Crystal Problem

[shannanl]

I have a program that I wrote in vb.net 2003. I just made the setup package and installed it on a computer. It seems to work fine except for one area. It concerns a Crystal Report report that I have in the program. The first time I try to run the report I get the following error:

The program has encountered an error. Message : COM object with CLSID {XXXX} is either not valid or not registered. Source: CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.

I also get this error:

Load crpe32.dll failed. Source : CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.

The program was designed on a laptop and works fine there. I only get the error on installs to other computers. Where should I start to fix this?

Thanks in advance,

Shannan

 

[djj55]

Have you tried copying the crpe32.dll from the laptop to the other computer?

I had this problem a while back and cannot remember how I solved it.

Good luck,
djj

 

[shannanl]

I have. I searched the laptop (the known good) and it listed this crpe32.dll in two locations:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Business Objects\2.7\Bin
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Crystal Decisions\1.0\Bin

I manually copied the file to both locations. It still gives me the error.

Thanks,

Shannan

 

[SHelton]

You need to install the Crystal Reports .NET libraries on the target machine. This means incorporating merge modules into the installer.

Take a look at

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms227329(VS.80).aspx

 

[DrSeussFreak]

Go to the Run item on the Start menu, and type:

regsvr32 <path & filename of dll or ocx>

i.e.

regsvr32 C:\Program Files\Common Files\Crystal Decisions\1.0\Bin\crpe32.dll

regsvr32 C:\Program Files\Common Files\Business Objects\2.7\Bincrpe32.dll

 

[djj55]

I found on the business objects site instructions for "Adding Components to the Setup Project".
I printed the information so only have a partial url:

http://devlibrarary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXIR2/en/en/CrystalReports_dotNET_SDK...

at that point the url runs off the page.

also thread 796-1235510 has some information about crystal viewer.
Good luck
djj

 

[shannanl]

Sorry about the long delay in responding. It has been a zoo here. I will check out these links.

Thanks,

Shannan


By the way, I tried the regsvr32 and it did not work. It says something to the effect that the entry point was found but it could not register them.

 

[shannanl]

I added the 4 merge modules per the Crystal Reports and Visual Studio .NET instructions from the Crystal Reports website. I uninstalled and installed the new setup. I still get an error when I try to view the report.

The program has encountered an error. Message : COM object with CLSID {XXXX} is either not valid or not registered. Source: CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.

I also get this error:

Load crpe32.dll failed. Source : CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Shannan

 

[steve1rm]

Hello,

You will need to enter the license number that you get from Visual studio.

Open visual studio. Help | about visual studio
Scroll down and find crystal reports. There will be a license number. copy and paste that into one of the merge modules under the setup project (but can't remember for sure)

The dll error message you are getting might be because you have not set your crystal report dlls under project reference to local copy to true.

There is also some good documentation on the businessObjects website about doing this.

Hope this helps,

Steve

 

[shannanl]

I did set the license number in the license merge module property.

I think I found a better solution. I found a report designer that is very easy to use and it only cost $99.00. I have been using it for a few hours now and love it so far.

Thanks for the help.

Shannan