Crystal Report 2008 DataSource binding

Hi,
I have VS2008 webservice which is used to generate report. I am using CR2008 version of crystal report. While creating the report template I specified the development database and now going forward I am trying to set the database source through code and this datasource is specified in the web.config. Issue is reports are not using the datasource that I am setting up at runtime it continues to use the one that is saved in template...
I am using the following code:
protected void logonReport(string dbServerName, string dbName,
            string dbUserId, string dbPwd)
            ConnectionInfo connInfo = null;
            TableLogOnInfo tblLogonInfo = null;
            Tables tbls = null;
            try
                connInfo = new ConnectionInfo();
                connInfo.ServerName = dbServerName;
                connInfo.DatabaseName = dbName;          //not used for Oracle
                connInfo.UserID = dbUserId;
                connInfo.Password = dbPwd;
                tbls = this._crReport.Database.Tables;
                foreach (Table tbl in tbls)
                    tblLogonInfo = tbl.LogOnInfo;
                    tblLogonInfo.ConnectionInfo = connInfo;
                    tbl.ApplyLogOnInfo(tblLogonInfo);
            catch (Exception ex)
                throw ex;
            finally
                if (connInfo != null) connInfo = null;
Please help.
Thanks
kajal

Sorry, looking at this again I realize I made a mistake.
I thought this was a Crystal Report as a webservice as opposed to a webservice using CR APIs.
Try setting Table.Location in your code.
Alternatively try DatasourceConnections off of the reportdocument object.
Ludek

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>
> 1) Would it be advantageous to build the custom Crystal Report on top the custom R/3 report that is already in place since in the R/3 report I can create a default variant with the conditions I want and it gets executed every time I call it in Crystal giving me only the data I am interested in? And, is it even possible?
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> 2) Why am I not able to see the R/3 custom report from the Database Expert option even though the report is accessible from NetWeaver? I am able to access all the Standard SAP Tables from Database Expert in Crystal 2008.
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>
> And I forgot to add, we don't have an ABAP expert in house to create ABAP function modules that might help me filter the data in the R/3 system.
> Is there any suggestions that will get the job done? Am I doing anything wrong here?
> Sorry for the long story but I wanted to give you guys a full background of the issue.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> -RBora
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   at CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportClass.Dispose(Boolean bDisposeManaged)
   at CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportClass.Finalize()
Maybe its a permission problem, but the ServiceAccount which performs the action has full control on the temp and CrystalReports Installation folder, so i don't know what to do else.
Then i tried to resolve the error, which occurs without any Service Pack:
Unknown Database Connector Error
Error in File temp_184c79e9-4eeb-41dd-9043-582b30ac7281 {82AF1B98-C271-4007-B793-723CCFD63FFD}.rpt:
Unknown Database Connector Error
Also with no success. I'm using the following Code-Snippets:
Simple XML-Schema (xsd) because i don't use a Database and the data is generated dynamically:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xs:schema id="NewsSchema"
    targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/NewsSchema.xsd"
    elementFormDefault="qualified"
    xmlns="http://tempuri.org/NewsSchema.xsd"
    xmlns:b="http://schemas.microsoft.com/BizTalk/2003"
    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
>
<xs:element name="News">
    <xs:complexType>
     <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="Title" type="xs:string" />
        <xs:element name="Body" type="xs:string" />
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
Then i add this as an ADO.NET (XML) connection an i'm able to integrated the two fields in the report.
Then i try to call the report with the following C#.Net Code:
+DataSet ds = new DataSet();
DataTable t = new DataTable("News");
+DataColumn title = new DataColumn("Title");+
+DataColumn body = new DataColumn("Body");+
+title.DataType = Type.GetType("System.String");+
+body.DataType = Type.GetType("System.String");+
+t.Columns.Add(title);+
+t.Columns.Add(body);+
+ds.Tables.Add(t);+
+DataRow drDataRow;+
+drDataRow = t.NewRow();+
+drDataRow["Title"] = "My Title";+
+drDataRow["Body"] = "My Body";+
+t.Rows.Add(drDataRow);+
//the exception is thrown here
report.SetDataSource(ds);
Now i'm really frustrated because i don't know what to do to resolve this problems and i stuck with this errors for a couple of days now. Any further help or suggestions would be great.
With kind regards,
Christian
Edited by: C.Kaiser on Oct 5, 2010 5:07 PM

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I have download and installed a trial license of BOBJ 3.1, i have installed an SAP INT Kit and have been trying to convert some sample CR from the SAP servers " iwdfvm..." to a local SAP Server on the network. I receive this error in crystal reports when i try to update the data source
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Application Name:     crw32.exe
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Application Timestamp:     4ba3856d
Fault Module Name:     crdb_opensql.dll
Fault Module Version:     12.1.0.890
Fault Module Timestamp:     48db6ad0
Exception Code:     c0000005
Exception Offset:     000aea07
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Locale ID:     1033
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We have purchased Crystal report 2008 Full software.
We need to insert BLOB field into Crystal report 2008 at runtime using *CRAXDDRT.DLL*.
How can I insert OLE object and bind it at Runtime using crystal report 2008?
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I m currently doing a project on Crystal reports 2008 where datasource is mostly SAP BW queries. Our customer will have BOE 4.0 in coming months . I have heard that in BOE 4.0 Crystal reports for Enterprise will be a better option for BW datasources.Is that true? So here comes my question , Is it possible to migrate reports based on Crsytal reports 2008 to Crystal reports for Enterpise 4.0 afterwards. What will be best option for us , shall we build further reports on Crystal reports 2008 or Crystal reports 2011 or should wait until we have BOE 4.0 ?
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Here is the overview of migration process:
1. When you run the upgrade manager to migrate objects from BOE 3.1 to 4.0 it will automatically upgrade it to CR 2011 version.
2. You then have option to migrate it manually by opening the report in Enterprise version.
3. If you open the report in Enterprise version it will prompt you to connect to common semantic layer wizard.
4. Before that you have to have your datasource ready for that report depends on how your CR 2008 is connected. (can be BEx query or Relational Universe)
5. If its BEx query you have to maintain the connection in CMC under OLAP connection to your BW system.
6. Next thing is to map the Source fields to Target fields (BEx query or Relation Universe via IDT) and your report will be converted to Enterprise version.
7. You might have to resolve if there are any errors.
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