Special Edition Using® Crystal Reports® 10

The RAS SDK in Action

This section covers the common programming tasks associated with the RAS SDK. Although the SDK provides many capabilities, some of the following tasks are common to most programming exercises and are central to the SDK.

Initializing an RAS Session

Initiating a session with the RAS is the first step in programming with the RAS SDK. In this step, a specific RAS can be specified for use; otherwise, the system selects one from the RASs listed in the clientSDKOptions.xml file using a round-robin method. Initializing a RAS session by specifying a machine name at runtime is shown in the following code:

 //Create a new Report Application Session ReportAppSession reportAppSession = new ReportAppSession(); //Create a Report Application ...