Compliled and distributed reports in CR 7 Pro.

[PatKiernan]

Question:

I am currently using Crystal Reports 7.0 Pro and grab my data from an Oracle 7.3 database.

My quest is to be able to compile and distribute reports to users with out them having a copy of Crystal Reports.

I can compile the reports and load them on a users PC with no problem.

The problem is with re-freshing the report.

If the user has Oracle loaded on the PC, the report will re-fresh with no problem, if they don't the user can nver get past the database log-in box.

Is there any way to get around loading Oracle on the users PC?

Even adding all the third party .dll files doesnt make a difference.

Thanks,

Pat Kiernan

 

[billybragg]

I don't think there's a way logically or legally to get around this.

 

[BradW]

What you need to do is to load the proper drivers for Oracle in the ODBC administrator. If you setup the Oracle drivers with the proper informaiton with database instances and so on, it should work just fine.

I have done this on several machines and had no trouble with it.

 

[kenhamady]

Don't you still need the Oracle client installed to use ODBC? Ken Hamady, On-site/Phone Crystal Reports Training/Consulting
Quick Reference Guide to using Crystal in VB

http://www.kenhamady.com/