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Brian
I tried posting this to a Crystal forum, but got no response. I just need
some links or pointers on integrating Crystal with Access - specifically, how
to open a Crystal Report from within Access or directly from the report's
location, without Crystal Pro. A manager wrote a bunch of Crystal reports
against an Access DB I wrote & now does not want to have me rewrite them in
Access. As of now, the only users that can open these reports are those two
or three (out of about 50 total users) that have Crystal Pro.
All users already have Crystal XI runtime, as all use it via a DB2-based app
that has its own CR viewing/printing utility; however, that app requires a
logon to the DB2 database and doesn't work for CR's that pull data
exclusively from my Access app.
Prior searches have come up with MSI-packaging techniques, but that is
overkill (unless it is the only way). I have distributed Access 2003 runtime
to all PC's (I own the VB Tools and thus have the Access extensions) and just
need to know how to integrate the CR viewer. I think there is an ActiveX
control available in Access. Because I have Crystal Dev, I see perhaps 20
available Crystal-related References (DLL's, OCS's, etc.) but have no idea
which one to use or where to start.
some links or pointers on integrating Crystal with Access - specifically, how
to open a Crystal Report from within Access or directly from the report's
location, without Crystal Pro. A manager wrote a bunch of Crystal reports
against an Access DB I wrote & now does not want to have me rewrite them in
Access. As of now, the only users that can open these reports are those two
or three (out of about 50 total users) that have Crystal Pro.
All users already have Crystal XI runtime, as all use it via a DB2-based app
that has its own CR viewing/printing utility; however, that app requires a
logon to the DB2 database and doesn't work for CR's that pull data
exclusively from my Access app.
Prior searches have come up with MSI-packaging techniques, but that is
overkill (unless it is the only way). I have distributed Access 2003 runtime
to all PC's (I own the VB Tools and thus have the Access extensions) and just
need to know how to integrate the CR viewer. I think there is an ActiveX
control available in Access. Because I have Crystal Dev, I see perhaps 20
available Crystal-related References (DLL's, OCS's, etc.) but have no idea
which one to use or where to start.