Article ID	2161
Article Title	INFO: Running Crystal XI reports from Visual DataFlex Applications
Article URL	http://www.dataaccess.com/kbasepublic/KBPrint.asp?ArticleID=2161
KBase Category	Crystal Reports
Date Created	08/18/2005
Last Edit Date	07/09/2012

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QUESTION:
What do I need to deploy reports created with Crystal Reports XI that run from my Visual DataFlex apllication? I still use CRPE32.dll.


ANSWER:
The User's Guide of the Crystal Reports Connectivity Kit 11 has that information in chapter 3, under Running Reports from Visual DataFlex Applications:

In order to run reports from within your Visual DataFlex applications, you must ensure that the compiled application can find the appropriate Crystal Reports for DataFlex runtime components, including the Crystal Reports runtime files and the Connectivity Kit runtime files.

Add the location of the Crystal Reports files to your PATH environment variable. The default location for these files is "c:\program files\common files\business objects\3.0\bin".

You will need to install:

- The Crystal Reports RDC runtime
Installing the RDC runtime is done through the use of Windows Installer merge modules that are supplied with your Crystal Reports Developer license. The merge modules files are on the Crystal Reports XI for DataFlex DVD and those are the files that should be used for deployment -- files provided directly by Business Objects/SAP should NOT be used.

The merge modules you need to install are:
- CrystalReports11_rdc_reportengine.msm
- CrystalReports11_rdc_runtime.msm
- CrystalReports11_rdc_license.msm
- CrystalReports11_rdc_designtime.msm -- this merge module is labeled (optional) in the Crystal Reports XI doc, but it is required for using Visual DataFlex's RDC implementation.

For complete instructions on how to use merge_modules, refer to:
BusinessObject_CreatingAnRDCDistributionPackage.pdf and the instructions listed at vdf-guidance.com

- The Connectivity Kit runtime files
The best location for the Connectivity Kit runtime files is the Programs folder of your application.

- Additional Crystal Reports runtime files (depending on the report interface your application uses).

To summarize:
If your application is still using the Print Engine API (crpe32.dll) interface (through the CrystalReports class), besides installing the Crystal Reports RDC runtime and the Connectivity Kit runtime files, you also need to install two additional Crystal Reports runtime files into your application's Programs folder: crpe32.dll .and crpe32_res_en.dll.

If your application already uses the COM (RDC) interface (through the cCrystal class, which is a new class in VDF 11.1), besides installing the Crystal Reports RDC runtime files, you only need to install the Connectivity Kit runtime files into your application's Programs folder.


The list of files:
Crystal Reports Connectivity Kit Runtime Files
The following is a list of the required Connectivity Kit runtime files and their locations in the development machine:
CommonDir\Bin\crdb_p2bdfapi.dll
CommonDir\Bin\crdb_p2bdfapi_res_en.dll
CommonDir\Bin\p2bdfapi.dll
WindowsSystemDir\apidll.dll
WindowsSystemDir\df_collate.cfg

Additional Crystal Reports Runtime Files
The following is a list of the additional Crystal Reports runtime files and their locations in the development machine:
CommonDir\Bin\crpe32.dll
CommonDir\Bin\crpe32_res_en.dll

where
-> CommonDir Refers to the full path where Crystal installed its common components. The default is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Business Objects\3.0
-> WindowsSystemDir Refers to the full path to the Windows System directory, the directory in which Windows system files are installed on the current PC. The default for this on Windows XP is C:\WINDOWS\System32.



Contributed By:
Marcia Booth
Company: Data Access Worldwide
Web Site: http://www.dataaccess.com

Links Related to this Article
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