Crystal XI release 2 and Visual Studio 2010 Runtime?

[Former Member]

Hey Guys

What is the catch to run Crystal XI Release 2 reports in Visual Studio 2010? I have nothing but issues when trying to get it to work. Google was pretty well useless... My thought is there has to be a way to use 11.5 runtime, but I'm not finding it. So maybe we could start there? Installation of the runtime? Where is it?

Thanks

J

[saurabh_pathak · Accepted solution]

J,

You may want to consider using CRVS2010 (13.x) with Visual Studio 2010 as it is the only version supported with it.

You can't use 11.5 with VS2010.

For more you can check following where you can get Installer and runtimes.

-Saurabh

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Ah well that would explain all the issues I am having trying to get it to run. So your saying I would need to upgrade my crystal in house to use them on the asp.net site correct?

[former_member188030 · Accepted solution]

Yes,

- Install [CR for VS 2010 SP2 |http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/cr4vs2010/CRforVS_13_0_2.exe]on top of Visual Studio, which will give you a bundles crystal designer inside VS 2010 IDE.

- Open the existing reports in the newer bundled designer, preview and save them. (this will upgrade the reports)

- Develop the application using CR 13.0 assembly references.

- Deploy the application using the CR for VS 2010 (version 13.0) runtimes.

Hope this helps,

- Bhushan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

You guys seem to be pretty knowledgeable about the two together. How do I pass a parameter to an existing report? Here is how I am trying to do it.

Protected Sub btnsubmit_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles btnsubmit.Click 
        Dim report As New ReportDocument() 
        Dim path = Server.MapPath("../reporting/report name.rpt") 
        report.Load(path) 
        report.SetDatabaseLogon("reportacccount", "reportpassword", "servername", "databasename") 
        report.SetParameterValue("team", parametertxt.Text) 
 
 
        CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = report 
        CrystalReportViewer1.ReuseParameterValuesOnRefresh = True 
 
    End Sub

[former_member188030 · Accepted solution]

Hi J,

One issue per thread please.

Download the sample applications [here|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/samples?rid=/library/uuid/5050d3d0-19dd-2d10-ffb2-ddcd30a3e655].

- Bhushan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

oops yeah your right my fault. I'll let you guys know how I come out.