1338241 - getParameterFields method returns null in Crystal Reports for Java

After assigning a reportsource to the viewer, calling the method "getParameterFields()" off of the CrystalReportViewer object returns null (If not caught - it will throw a java.lang.NullPointerException)

In version 12, a call to processHttpRequest is required before this method will return a value.

Instead of using the getParameterFields method off of the viewer object, use the following method:

myReportClientDocument.getDataDefController().getDataDefinition().getParameterFields();

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