Adding my own custom export format

I want to export reports in PDF but using my own custom "Export to pdf dll" . For this I 'd have to add an
option in export format drop down list. Is this possible? ]
Regards,
Mahmood

Hi Mahmood,
Not an option. But I'll pass this onto the Program Managers to see if they know of a way.
Reply and I'll watch for it.
I woul dlike to get more info on what your dll does?
Thanl you
Don

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We are experiencing the same issue as reported in the sticky thread. I answered in that thread, but thought that I woudl open a new thread to keep track of this issue. I can give you the responses to your questions you have requested in that thread:
Server Operating System - MS Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2
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What is the file version of crpe32.dll on your server? You'll find this in the C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86 directory - File was created 9/13/08 11:21AM, 9451KB File Version: 12.1.0.882
How many libpng10.dll files are on your system? List all instances. - 1 instance is on the system located in C;\Program Files\Business Objects\Business Objects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86 directory. It is dated 9/13/08 8:52:26AM 132KB version 1.0.30.1
Any additional comments - We have tried to export to PDF and this works successfully. However, we can not export to xls or rft formats.
CRXF_XLS.dll is 905KB 9/13/08 9:38AM Version 12.1.0.882
CRXF_RTF.dll is 509KB 9/13/08 9:35AM Version 12.1.0.882
We also have the CR XIR2 server runtime installed side by side on the server as we migrate from CR 2008 to CR XIR2 SP4 ( where this function does work currently).
Please let me know if you need anything additional.
Phil
"Invalid export DLL or export format" with Crystal Reports 2008
Posted: Sep 27, 2008 12:36 AM       E-mail this message      Reply
I've included this sticky because we are seeing many posts in this forum regarding the error Invalid export DLL or export format when exporting to Excel and RTF in .NET applications using the Crystal Reports 2008 .NET SDK.
Issue
Exporting a Crystal Report to Excel or RTF format
.NET application using the Crystal Reports 2008 runtime (version 12.0)
error Invalid export DLL or export format
We've been doing some testing in-house and haven't reproduced this behavior. In order to figure this issue out we will need your help. If you are getting this error please reply to this post with the following information:
Server Operating System
Version of the .NET Framework
How did you deploy?
If you deployed with CRRuntime_12_0_mlb.msi - what was the date of the file and its size?
What is the file version of crpe32.dll on your server? You'll find this in the C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86 directory
How many libpng10.dll files are on your system? List all instances.
Any additional comments
What We Know
The error invalid export DLL or export format may occur when exporting to Excel and RTF formats in .NET applications utilizing the Crystal Reports 2008 runtime (v 12.0)
Other export formats like Adobe PDF, Crystal Reports, CSV all export with no error
Some customers have resolved this by adding C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86 to their environment path variables
This may have something to do with the file libpng10.dll. Both crxf_xls.dll and crxf_rtf.dll are dependent on it.
Thanks in advance for your co-operation. We hope to figure out what is causing this issue soon.

Hi,
I am also having the same problem, except that I am not using Crystal Report 2008 runtime but the actual Crystal Report 2008 installation on Windows XP SP2 with VS Studio 2005 (VC++). MS .NET Framework 2.0.
Cyrstal Report XIR2 was installed on the same machine but uninstalled before installing Crystal Report 2008.
So only one instance of libpng10.dll and found in C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86
Crpe32.dll        3/1/2008 version 12.0.0.683
Crxf_xls.dll       3/1/2008 version 12.0.0.683
Crxf_rtf.dll         3/1/2008 version 12.0.0.683
crdb_oracle.dll 3/1/2008 version 12.0.0.683
libpng10.dll       3/1/2008 version 1.0.30.0             122880 bytes
There is no problem for exporting to pdf, html, word, csv, Crystal Report. If I create a testing report without any data from database, the testing report can then be exported also to rtf and xls.
Oracle 11.1.0.6 is the DB for the reports.
Adding C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86 to the path did not resolve my problem.
Any idea to fix this issue?
Thanks
Kin H Chan

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I created a custom page format using SPAD. Its dimension is 7.5cm x 10cm (190mm x 254mm). I also created this page format in windows and set as the default paper size in my printer. However, when trying to print a smartform using this size, the message "Output could not be issued" is given. When I use the standard paper sizes (e.g., LETTER, DINA4), the form prints OK.
Can you point me to the direction to solving this?
Thank you!
Kyle

Issue resoved.
For those who are encountering the same problem, here's what I did. I tested the smartform by itself and it reported the specific error: the page format is not supported in device type SWIN. I added it in another device type SAPWIN. This was just a simple miscommunication between the admins and the developer. I added the format in SWIN and everything works fine.
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I18n for custom date format strings

I want to internationalize dates shorter than DateFormat.SHORT, in the form "M/d". For example, when the Locale is US, January 16 should display as 1/16, but if the Locale is MX (Mexico), it should display as 16/1.
It seems like a very simple problem date formatting problem, but it doesn't look like the DateFormat/SimpleDateFormat classes have any way of doing this. Am I missing something?
--Steven

You need to apply your own customized date pattern to get the formats you want. I suggest you put the patterns in resource bundles...the default pattern in your default bundle, and the Mexican pattern in your bundle for Mexico. Then do something like this:
<pre>
<code>
String newPattern = "M/d"; // retrieve from bundle instead
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DateFormat df = DateFormat.getInstance();
SimpleDateFormat simpleFormat = (SimpleDateFormat)df;
simpleFormat.applyPattern(newPattern);
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</pre>

List Export Format for Prospects

Hi,
I am looking for a list export format for Prospects in Siebel Marketing. An example load format was provided and I am able to load prospects successfully but I need the list export format for Prospects to be able to launch. The OBI version used is 10.1.3.4.1 and while this provides example export formats for Accounts and Contacts it doesn't for Prospects. Does anyone know if there is such an export format for Prospects or would I need to create my own list format and subject are?
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Edited by: 855262 on Apr 28, 2011 8:06 AM

Hi,
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Getting Error 'Invalid export DLL or export format'

Hi, we are getting the above error when exporting to Excel from Crystal Reports. Although the export is via one of our products, the process of exporting the report is controlled by the Crystal Report viewer which we have no control over.
Basic system details are as follows:
Operating system : - Windows Server 2003 R2 Service pack 2
Crystal Reports : - Crystal Reports Developer version 12.0.0.683, product type : Full
Problem summary : - When exporting a report, exporting to excel produces an error 'Invalid export DLL or export format'.
We have tried the following so far, obviously to no avail:
The Business Objects folder has been added to the PATH variable.
Crystal Reports has been deinstalled and reinstalled.
Your help in getting to the bottom of this is greatly appreciated!

Hi.
Please check the fourm
"Invalid export DLL or export format" with Crystal Reports 2008
Regards
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CSV Export Format

Hi all,
I wrote a custom toolbar in order to select export formats. The toolbar works fine with PDF and RTF formats, but there is a problem with CSV format when the report contains characters like à, è, é, etc. or symbols like u20AC. In that case the symbols are not displayed correctly and there are problems importing the CSV file in Excel (I have to replace with a text editor the wrong characters in the file exported). The problem is verified also using the standard Crystal Reports toolbar and only for CSV format: PDF and RTF reports are created correctly.
I had a similar problem with JSP, but the solution was the page charset. In this case, how can I solve the problem?
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pippo.

<p>Hi Pippo,</p><p> Thank you for the bug submission. I was able to reproduce the issue on our end and subsequently have tracked the issue using the following bug ID: ADAPT00671293. Hopefully we can get the fix out in the next update to Crystal Reports for Eclipse. </p><p>Regards,<br />Sean Johnson (CR4E Product Manager) <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/Web_Links-index-req-ratelink-lid-639.html">Rate this plugin @ Eclipse Plugin Central</a> </p>

Adding fields to custom idoc type

Hi,
i have a query regarding adding fields to custom idoc type.
To add fields to custom idoc type we are trying to cancel the release from we30, but we are facing error that 'The release of basis type cannot be reset'
When we are trying to cancel release from we31we are facing error 'Error while ressting release of segment z type'.
Kindly suggest the solution to add fields in basic idoc type.
Thanks & regards,
Farheen.

Reason that you are getting these errors is that you cannot cancel
the release of an extension made in previous version . Instead you have to create a new extension.
1.It is not possible to change a segment definition which is released in a
lower release.
2.You must create a new segment definition for the new release e.g. 620 with a new segment
field with the appropriate length.
In transaction WE20, outbound parameters, you can specify
the "segment release in IDoc type" for the communication.
Please read the F1 help of this field for further information.
3.For your own segments you can define a new version of the segment
tcode WE31 -> Add Version
Thanks!

"Invalid export DLL or export format" with Crystal Reports 2008

I've included this sticky because we are seeing many posts in this forum regarding the error Invalid export DLL or export format when exporting to Excel and RTF in .NET applications using the Crystal Reports 2008 .NET SDK.
Issue
- Exporting a Crystal Report to Excel or RTF format
- .NET application using the Crystal Reports 2008 runtime (version 12.0)
- error Invalid export DLL or export format
We've been doing some testing in-house and haven't reproduced this behavior. In order to figure this issue out we will need your help. If you are getting this error please reply to this post with the following information:
- Server Operating System
- Version of the .NET Framework
- How did you deploy?
- If you deployed with CRRuntime_12_0_mlb.msi - what was the date of the file and its size?
- What is the file version of crpe32.dll on your server? You'll find this in the C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86 directory
- How many libpng10.dll files are on your system? List all instances.
- Any additional comments
What We Know
- The error invalid export DLL or export format may occur when exporting to Excel and RTF formats in .NET applications utilizing the Crystal Reports 2008 runtime (v 12.0)
- Other export formats like Adobe PDF, Crystal Reports, CSV all export with no error
- Some customers have resolved this by adding C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86 to their environment path variables. Note the system must be restarted after editing the path variable.
- This may have something to do with the file libpng10.dll. Both crxf_xls.dll and crxf_rtf.dll are dependent on it.
- libpng10.dll has changed versions from SP0 to SP1. In SP0 it was 1.0.30.0 and in SP1 it is 1.0.30.1
libpng10.dll dependencies
The dependencies have also been updated for libpng10.dll in service pack 1. This may have something to do with the export issue. If you've deployed your application with the latest merge modules or setup package for service pack 1 you'll want to make sure you have version 1.0.30.1 of libpng10.dll.
Version 1.0.30.0
- zlib.dll
- msvcr71.dll
- kernel32.dll
Version 1.0.30.1
- boezlib.dll
- msvcr80.dll
- kernel32.dll
Thanks in advance for your co-operation. We hope to figure out what is causing this issue soon.
Edited by: David Hilton on Jan 14, 2009 10:07 AM

Our company has also been experiencing this issue with deployed versions of our software, and during my examination of the error I have made the following discoveries:
For us the error has only been reproduced on Windows 2003 running Citrix
The error does not occur on Windows XP, Windows 2003 or Vista without Citrix
For installation of our application we use the CRRuntime_12_0.msm merge module (version 12.0.0.683, file size 46790KB)
As mentioned in the first post this error is related to the files crxf_rtf.dll and cfxf_xls.dll being unable to locate its reference to the file libpng10.dll during load.
I have run the application with ProcMon (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx) attached on both environments that work correctly and that does not work and iIve made these observations:
During load of dlls Windows searches for references in the following orders (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682586.aspx):
1. The directory from which the application loaded.
2. The system directory.
3. The 16-bit system directory.
4. The Windows directory.
5. The current directory.
6. The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable.
Looking at the ProcMon log for the environment where it works correctly (Windows XP, no Citrix) it looks like this . Numbers represent the search order mentioned above:
Load Image     C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\crxf_rtf.dll     SUCCESS     Image Base: 0x3e640000, Image Size: 0x79000
(1) QueryOpen     C:\Program Files\<our application name>\libpng10.dll     NAME NOT FOUND
(2) QueryOpen     C:\WINDOWS\system32\libpng10.dll     NAME NOT FOUND
(3) QueryOpen     C:\WINDOWS\system\libpng10.dll     NAME NOT FOUND
(4) QueryOpen     C:\WINDOWS\libpng10.dll     NAME NOT FOUND
(5) QueryOpen     C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\libpng10.dll     SUCCESS      ...
So you can see it finds the file in the "current directory"
Now, from the environment where it does not work (Windows 2003 Server / Citrix):
Load Image     X:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\crxf_rtf.dll     SUCCESS     Image Base: 0x3e640000, Image Size: 0x79000
(1) QueryOpen     X:\Program Files\<our application name>\libpng10.dll     NAME NOT FOUND
(2) QueryOpen     X:\WINDOWS\system32\libpng10.dll     NAME NOT FOUND
(3) QueryOpen     X:\WINDOWS\system\libpng10.dll     NAME NOT FOUND
(4) QueryOpen     X:\WINDOWS\libpng10.dll     NAME NOT FOUND
(5) QueryOpen     X:\Documents and Settings\<my user name>\WINDOWS\libpng10.dll     NAME NOT FOUND
(6) QueryOpen     ... loops trough all paths in the PATH variable, finding nothing
As you can see somehow the current directory is %USERPROFILE%\WINDOWS and not the Crystal Reports bin path in this environment at the time of loading the dll.
I have yet to discover why this is the case, but i tought i could share what I have found =)
The %USERPROFILE%\WINDOWS folder is not a standard Windows folder, and I think it is used by Citrix for some files (like win.ini)
This also shows why adding the bin folder to the PATH variable is a valid workaround for some, but for us this is not really a good solution as we need this to work out of our installer. We don't always have consultants do the installations for the customers and we cannot expect them to manually edit the PATH variable, and we don't want to add to the PATH variable in the installer unless this is the only way...
So, I hope this maybe can bring you closer to being able to reproduce it. I'm still looking into it, will post more if I find something else interesting

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I am working on a project in HDV 1080i (1440).
What is the best export format to create a sample for a client to view- one that will give the proper aspect ratio.
I've tried everything I can think of, and the export is still squashed 1440 and not full 1920
I am a pretty experienced Motion user.....please give me the video and the output settings.
thanks!

hemmster- thanks I really appreciate the specific info
I dont mean to be dense but....I don't see those buttons anywhere in Motion 4. When I go to File>export what I see is:
Export: (quicktime)
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Can you please translate your settings into those parameters....? I am assuming that under "video/audio" that compressor is H.264. The advanced button lets me set the data rate.
The Output tab lets you choose from a full range of resolutions. I could select "Custom" and set to 1280. No options for deinterlacing to be seen. Interlacing is a big problem with this project....
I have read the complete manual (twice) and the peachpit books. There is little info on this subject to be found there, so I am depending on the kindness of strangers
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Is it possible to restrict the available export formats in InfoView?

Hi all,
I uploaded some reports to Crystal Reports Server 2008. For most of them the user should be able to export them to CSV when viewing them in InfoView. For some reports this does not work correctly because they contain embedded subreports, cross tables etc., which can not be exported to CSV. Is it possible to remove the CSV format from the list of possible export formats for those reports?
Alternatively, is it possible to insert some hint into the CSV export like "Not all data contained due to export restrictions"?
Thanks for infos
Joern

HI,
you will able to disable the group tree icon panel when the crystal report opened. to do this,follow the steps mentioned below.
1. Go to your BO installation folder and then tomcat folder and then choose the CrystalReports web application.
C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Tomcat55\webapps\CrystalReports
Now change the web.xml of the this web app and insert a context parameter

<context-param>
<param-name>viewrpt.groupTreeHide</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</context-param>
Restart your tomcat, or restart crystal report web app from tomcat manager.
you can remove or add or disable the group tree icon as per your requirement.
Let me know if this works,
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