Crystal Reports Viewer C# Winforms Asynchronous

[Former Member]

I am having an issue where the crystal report viewer is locking up my application when it is loading a report. It locks up the parent form and the form the viewer is docked in. I am unable to minimize, maximize, or move these forms while the report is loading. It is running a report on about 1,000,000 records when I run it. I have found online on how to set the ASP.Net viewer to asynchronous, but there is nothing about making the C# Winforms version asynchronous. I need my app to be responsive while it is loading a report. I have tried using Task.Run() but the application form fails to load correctly and eventually closes. Application.Run will not work. I am using version 13.0.2000.0 of CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms. Runtime verison for this library is 2.0.50727. I am in .Net framework 4.5.1 and using Visual Studio 2015.

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

Only way to do this is to fire off the viewer on a separate thread. See this KBA:

1455376 - How to launch reports on two separate threads

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[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I have done this and it does allow my main form to function while the report is loading, but I am still unable to move the form containing the viewer. Any ideas on how to prevent the form from locking up?

Also, if you are calling a form from a thread, you have to use ShowDialog() or else the form disappears immediately.

[Former Member]

Well, I'm back to square 1. When spinning up a new thread for the viewer, you are unable to use the export functionality. When you click on Export, it locks the application and never returns (I left it over night to confirm).