Crystal Reports ReportDocument serialization problem

[Nikola Stjelja]

Hi All

I'm trying in vain to serialize a Crystal Reports ReportDocument in
order to return it as a result from a web service method call.

I've tried serializing it to a file but it wouldn't open.
I've tried writing it to a memory stream, no joy either.

What I want to do is serialize the ReportDocument object , reuturn it as
a response from a web service call and then show it inside a Report
Viewer Control in an ASP.NET page on a server that does not have a
connection to the database which is used by the ReportDocument object to
access its data.

Now is it possible to do that or not?

Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated.

TIA

Nikola Stjelja

 

[sloan]

Why don't you go to the PUSH model for CR, and serialize the model (the
data)?


http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/.net/net_general/toolsand3rdparty/article.php/c13253

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=crystal+reports+push+pull&aq=3&oq=Crystal+Reports+PUSH