1540965 - How to suppress or hide the report footer in a Crystal Report using the RAS .NET SDK

How to suppress or hide the report footer in a Crystal report using the RAS .NET SDK?

• Visual Studios 2008.
• Crystal Reports 2008 SP3.
• Web application.

1. Create a simple report in the Crystal Report designer with information (e.g. textbox with text in it) in the Page Footer section.
2. Save the report as MyCrystalReportWithFooter.rpt.
3. Use the following C# code to suppress the Page Footer at runtime.

// Namespaces
using CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine;
using CrystalDecisions.Shared;
using CrystalDecisions.Web;
using CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc;

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            ReportDocument crReportDocument = new ReportDocument();
            ISCDReportClientDocument crReportClientDocument;
            CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.SectionFormat crSectionFormat;
            CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.Section crSection;
            crReportClientDocument = crReportDocument.ReportClientDocument;
            crReportDocument.Load(Server.MapPath("MyCrystalReportWithFooter.rpt."));
            crSection = crReportClientDocument.ReportDefController.ReportDefinition.PageFooterArea.Sections[0];
            crSectionFormat = crSection.Format;
            crSectionFormat.EnableSuppress = true;
            crReportClientDocument.ReportDefController.ReportSectionController.SetProperty(crSection, CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.Controllers.CrReportSectionPropertyEnum.crReportSectionPropertyFormat, crSectionFormat);
            CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = crReportDocument;

        }

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