After suffering through the same problems as others did, I came up with this solution to previewing/printing Crystal Reports XI reports. This borrows a few lines for the login sequence. I still can't find anything in the *TLB.pas files that allows me to login to the server directly rather than running down through the list of tables. Anyway, here's what I have at this point. Hope it helps someone !
Unit CrystalReports;
uses Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Vcl.OleCtrls, ActiveX, ComObj, Data.DB, Data.Win.ADODB,
CrystalActiveXReportViewerLib11_TLB, Vcl.OleServer, CrystalReportsControllersLib_TLB;
type
TCrystalReportForm = class(TForm)
CRV: TCrystalActiveXReportViewer;
procedure DisplayReport;
private
{ Private declarations }
public
{Public declarations }
ReportName : WideString;
ReportCaption : String;
ReportSelectionFormula : WideString;
end;
var
CRXIRuntime : Variant;
implementation
{$R *.dfm}
procedure TCrystalReportForm.DisplayReport;
var
CrystalReport : variant;
i : integer;
begin
CrystalReport := CRXIRuntime.OpenReport(ReportName);
for i := 1 to CrystalReport.Database.Tables.Count do begin
CrystalReport.Database.Tables[1].ConnectionProperties.Item['User ID'] := 'user';
CrystalReport.Database.Tables[1].ConnectionProperties.Item['Password'] := 'password';
end;
CrystalReport.FormulaSyntax := 0;
Caption := ReportCaption;
CrystalReport.RecordSelectionFormula := ReportSelectionFormula;
CRV.Align := alClient;
CRV.ReportSource := CrystalReport;
WindowState := wsMaximized;
CRV.ViewReport;
ShowModal;
end;
begin
CRXIRuntime := CreateOleObject('CrystalRuntime.Application');
end.