How can I retrieve the SQL SELECT statement used in an Crystal Report?

Question

I am currently working on a program in C# that allows our users to run, view and export a batch of Crystal Reports. The reports were made using the Crystal Reports 2008 GUI. One

Answer 1

I realize this is a very old question, but thought I would offer an alternative for those who stumble across this but need a framework target of 3.5 (dynamic is not available in 3.5).

You will need the following references for this solution to work.

using CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataDefModel;
using CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine;

Then just access the ClientDoc interface with the following and return a list of Command Text strings.

    private static List GetCommandText(CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument report)
    {
        var rptClientDoc = report.ReportClientDocument;
        return rptClientDoc.DatabaseController.Database.Tables.OfType()
              .Select(cmdTbl => cmdTbl.CommandText).ToList();
    }