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Database Credentials

One of the nice things about the version 10 Crystal Report Viewers as opposed to previous versions is that if the report needs database credentials, it prompts the user for this information. Figures 29.6 and 29.7 show the Windows Forms and Web Forms Viewers database credential prompting.

Figure 29.6. The Windows Forms Viewer prompts for database credentials.

Figure 29.7. The Web Forms Viewer prompts for database credentials.

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