How do I change a Crystal Report's ODBC database connection at runtime?

Question

I have a report made with Crystal Reports 2008 that I need to deploy a production system which means that I need to be able to change the database connection at runtime. Th

Answer 1

This Work for Sql Server 2008 R2 for DSN less connection.

Dim myConnectionInfo As CrystalDecisions.Shared.ConnectionInfo = New CrystalDecisions.Shared.ConnectionInfo()

    myConnectionInfo.ServerName = "Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0};Server=P03\sqlrs1;"
    myConnectionInfo.DatabaseName = "RS1DB"
    myConnectionInfo.UserID = "user"
    myConnectionInfo.Password = "pwd"

    For Each myTable As CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.Table In mboReportDocument.Database.Tables

        Dim myTableLogonInfo As TableLogOnInfo = myTable.LogOnInfo
        myTableLogonInfo.ConnectionInfo = myConnectionInfo
        myTable.ApplyLogOnInfo(myTableLogonInfo)

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