HOW TO SEND A CRYSTAL REPORT DOCUMENT AS PDF DOCUMENT VIA EMAIL

This code snippet describes how to send Crystal Reports via Email Programmatically

using System;

using System.Net;

using System.Net.Mail;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine;

using CrystalDecisions.Shared;

namespace CSharpDeveloper.Core

{

    public class CrystalReportHelperClass

    {

        public void SendEmail(string emailId, string subject, string body, ReportDocument rpt, string fileName)

        {

            try

            {

                MailMessage mm = new MailMessage();

                mm.From = new MailAddress("xyz@example.com", "From Name");

                mm.To.Add(new MailAddress(emailId, "To Name"));

                mm.Subject = subject;

                mm.Body = body;

                mm.Attachments.Add(

                    new Attachment(rpt.ExportToStream(ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat), fileName)

                    );

                SmtpClient sc = new SmtpClient("smtp.example.com");

                sc.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("xyz@example.com", "********");

                sc.Send(mm);

                MessageBox.Show("Email successfully sent to " + emailId);

            }

            catch (Exception e)

            {

                if (

                    MessageBox.Show("Unable to send email to "

+ emailId + " due to following error:\n\n"

                              + e.Message, "Email send error"

, MessageBoxButtons.RetryCancel, MessageBoxIcon.Error)

                    == DialogResult.Retry

                    )

                {

                    this.SendEmail(emailId, subject, body, rpt, fileName);

                }

            }

        }

    }

}