Remove/Bypass Logon Prompt displayed by Crystal Reports?

Crystal Reports. NET.

Thanks for looking into this, but I managed to solve the problem.

The solution: Create, Load/Bind the report document at RUN time - NOT in VS 2003 at Design time.

(The code that worked is attached as a code snippet.)

Background Info:

I was creating a simple form that displayed an assignment report in a viewer. The form itself was being loaded as a modal form using the ShowDialog() method. The form, when loaded, would grab an ID from its parent, and then load the dataset for the report.

Issue: I would get the logon prompt BEFORE the Load() event ever fired. I wasn't sure how I could debug this issue.

The cause:

I only have a theory, (I wish I had more time to understand this completely, but I don't) but they do seem to fit the basic facts:

1. I think the report document was created,  and then tried to bind to the dataset - before the dataset was even instantiated.

  Essentially, the prompt was trying to locate a datasource. Since I strongly typed the report document in the designer, the report document was created OK, but the dataset which the report was aliased to wasn't instantiated - causing Crystal to prompt for a data location.

When I clicked cancel to the logon prompt, the dataset was ultimately loaded, and then tied to the report -where the report was viewed without error.

I believe, at long last, the culprit is within the VS 2003 IDE, and how it auto-generates the necessary code for the report document (and the dataset). Since I was passing in a parameter to the dataset, maybe that prevents the dataset from being available to the report document somehow (before the form loads).

The code snippet shows that I created and filled the dataset before actually typing the report document. This solved the logon issue, and now I can sleep just a little bit easier at night knowing this.

This has been one of the most aggravating bugs I have ever had to solve. Just thought I'd throw that in.

Dim rdcAssignmentReport As CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument
 
'Load Data, Prepare Report Viewer:
dsAssignmentReport.Clear()
With Me.adrAssignmentReport
     .SelectCommand.Parameters("ID").Value = Me.gAssignmentID
     .Fill(dsAssignmentReport, "vw_AssignmentReport")
End With
 
rdcAssignmentReport = New AssignmentReport
rdcAssignmentReport.SetDataSource(dsAssignmentReport)
Me.crvAssignment.ReportSource = rdcAssignmentReport
 
'Explicitly Tell Report Control that Toolbar needs to be displayed:
'(If this statement is not here, toolbar will not be displayed.)
Me.crvAssignment.DisplayToolbar = True

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