClass();

Set the name and port of the RAS server used to open and process the report.

Visual Basic
rcd.ReportAppServer = "hostname:port"

C#
rcd.ReportAppServer = "hostname:port";

Call the New method of the ReportClientDocument class to create a new, blank report.

Visual Basic
rcd.New()

C#
rcd.New();

Save your new, blank report to a folder accessible to the RAS server and close the report .

Visual Basic
Dim reportDirectory As String = "C:\" Dim reportDir As Object = DirectCast(reportDirectory, Object) rcd.SaveAs("MyNewUnmanagedReport.rpt", reportDir, CInt(CdReportClientDocumentSaveAsOptionsEnum.cdReportClientDocumentSaveAsOverwriteExisting)) rcd.Close()

C#
string reportDirectory = "C:\\"; object reportDir = (object)reportDirectory; rcd.SaveAs("MyNewUnmanagedReport.rpt", ref reportDir, (int)CdReportClientDocumentSaveAsOptionsEnum.cdReportClientDocumentSaveAsOverwriteExisting); rcd.Close();

The following code creates a new, blank, unmanaged report called MyNewReport.rpt in a folder located at C:\MyReports\.

Visual Basic

Private Sub CreateNewUnmanagedReport()
Dim rcd As ISCDReportClientDocument = New ReportClientDocumentClass()
rcd.ReportAppServer = "hostname:port"
rcd.[New]()
Dim reportDirectory As String = "C:\"
Dim reportDir As Object = DirectCast(reportDirectory, Object)
rcd.SaveAs("MyNewUnmanagedReport.rpt", reportDir, CInt(CdReportClientDocumentSaveAsOptionsEnum.cdReportClientDocumentSaveAsOverwriteExisting))
rcd.Close()
End Sub

C#
private void CreateNewUnmanagedReport() { ISCDReportClientDocument rcd = new ReportClientDocumentClass(); rcd.ReportAppServer = "hostname:port"; rcd.New(); string reportDirectory = "C:\\"; object reportDir = (object)reportDirectory; rcd.SaveAs("MyNewUnmanagedReport.rpt", ref reportDir, (int)CdReportClientDocumentSaveAsOptionsEnum.cdReportClientDocumentSaveAsOverwriteExisting); rcd.Close(); }

This list includes the namespaces used by the sample code:

CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc

After creating a new, blank report, the report can be further modified to establish a data source connection, add tables and table links, and design the layout.

To create a new unmanaged report

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