How do i load crystal reports without crystal reports viewer?

It's possible to show crystal report without crystal reports viewer. there have some other formats to show the report e.g. pdf, ms word etc.

Behind a button click event or any page load event use the code below to show crystal report on browser's pdf plug in.

Moreover, the print button of crystal report viewer does not work on client side. It's printing only on server side. so to show and print the document, its helpful to use pdf, ms word browser plug in.

using CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine;



protected void btn_Click( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
	try
	{
		// Get the report document
		ReportDocument report = new ReportDocument();

		// it was guessed that the .rpt file is under 'Reporting' folder of the project
		report.Load( Server.MapPath( "~/Reporting/report1.rpt" ) );
		
		// Stop buffering the response
		Response.Buffer = false;
		// Clear the response content and headers
		Response.ClearContent();
		Response.ClearHeaders();
	
		// Export the Report to Response stream in PDF format
		report.ExportToHttpResponse( ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat, Response, false, "My Report");
	}
	catch( Exception ex )
	{
		// use any logic to show the error, e.g. label, messageBox..
	}
}

Available formats to export

The report can be exported in different formats as follow:

ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat	Portable Document Format (PDF)
ExportFormatType.Excel	Complete Report to Excel
ExportFormatType.ExcelRecord	Only Report Data to Excel
ExportFormatType.HTML40	HTML
ExportFormatType.RichText	Rich Text Format (RTF)
ExportFormatType.WordForWindows	MS Word