Report Binding with ReportDocument Object Model

The ReportDocument object model is the more powerful and extensive object model that is provided with Crystal Reports for Visual Studio. It is the preferred object model to use to develop a project with Crystal Reports for Visual Studio. For more information, see ReportDocument Object Model.

Note

The CrystalReportViewer object model has limited functionality compared to the ReportDocument object model. For more information, see Report Binding with CrystalReportViewer Object Model.

The report binding scenarios available in the ReportDocument object model are as follows:

• Binding to an Embedded Report Class
• Binding to an Embedded Report Class Upcast to ReportDocument
• Binding to a Non-embedded Report Loaded into the ReportDocument Class
• Binding to a Cached Embedded Report Class
• Binding to a Non-embedded Report Loaded into a Cache Management Utility Class
• Binding with the ReportDocument Component
• ReportDocument Binding Scenarios that Use Crystal Services (VS.NET 2002 and 2003)
  • Binding to Report Application Server (Crystal Reports 10 and up)
  • Binding to Crystal Enterprise (Crystal Reports 10 and up)

In this section:

• Binding to an Embedded Report Class

• Binding to an Embedded Report Class Upcast to ReportDocument

• Binding to a Non-embedded Report Loaded into the ReportDocument Class

• Binding to a Cached Embedded Report Class

• Binding to a Non-embedded Report Loaded into a Cache Management Utility Class

• Binding with the ReportDocument Component

• ReportDocument Binding Scenarios that Use Crystal Services (VS.NET 2002 and 2003)