Crystal Report with Classis ASP

Question

I am new to both, ASP and Crystal Report, please keep that in mind while replying.
The goal is to use classic ASP to design a webpage through which invoke crystal report, pass parameters, run CR get report and display it in the PDF format.
So I downloaded trial version, for time being, and started learning ASP and CR. While browsing through this forum, I found a code which is supposed to help me in this. I downloaded and tweaked a little, but it is not working. The code is same copied in many forums, people claiming that it is working, but not for me.
The code is divided in various files. Here it goes.
SimpleReportViewer.asp - this is the file called first in browser
<%@ LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %>
<%
reportname = "SimplePreviewReport.rpt"
%>
<!-- #include file="AlwaysRequiredSteps.asp" -->    
<!-- #include file="MoreRequiredSteps.asp" -->
<!-- #include file="SmartViewerActiveX.asp" -->      
Now here is the file - AlwaysRequiredSteps.asp
If Not IsObject (session("oApp")) Then                             
  Set session("oApp") = Server.CreateObject("CrystalReports14.ObjectFactory.1")
End If
Path = Request.ServerVariables("PATH_TRANSLATED")                    
While (Right(Path, 1) <> "\" And Len(Path) <> 0)                     
iLen = Len(Path) - 1                                                 
Path = Left(Path, iLen)                                              
Wend
If IsObject(session("oRpt")) then
     Set session("oRpt") = nothing
End if
On error resume next
Set session("oRpt") = session("oApp").OpenReport(path & reportname, 1)
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
  Response.Write "Error Occurred creating Report Object: " & Err.Description
  Set Session("oRpt") = nothing
  Set Session("oApp") = nothing
  Session.Abandon
  Response.End
End If
session("oRpt").MorePrintEngineErrorMessages = False
session("oRpt").EnableParameterPrompting = False
session("oRpt").DiscardSavedData
I am not typing in more code, as the error I am getting is in code above.
Now when I execute this code in IE, the error I am getting is
"Error Occurred creating Report Object: Object doesn't support this property or method"
Please help, any kind of help in getting this running will greatly appreciated

Answer 1

Let's start with:
"So I downloaded trial version,..."
What version of CR? As far as I know only CR 2008 is available at this time as a trial version download. And that is where your problems start.
In order for you to code Classic ASP with CR, you must use the Report Designer Component (RDC). RDC has been retired in CR 2008. Last version of CR to include the RDC was CR XI R2 (11.5). Patch support for CR XI R2 terminated about a year ago and any support terminates June 30 of this year. E.g.; RDC and thus Classic ASP is not the way to go.
I would highly recommend going to an SDK (CR SDK for .NET or Java) that will be supported for years to come - particularly if you are creating a brand new solution.
Ludek
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