Converting Reports to HTML - Automation

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Post Author: clee

CA Forum: General

Crystal Reports Version: 11.0.0.2263 OS: Windows XP SP2I was wondering if my reports could automatically submitted to the web and be displayed on a web browser.Ive been digging.. and under options, there is html preview section where I can setup a web server and stuffs.How do i setup this (server config) so it actually displays on the web? and what exactly is smart tag?Thanks for your help.--Calvin

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Post Author: synapsevampire

CA Forum: General

You need to slow down and read.

IF you have a non-OEM edition of CR Professional or Developer, than you might use Crystal Reports Server (CRS), which comes with it. There are alos 3rd party products, or you can manually publish to HTML (or lots of other formats) to a website.

Ypur questions are as clear as your description of what you want, which isn't very.

Rather than get lost, try posting requirements. If a requirement is that you need to create a new website for report viewing, so state. If it's to have it displayed on an existing website, and to only use HTML (which you brought up randomly), then so state.

It's fairly easy to get (CRS) set up, you just need the hardware and a little time to install it.

And please, no more random questions bundled together, you need to at least hit F1 and look some things up for yourself first...

From the Crystal help file:

Using smart tags

Crystal Reports lets you take advantage of smart tags in Office XP. When you paste a chart, a text object, or a field object into an Office XP application, you can view data from the host report after selecting a smart tag option. This table summarizes the options available to you.

Office XP application

Smart tag option

Crystal Reports object type

Word

View

Refresh

Text object

Field object

Chart

Excel

View

Refresh

Text object

Field object

Outlook

View

Refresh (only when creating a message)

Text object

Field object

Chart

Before you can use smart tags, web server options must be configured on the Smart Tag tab of the Options dialog box. As well, an .asp or .jsp page must be created for viewing report details. Normally, these tasks should be carried out by your system administrator.

Note: The reports you want to use with smart tags must exist on the web server named in the Options dialog box in a directory that mirrors their real location, or the web server must be configured to accept a UNC path.