Crystal activex control

[#1]

I am trying to write a ASP.NET application that allows the user to run any crystal report. my requirement is, when the user selects the report, it should open the crystal activex control or java applet and run the report. If the control has not been installed, it should prompt for the installation.

I am not sure how to use this. I have already installed vs2005 with crystal 10. And the virtual directory is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Crystal Decisions\2.5\crystalreportviewers10

Could any one help me with this. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[ted_ueda]

Hello Don,

You're brewing a deadly cocktail:

1. ActiveX viewer and Java viewer can be invoked using COM - either the Report Designer Component or Report Application Server COM SDKs - however, these COM SDKs are not fully tested or supported when used in .NET.

2. Crystal Reports .NET allows you to view reports using a Crystal Report Web Forms viewer, but version 10 will just not work with .NET Framework 2.0 (VS 2005)

With Crystal 10, the supported environment would be CR.NET viewing reports using the Web Forms viewer on Visual Studio 2003.

Sincerely,

Ted Ueda

[former_member1012208]

I am going to download Crystal XI developer trial version for 30 days and try out.

Thanks for your reply, much appreciated.

[former_member184995]

Hi Don,

Just an FYI, make sure that after you download the trial that it is XI Release 2. You go can into help|about and check the version. It needs to be 11.5.xxx.

I am almost positive that trial is XI R2, but you want to make sure since you are using VS.NET 2005.

Jason