EXE in Crystal

[kutoose]

Is it possible to create an .exe in Crystal ? Say I have a crystal report file with data ( With Drill Down ), now I need to display it in a computer with no Crystal Reports installed. How will I do it ???

I will be using Crystal Reports version 9.

kutoose@yahoo.com

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
Crystal no longer provides a way to compile a report into an exe file - The preferred method of sharing reports is to deploy them to web site with Crystal Enterprise installed.

 

[kutoose]

Hi Turkbear,
Till which version of Crystal Reports, this was supported ?

kutoose@yahoo.com

 

[synapsevampire]

I believe that it was in CR 8.5 or below, now the push is towards WEB based deployments, for better or worse.

There is a freebie 5 license version of CE 9 (Crystal's WEB based scheduling and deployment product) available, otheriwse you'll have to write code such as VB:

http://www.crystaldecisions.com/x-jump/cr9_03/default.asp?ref=www_home

-k

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
Actually the built-in compile method was discontinued with v8 but was still available as a download from Seagate ( now Crystal) - that was when the 'push' to web deployment started...

 

[IdoMillet]

Another option is to install a 3rd-party viewer on the user's PC or on Citrix/Terminal Server.

For a list of such viewers, see:

http://www.kenhamady.com/bookmarks.html

Cheers,
- Ido

CUT, Visual CUT, and DataLink Viewer:
view, e-mail, export, burst, distribute, and schedule Crystal Reports.

http://www.MilletSoftware.com

 

[synapsevampire]

Turk: WEB deployment started with Seagate Info, not CR 8.

It's subjective of course, but clearly because you cannot deploy an exe in CR 9, you can delineate there.

-k

 

[govmule]

Careful with Terminal Server. It was mentioned earlier in this thread but has some severe licensing drawbacks. Everyone accessing Crystal Reports (the software, not the actual report) via a terminal server must have a seperate license for crystal reports. We have our remote users access a web server running crystal enterprise through the terminal server, then run the reports from there, which is fine.