1307513 - How to retrieve selected group tree element in Crystal Reports using .Net SDK.

How to retrive the name of group element selected in a Crystal Reports.

1. Create a report which contains groups.
2. Add the report to .Net web-application.
3. Assign the report to viewer in application.
4. Execuite the application.
5. Select an element in the group tree in report.
6. User wants the name of the selected element.

Visual Studio 2005.

Crystal Reports XIR2.

1. Create a report which contains groups.
2. Add the report to .Net web-application.
3. Assign the report to viewer in application.
4. Add following line of code to the CrystalReportViewer_navigate() method:
   

           string groupName = Server.UrlDecode(Request.Form["__EVENTARGUMENT"].ToString());
           int i;

           // The groupname always starts with 'drillname=' so well get rid of that first
           groupName = groupName.Replace("drillname=", "");

           // Find the location of '&grp=' in this string as it at the end
           i = groupName.Length - groupName.IndexOf("&grp=");

           // drop everything from '&grp=' and back. This is now the group name
           groupName = groupName.Substring(0, groupName.Length - i);

5. Display the groupName value in the application.

See Note number:1308698 to create CrystalReportViewer_navigate() method.

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