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Mar 11, 2009 at 07:48 AM

Accessing Crystal Reports Server from a C++ application

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Hello,

is it possible to access a Crystal Reports Server (XI Release 2) from a C++ application? I think via URL reporting it should be possible, but I don't know how I can automize the whole access. When the URL is entered manually inside a browser, the report is displayed (of course) inside the browser. The export of the report has to be triggered manually via a button. But I'd like to automize this process. The idea is, that the C++ application accesses the CR Server via a URL. Then, the server automatically exports the specified report and stores the result (e.g. an Excel or a PDF file) to a predefined location (or maybe inside the server itself, where it can be accessed from the C++ application).

Or maybe there are any other ways to incorporate report generation into a C++ application? At the moment, the above described C++ application uses the RDC component from Crystal Reports XI Release 2. The application works fine in Windows, but it has to be ported to Linux. The problem is, that the RDC component cannot be used in Linux (because its a COM component)...

I would be thankful for any suggestions :-)!

Best regards, Robin.