Generating Manually Scheduled Crystal Reports in C#

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I have a SQL Database from which I need to create reports daily, weekly and monthly. I am thinking of Creating Crystal Reports Manually so That I can execute that particular function periodically using a timer. Would this be a good approach or is there any other way in which I can do so? An example would be greatly appreciated... Thanks in advance.

What version of SQL are you using? If you are using SQL Server 2008 or later, you can use SQL Server Reporting Services. — LittleBobbyTables - Au Revoir, Jul 17 '12 at 17:49
You can do this with Crystal Reports. Are the reports already built or are you starting fresh? — Buck Hicks, Jul 19 '12 at 00:23

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 17 '12 at 18:28

I know you asked for Crystal Reports, but assuming you have SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services installed, you can create reports that way and not have to get a second software package.

Both Microsoft Technet ("How to: Schedule Report and Subscription Processing (Reporting Services in SharePoint Integrated Mode") and Code Snippets ("SSRS: Scheduling Reports Using SQL Server Reporting Services 2008") have some examples of scheduling reports.

Generating Manually Scheduled Crystal Reports in C#

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