Run-time Crystal Reports

[Patt]

I am looking to run some .rpt files from a command line that will use the Crystal Report runtime files to display.

Does anyone have experience doing this, and could provide me with a little bit of direction?

Thanks.

p.s. Crystal Reports XI is the preferred version.

 

[ScottMac]

Download and distribute the Crystal Reports Viewer XI.

Crystal Report Viewer XI

It's free.

The only drawback I've found is that you have to include the data with the report (versus a dynamic update when teh report is called).

Good Luck

Scott

 

[Patt]

Originally posted by: ScottMac
Download and distribute the Crystal Reports Viewer XI.

Crystal Report Viewer XI

It's free.

The only drawback I've found is that you have to include the data with the report (versus a dynamic update when teh report is called).

Good Luck

Scott

Unfortunately I need something Dynamic, i.e. the user has selected some parameters, and they need to be passed to the viewer. I will check out the viewer though to see if there is any way I can force it to meet my needs.

 

[CTho9305]

You could probably write a VBScript program to do what you need and run that from the command line... I think Crystal is what I used at a job years ago and generated PDF reports on a webserver with ASP. Possibly-useful search.

 

[ScottMac]

Originally posted by: Patt

Originally posted by: ScottMac
Download and distribute the Crystal Reports Viewer XI.

Crystal Report Viewer XI

It's free.

The only drawback I've found is that you have to include the data with the report (versus a dynamic update when teh report is called).

Good Luck

Scott

Unfortunately I need something Dynamic, i.e. the user has selected some parameters, and they need to be passed to the viewer. I will check out the viewer though to see if there is any way I can force it to meet my needs.

That can be built into the report. I believe the viewer does support links and subreports.