How to Call report from Adobe Flex App.

[Former Member]

Hello. We are trying to create a reporting solution for our Adobe Flex Applications. We use java and postgre. We also have Crystal Reports 2008 and run a lot of reports locally on end users machines. We have some reports we would like to call from flex and have execute in java and send a PDF back to the end user. So:

1. Is it possible to do this with Crystal for Eclipse?

2. If yes can we send values from flex to the filter fields in the report?

3. Do we then connect the report diereclty to postrgre to get the data?

RIght now I have a report running in eclipse connecting to postgre. Just trying to see if we are going down the right path. THanks.

[ted_ueda · Accepted solution]

You can create a web application that will accept HTTP GET parameters and return a PDF using Crystal Reports Java SDK.

You can then invoke this web app by making a URL call via Flex.

Sincerely,

Ted Ueda

[Former Member]

You can integrate your reports with operational workflows by embedding Adobe Flex

(SWF) applications into your reports. Using Adobe Flex Builder, you can

create any business-user UI that accesses report data and also integrates

with external web services. Data in your report can be passed to the Flex

application via Flashvars, making it easy to create flexible UI even when you

don't have web-services access to your data. The Flex applications can do

tasks like database write-back and can invoke operational workflows directly

within Crystal Reports.

Thanks,

Tej