Not sure if anyone can help with this one. We're using a Web application which runs on Linux servers and 1 Windows server for Crystal's Report Application Server XI. We can attach images to records, within the App which are then copied to a folder on the Linux server and given a new file name. (the Applicaiton references the new name.)
What does work: We can copy those renamed files from the Linux server to a Windows server and trick the report to look at a predefined path on the Windows server and then append the file name it will look for in the report. We can see the images when we run the report from a PC using the Crystal Reports Designer (outside of the Web Application). This is a pain b/c anytime an image is updated with a new one we cannot see it in the report until we manually copy it to the Windows server.
When we run the report from within the Web application, all fields except for the image show up. We've tried to use the path on the Linux server within the report but it doesn't know what to do with it b/c its not structured like Windows.
The 'Central Configuration Manager's' Help file said something about mapping virtual directories but I don't see anywhere to do this in Report Application Server's Serivice properties. The installation manual doesn't mention it either, which is where the Help file told me to look.
Has anyone else able to run a Crystal report with source images on a Linux server ? If so, how ? I think we're missing something. The developer of the Web App have not been able to help us so I'm trying this forum.
Thanks in Advance for any advice !