run crystal report from web page - please help

[cord]

Hello,

In my last job I activated crystal reports (crystal 7) from URL which
opened a crystal window, allowed the user to enter the parameters, and
then the report ran. Now, I am at a company that uses Seagate Info
Desktop 7.5, with Crystal 8. We have Info Desk web, but this just is a
"web" version of the windows explorer like environment of the
directories containing the reports. I want to somehow have a web page
where I can put a button labelled "YTD Report" and when it is clicked,
it doesn't open the InfoDesk environment but opens the report directly
and then the user can enter the parameters, and the report will run.
Or alternatively, enter values for the parameters in fields in the web
page, then click the button and through the code in the button pass
the parameter values to the report, so the report will run.
If anyone has experience doing this in an InfoDesk/Crystal
environment, please I need your help!
Or if this is not possible, is there a way to launch the crystal
report directly through MSAccess2000?
Thanks!!!!!!
-cord

 

[Smcmanus2001]

Welll,
You don't need the Crystal Info at all, and the method I'm using is for IIS, Although it should be usable on any Web Server on WIndows. You need a Server with IIS Installed, (I have tested it with IIS 4.0 4.5 and 5.0). all you need is to install the Web component for CR 8.0. and Make a URL for launching it on a Intranet Web Page. Like
<A HREF=&quot;reports/SalesFigures.rpt?init=java&prompt0=FredFlint&quot; target=&quot;_Report&quot;>Sales Figures for the Year</A>
this will launch the Report &quot;SalesFigures.rpt&quot; in java and feed the Report &quot;FredFlint&quot; to the First Prompt. The only fussy thing I've found is the fact it can't use Native
Connects, it must be ODBC (at least for me anyway).

If I've missed something, let me know.