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Report Selection from the Properties Window

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To select a report to view with the CrystalReportViewer control in a Windows project, you had to drag a ReportDocument component onto the page, configure a report for the component, and then bind it to the CrystalReportViewer control in the code-behind class.

In Crystal Reports for Visual Studio, report selection for the CrystalReportViewer control has been simplified. After you add a CrystalReportViewer control to the Windows form, you can select a report directly from the ReportSource property in the Properties window.

The ReportSource property displays a combo box. When clicked, the combo box provides a browse selection as well as a listing of all embedded reports within the project.

Select a report using the ReportSource property. A design-time preview of the report is shown in the CrystalReportViewer control. For more information, see Design Time Preview.

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For more information about report binding scenarios, see Which Report Binding Scenario Should I Use?.

To learn how to set up a project for coding with the Crystal Reports API, see Project Setup.

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