Update many database connections

[AndrewBaines]

Crystal used to provide a little utility - update70.exe then update8x.exe to update various properties of reports. There doesn't seem to be a version for 9 - has anybody seen one?

It would be pretty easy to write, but need to save the updated report and the license gets tricky at that point.

Thanks

Andrew

Andrew Baines
Chase International

http://www.chase-international.com

 

[vidru]

I don't think they've released a version of that utility since 8.5.

If you have the know-how, write your own utility. As far as licensing, I've never seen any restrictions on changing ConnectionProperties, or including "Save As" functionality.

-dave

 

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One of the features is a batch set location / convert driver / verify database.

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