Crystal Reports for Eclipse Free Version - What is the status of this tool?

I'm inquiring about the status of this tool now that SAP is on the scene.
I used it about a year ago and am coming back to it - I'm not finding much on the new SAP support site.
Is it being killed by SAP? I don't want to start a new project with a dead SDK...
If not, what is the latest release, where are docs for the latest release, and where can I download the latest release?
Thanks in advance.

Well, I tried that link, then tried to get to an article (link) that is behind 'Understanding the relationship between Crystal Reports, Java, and Eclipse' and I cannot get to the link.
I keep getting a SAP -- Expert Weblog Login challenge screen. I'm registered (I think) with all of the new SAP SDN and Business Objects developer networks (I mean - i'm logged in here, right?).
Lastly - I was the administrator and manager for the Business Objects OEM Premier Partner plan for my last company, and I am intimately familiar with this product - what I'm asking for is most likely not behind the scenes on some of these articles. What I need to know is what is SAPs commitment to this product, where is the original development team for it (are they being supported for Ganymede, etc.) and what are the future plans for it? I would prefer answers directly from SAP development management giving definitive direction on this product's future before I recommend taking a chance on it to my firm.

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Crystal Reports for Eclipse vs. Crystal Reports Developer

We are developing a Java web application for internal use. Since we have some people at the company who are familiar with Crystal Reports, we'd like to have them write reports that we can display through our application. Crystal Reports Server seems like overkill for this project, but the <a href="http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXIR2/en/devsuite.htm#en/JRC_SDK/">JRC</a> sounded like a good fit.
I have been evaluating <a href="http://www.businessobjects.com/products/reporting/crystalreports/developer/default.asp">Crystal Reports Developer</a> and trying out the <a href="http://support.businessobjects.com/communityCS/FilesAndUpdates/crxi_r2_jrc_web_samples.zip.asp">JRC samples</a>. The samples don't use the tag library. Instead, they show how to set session variables and redirect to a viewer JSP which contains a bunch of Java code to use the CrystalReportViewer.
The samples are so much more complex than the code created by Crystal Reports for Eclipse, which simply uses the tag library:
<%@ taglib uri="/crystal-tags-reportviewer.tld" prefix="crviewer" %>
<crviewer:viewer reportSourceType="reportingComponent" viewerName="myreport-viewer" reportSourceVar="myreport" isOwnPage="true">
<crviewer:report reportName="myreport.rpt" />
</crviewer:viewer>
I assume that I should be able to use the same tag library approach without using Crystal Reports for Eclipse, but I haven't seen any tutorials on it. I'm trying to understand whether I should purchase Crystal Reports for Eclipse instead of Crystal Reports Developer.
This is the difference, as I understand it:
Crystal Reports Developer gives you the stand-alone Crystal Reports Designer and the right to run the JRC on an internal server. It costs <a href="http://store.businessobjects.com/store/bobjects/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.40434600">$595</a>.
Crystal Reports for Eclipse Standard provides a free report designer built into Eclipse. It also includes the JRC for use on an internal server.
Crystal Reports for Eclipse Professional provides "a more powerful runtime engine" with the right to run it on one internal server. It costs <a href="http://store.businessobjects.com/store/bobjects/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.52068100">$495</a>. Is this the same JRC provided with Crystal Reports Developer?
If the "powerful" JRC is the same as Crystal Reports Developer's JRC, could I install Crystal Reports for Eclipse Standard to take advantage of the Eclipse integration and the built-in designer, but use the more powerful JRC from Crystal Reports Developer, which would also give me the stand-alone designer?

Hi there, If you are planning on deploying a JRC application then you should definitely be using Crystal Reports for Eclipse for your runtime engine. It is the latest version of the JRC and includes many updates not available in Crystal Reports Developer.As for "power" the JRC included in CR Developer is on par with the JRC available in the Basic edition of Crystal Reports for Eclipse. The Professional edition of Crystal Reports for Eclipse provides the most powerful version of the JRC available.With the release of Crystal Reports for Eclipse, Business Objects is setting the groundwork for separating Developer needs from the Report Author needs.A professional report author will require a professional report design tool. For these users we are recommending that they purchase Crystal Reports Professional.The developer, on the other hand, generally needs the SDKs and a toolkit to assist with building applications. We believe that these should be available at no cost to the developer, only charging when the application is deployed (in this case a CR4E Pro license). This is different from the current model with Crystal Reports Developer where we have combined a professional report designer plus the required runtime.So, to summarize, definitely use Crystal Reports for Eclipse for your application runtime and have your report authors puchase Crystal Reports Professional. If you need a more powerful engine, access to technical support or plan to deploy on multiple servers then I would recommend purchasing the Crystal Reports for Eclipse Professional license for your development purposes.As for some tutorials on creating viewer pages, the integration in Eclipse provides a very simple way of accomplishing this. I would suggest reading the section titled "Creating a New Viewer Page" in our Getting Started Guide found at the following URL:<a href="/node/320"> http://diamond.businessobjects.com/node/320</a>Let me know if you have some follow-up questions. Regards, Sean Johnson (CR4E Product Manager) <a href="http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com/Web_Links-index-req-ratelink-lid-639.html">Rate this plugin @ Eclipse Plugin Central</a>

Exception-Error when excecuting JSP-File in Crystal reports for Eclipse

Hi,
I have created a jsp-File from an rpt-File in Crystal report for Eclipse. When I start the jsp-File on Apache Tomact 5.5 then only errors occurs.
Coud anyone help me?
HTTP Status 500 -
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP:
An error occurred at line: 6 in the generated java file
Only a type can be imported. com.crystaldecisions.report.web.viewer.CrystalReportViewer resolves to a package
An error occurred at line: 7 in the generated java file
Only a type can be imported. com.crystaldecisions.reports.sdk.ReportClientDocument resolves to a package
An error occurred at line: 8 in the generated java file
Only a type can be imported. com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.OpenReportOptions resolves to a package
An error occurred at line: 9 in the generated java file
Only a type can be imported. com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.lib.ReportSDKExceptionBase resolves to a package
An error occurred at line: 10 in the generated java file
Only a type can be imported. com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.reportsource.IReportSource resolves to a package
An error occurred at line: 13 in the jsp file: /Bericht1-viewer.jsp
ReportClientDocument cannot be resolved to a type
10: try catch (ReportSDKExceptionBase e)
60:
An error occurred at line: 58 in the jsp file: /Bericht1-viewer.jsp
e cannot be resolved
55:
56:
57: } catch (ReportSDKExceptionBase e)
60:
61: %>
Stacktrace:
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:93)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:330)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.JDTCompiler.generateClass(JDTCompiler.java:435)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:298)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:277)
 org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:265)
 org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:564)
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:302)
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329)
 org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
 javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/5.5.26 logs.
Apache Tomcat/5.5.26
Bericht1.jsp:
<%@page import="com.crystaldecisions.report.web.viewer.CrystalReportViewer,
com.crystaldecisions.reports.sdk.ReportClientDocument,
com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.OpenReportOptions,
com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.lib.ReportSDKExceptionBase,
com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.reportsource.IReportSource"%><%
 // This sample code calls methods from the JRCHelperSample class, which
 // contains examples of how to use the BusinessObjects APIs. You are free to
 // modify and distribute the source code contained in the JRCHelperSample class.
 try {
 String reportName = "Bericht1.rpt";
 ReportClientDocument clientDoc = (ReportClientDocument) session.getAttribute(reportName);
 if (clientDoc == null) {
 // Report can be opened from the relative location specified in the CRConfig.xml, or the report location
 // tag can be removed to open the reports as Java resources or using an absolute path
 // (absolute path not recommended for Web applications).
 clientDoc = new ReportClientDocument();
 // Open report
 clientDoc.open(reportName, OpenReportOptions._openAsReadOnly);
 // Store the report document in session
 session.setAttribute(reportName, clientDoc);
 // ****** BEGIN CONNECT CRYSTALREPORTPAGEVIEWER SNIPPET ****************
 // Create the CrystalReportViewer object
 CrystalReportViewer crystalReportPageViewer = new CrystalReportViewer();
 // set the reportsource property of the viewer
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 crystalReportPageViewer.setReportSource(reportSource);
 // set viewer attributes
 crystalReportPageViewer.setOwnPage(true);
 crystalReportPageViewer.setOwnForm(true);
 // Apply the viewer preference attributes
 // Process the report
 crystalReportPageViewer.processHttpRequest(request, response, application, null);
 // ****** END CONNECT CRYSTALREPORTPAGEVIEWER SNIPPET ****************
 } catch (ReportSDKExceptionBase e) {
 out.println(e);
%>
Thanks
Arnold

According to the release notes, for the JRCHelperSample to compile, you must set the target runtime for the project.
To do this, either create a project from scratch that uses the Tomcat 5.5 target runtime, or go to the properties menu and ensure that the target runtime is set to the application server you will be using.

Crystal Report For Eclipse: POJO problem

Hi all,
I am using crystal report for eclipse basic version and used POJO-method to implement for users to viewing my report.
I did the following:
I created a sql page (create a target table) and import into crystal report (through crystal report designer under eclipse environment) E.g. let's say I created a table with 10 fields and imported into the crystal report.
Then I drag and drop through crystal report for my report design.
Later if I need to add one more field .....
I need to modified my SQL page and re-import the sql page into my crystal report. HOWEVER, through this re-import process, I lost all the detail/information on the existing report (that mean I need to re-design my report through the designer under eclipse environmet).
My question is: Is there any better way for me to implement my report ???
THANKS .. THANKS a lot as this problem make me use a lot of my time ... THANKS

In the sceario you have described (using a SQLPage as the datasource for the report), unfortunately, this is a limitation of the workflow. If you need to change the SQL, then you essentially need to remove and re-add it to the report which means replacing all the fields on the report.
Instead, I would recommend using a class as the report's datasource. The class would represent the fields that would be used in your POJO object. This way if you need to modify the fields in the POJO, you can simply update the class and use the Verify Database to update the report.
-MJ

Connection problem in Crystal Reports for Eclipse(SQL Server Express 2008)

I tried to connect into a local SQL Server Express 2008 database in Crystal Reports for Eclipse (CR4E), but always got the Ping failed message(TCP/IP connection failed) even I tests completed successfully using my Window XP Adminstrators Tools (SQL Server ODBC Data Source Test). I can connect successfully to a remote network Oracle database in CR4E. I would like to know
that is there any one who connect SQL Server Express 2008 local database successfully in CR4E?

Don,
Thanks for your suggestions. I will follow your instruction to connect to SQL Server Express 2008 database latelly. I can connect successfully with different Oracle databases (10g) in CR4E. I will try to connect MySQL database and Postgres database in CR4E to see if they can be successful or not. My project involves international entities with emphsizing in using OPEN SOURCE softwares (which means FREE - no license fees) in .NET platform for Oracle, SQL Server Express, MySQL and Postgres database servers. I am responsible for reports generation. I hope that CR4E can be connected successfully to SQL Server Express 2008 database server, otherwise I have to use JFreeReport/JFreeChart tools to do reports generation .

Crystal Reports for Eclipse Version 2 - Feedback?

Hello All!
The new [Crystal Reports for Eclipse Version 2|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/crystalreports-java] has been out for a couple of weeks now, so I thought it'll be good opportunity to get your initial impressions of the new version.
What do you think of the new embedded designer?
What do you think of the new Crystal Reports Java SDK?
What do you think of the new Embedded Designer Extension Points SDK?
What do you think of the new features - export features, report creation/modification API, etc?
Please do reply to this forum post with your views!
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

Hi Clark,
Great timing as the packages just became generally available:
CR4E Runtime Package
crjava-runtime_12.2.202.zip
http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/crystalreportsforeclipse/2_0/crjava-runtime_12.2.202.zip
CR4E Manual Install Package
cr4e_2.0.1.zip
http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/crystalreportsforeclipse/2_0/cr4e_2.0.1.zip
CR4E All-In-One Package
cr4e-all-in-one-win_2.0.1.zip
http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/crystalreportsforeclipse/2_0/cr4e-all-in-one-win_2.0.1.zip
CR4E Language Packs
cr4e.nls1_2.0.1.zip
http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/crystalreportsforeclipse/2_0/cr4e.nls1_2.0.1.zip
cr4e.nls2_2.0.1.zip
http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/crystalreportsforeclipse/2_0/cr4e.nls2_2.0.1.zip

Crystal Reports for Eclipse Version 2 - XML, XSD Report. Need hep !!!

Dear all,
I'm using Crystal Reports for Eclipse Version 2
I have looked for "Programmatically Create Reports off of XML or Web Services Data Sources", then i found some ways to do this.
But all the time, we have to use both XSD and XML files for Report Data Sources.
My question is:
1. Can we just add XSD file to report to define or update the report data definition only (no report data) ?
2. Can we just add XML file to report to update report data only (do not change report definition) ?
Anyone who have solved it, please give me an example.
Thanks in advanced.
Huy Nguyen

Moved to Java forum

Crystal Reports for Eclipse - Licensing

Hello,
My company is looking for a reporting solution which can easily be integrated into an existing J2EE web application. CR4E seems to be a very interesting candidate but the license terms are a bit unclear to me.
It is mentionned on your site that the Eclipse plugins needed for development + the runtime JRC are available free of charge. However, this is contradicting the license terms in section 4.9 (Crystal Reports for Eclipse) of the [Business Objects License Agreement|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/node/449]:
Crystal Reports for Eclipse may be licensed in one of the following ways: 1) In the form of a no-fee Development License which may be downloaded at www.businessobjects.com/eclipse following completion of the required registration information; or 2) in the form of production use ERE Licenses pursuant to your completion and submission of appropriate ordering documentation and payment of applicable license and Support fees.
1) This section seems to indicate that the purchasing of an ERE license is required to use the product in production. Could you clarify this?
2) Assuming that CR4E can be used in development and production free of charge, I have seen that a keycode is required to remove watermarks from the report and to be able to run the JRC. The website mention that a free registration is needed to obtain this keycode. However, I was able to download the keycode from the site without any registration. Can we use the keycode I downloaded for multiple development environments and in the web applications we are going to deploy in production? Can the keycode expires? What is its purpose if it can be obtained without registration?
Thanks for your help and clarifications

Did you get the keycode from this page:
[https://boc.sdn.sap.com/node/462|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/node/462]
If so, then that's the Crystal Reports for Eclipse - Basic keycode. No expiry. Licensing described above applies.
Note that this keycode comes with 2 Concurrent Processing License (CPL), meaning that it services two concurrent report requests simultaneously, and further requests are queued. A "report request" isn't per-report, per-session or per-user, but any request for processing by the JRC - any clicks on the DHTML viewer for next page, last page, refresh, etc takes up a CPL till a result is returned to the client.
Note that CR4E version 1 JRC (jar version 11.8) allows you to use the Crystal Reports Developer XI Release 1 or Release 2 keycode. If you use these keycodes, then you get 3 CPLs. However, different licensing will apply, as described here:
[https://boc.sdn.sap.com/node/1523|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/node/1523]
comparable with licensing for CR.NET
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

Crystal Reports for Eclipse ver. 2 fails on export to excel

I have downloaded crystal reports for eclipse version 2 (full eclipse setup) and created the sample project.
The new version of JRC looks awesome on the browser. Finally the visual appeal is as good as the .NET version.
However I am having a problem with the export to excel feature. When I select export to excel, I get the following exception
Update: I just realized this problem exists for all the export options
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet CrystalReportViewerServlet threw exception
com.businessobjects.report.web.shared.WebReportingException: getOutputStream() has already been called for this response----
(Full Exception pasted below the message)
I have not made any changes to the sample crystal reports project so I am not really sure what i am missing.
I have Microsoft Vista Ultimate with Crystal Reports 2008 trial version installed.
I have configured eclipse with Tomcat 6.0 and JDK/JRE 1.6
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet CrystalReportViewerServlet threw exception
com.businessobjects.report.web.shared.WebReportingException: getOutputStream() has already been called for this response---- Error code:0
+ at com.businessobjects.report.web.e.if(Unknown Source)+
+ at com.businessobjects.report.web.e.a(Unknown Source)+
+ at com.crystaldecisions.report.web.ServerControl.a(Unknown Source)+
+ at com.crystaldecisions.report.web.ServerControl.processHttpRequest(Unknown Source)+
+ at com.crystaldecisions.report.web.viewer.CrystalReportViewerServlet.a(Unknown Source)+
+ at com.crystaldecisions.report.web.viewer.CrystalReportViewerServlet.doPost(Unknown Source)+
+ at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)+
+ at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)+
+ at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)+
+ at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)+
+ at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)+
+ at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)+
+ at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)+
+ at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)+
+ at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)+
+ at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:263)+
+ at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)+
+ at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:584)+
+ at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)+
+ at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)+
Edited by: Avinash Tauro on Feb 5, 2009 7:43 AM

I searched on scn and got the listing you mentioned.
The jsp code I am using is as follows.
<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1" %><%@ taglib uri="/crystal-tags-reportviewer.tld" prefix="crviewer" %><crviewer:viewer reportSourceType="reportingComponent" viewerName="CrystalReport1-viewer" reportSourceVar="CrystalReport1" isOwnPage="true"><crviewer:report reportName="CrystalReport1.rpt" /></crviewer:viewer>
And I get the following exception on selecting any export.
WebReportingException: getOutputStream() has already been called...
So I think maybe this problem is not the same as listed under SAP Note 1199025.
Also the strange thing is I just download the full ganymede version with crystal report for eclipse version 2, and created a default crystal reports website.
The samples were provided automatically, and I have not written any code myself.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards
Avinash Tauro

Crystal reports for Eclipse (CR4E) - taking long time to load

HI
We have used your Crystal reports for Eclipse (CR4E) but it is taking long time to load if the record count is more than 3 million
Our architecture is we are using Oracle DB and web sphere application server both are running on SUN server,
If we buy original version it will work fast?
Or do you have alternative solution for this, this one to implement one of our major client

You have 3 million records, this is going to take time to process. Also, you don't define what is meant by a long time. Are we talking a couple of minutes, or something more like 20 minutes?
The real question is, do you really need the report to bring back 3 million records? Could you do any filtering of the data to reduce the number of records being brought back? Also, 3 million records could vary. is each record a single field, or is it multiple. The more fields, the larger the result set.
Another thing you want to look at, is just how long is the query taking to run against the database.

Crystal Reports for Eclipse Install

I am attempting to install Crystal Reports for Eclipse. I am running Eclipse 3.5.0.
I am able to find the download at http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/crystalreportsforeclipse/2_0/update_site/
I select the software to download from within eclipse, the process begins and then I receive teh following message:
Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
Software being installed: Crystal Reports for Eclipse 2.0.2.r678 (com.businessobjects.crystalreports.integration.eclipse.feature.feature.group 2.0.2.r678)
Missing requirement: Crystal Reports for Eclipse 2.0.2.r678 (com.businessobjects.crystalreports.integration.eclipse.feature.feature.group 2.0.2.r678) requires 'org.eclipse.wst.feature.group 0.0.0' but it could not be found
I have attempted the install from a local download with the same results.
Any idea on what may be missing?

Got the same issue with Eclipse 3.5. Spent several hours downloading the exact versions of the prereq's, to no avail. Still amazes me that what takes hours in Eclipse is already included in Visual Studio. No wonder everyone is ditching Java and moving to .NET.

Cannot Install Crystal Reports for Eclipse v2.0 on Mac OSX

I've tried to install the Crystal Reports plug-in to my Eclipse environment without any success. No matter what I try, I get the same error message:
"Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
Missing requirement: 1271104370856 0.0.0.1271104370856 requires 'com.businessobjects.crystalreports.integration.eclipse.feature.feature.group [2.0.6.r916]' but it could not be found"
To the best of my knowledge, I've installed all the correct pre-requisites listed on the SAP website. I've tried every search I can think of and have found nothing that helps.
I'm at my wits end...please help!

Note that the Crystal Reports for Eclipse 2.0 plugin is not supported nor tested on MacOS, regardless of version.
Feedback I've gotten is that the installation fails for the embedded designer components.
The Crystal Reports Java SDK runtime components - the library used to run rpt files on desktop of web apps using Java - is supported and tested on MacOS 10.5
You'll note that the Supported Platform guide for CR4E 2.0 is specific in listing support only for the Runtime.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

XMLExportFormat and Crystal Reports for Eclipse 2.0

Hello,
I found this example code on the Crystal Reports for Eclipse wiki but can't find XMLExportFormat(s) classes in any jar. XMLExportFormatOptions is still referenced in javadoc even if it is useless as it needs the above mentioned classes.
I really need to export to default XML (as we used to do it in Crystal "save as..." menu) because those files are post-processed. Any hint ? Where can I find those classes ?
1. Create a new XMLExportFormatOptions object.
IXMLExportFormat xmlExportFormat = new XMLExportFormat();
XMLExportFormats xmlExportFormats = new XMLExportFormats();
IXMLExportFormatOptions xmlExpFormatOpts = new XMLExportFormatOptions();
2. Use the PrintOutputController class to get the list of XML export format types saved with the report.
xmlExportFormats = rcd.getPrintOutputController().getSavedXMLExportFormats();
int index = xmlExportFormats.getDefaultExportSelection();
xmlExpFormatOpts.setXMLExportSelection(index);
xmlExportFormat = xmlExportFormats.getXMLExportFormat(index);
3. Create an XMLExportFormatOptions object and set the export format type to XML.
IExportOptions expOpts = new ExportOptions();
expOpts.setExportFormatType(ReportExportFormat.XML);
4. Apply the XML export options.
expOpts.setFormatOptions(xmlExpFormatOpts);
5. Creates a new file with the specified path, name, and file extension.
String xmlPath = "C:
" + rcd.displayName() + "_" + xmlExportFormat.getName() + "." + xmlExportFormat.getFileExtension();
FileOutputStream fs = new FileOutputStream(xmlPath);
6. Creates a new ByteArrayInputStream object, streams the file using the Write method, and closes the stream.
ByteArrayInputStream byteIS = (ByteArrayInputStream)rcd.getPrintOutputController().export(expOpts);
byte[] buf = new byte[2000 * 1024];
int nRead = 0;
int maxSize = buf.length;
while ((nRead = byteIS.read(buf)) != -1)
fs.write(buf, 0, maxSize);
fs.close();

I found the code at that url:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/sdklibrary
Go to "Report Application Server Java SDK Developer Guide" link. It's a zip file.
In the zip file you can go right up to topic93.html
I found another example here:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/f0aea666-5384-2b10-ffb0-a6facef1d5e5 [original link is broken]
See example under "Java_RAS-Managed_BE12_Export_XML"
Anyway, I've never used Crystal till now and I'm totally lost in all those libraries. I found examples but on those example pages there are never links to libraries neither references to versions. So I just downloaded Crystal Report for Eclipse 2.0 but the examples didn't compile because classes in these examples don't exist. (!?) Please, don't tell me about "you can do that or you can not do that with version X or version Y" but give me a hint on what I need to run these examples and where to find it, or simply how I can output a report to xml.
(forgive bad english)
Thanks for your help,
Fabrice

Crystal reports for eclipse Upgrade

Hi all ! I've upgraded my Crystal Reports For Eclipse from 1.0.0.v555 to 1.0.1.v671, but when i restarting Eclipse, i don't see some of the preceding functionality (i.e. Report Designer).What's happened ? Help me please 

Which method did you use to upgrade your existing version of CR4E (e.g. Update Site, all-in-one, etc.)? When you go under Help->Software Updates->Manage Configuration are there any red 'x's under the Crystal Reports for Eclipse section? Regards, Sean Johnson (CR4E Product Manager)

Problem with Crystal reports for Eclipse and Postgres-databases

Hi,
Is there a known problem when using a PostgreSQL-database to create a report with Crystal reports Plugin? When I drag a table, then occurs a error-windows, that the object can't created.
I have found a workaround for solving the problem. After new installing Eclipse Platform Version: 3.4.1 Build id: M20080911-1700 and Crystal reports Plugin 11.8.6.v1371 with JRE 1.6.0_01 the error message allways occurs, when I select a table from a PostgreSQL database (Version 8.2). After restarting eclipse you see the last selected tables in the field explorer and you can drag the table fields in the report. A repeated choice of the same table causes aliases for the table in the field explorer after restarting eclipse.
Error.log:
eclipse.buildId=M20080911-1700
java.version=1.6.0_01
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=de_DE Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86
Error
Tue Dec 16 14:03:53 CET 2008
Verursacht durch: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
com.businessobjects.crystalreports.designer.core.ReportException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at com.businessobjects.crystalreports.designer.core.ExceptionFactory.B(Unknown Source) at com.businessobjects.crystalreports.designer.core.ExceptionFactory.create(Unknown Source) at com.businessobjects.crystalreports.designer.core.elements.data.TableElement.add(Unknown Source) at com.businessobjects.crystalreports.designer.core.commands.AddCommand.doCommand(Unknown Source) at com.businessobjects.crystalreports.designer.core.commands.ReportCommand.C(Unknown Source) at com.businessobjects.crystalreports.designer.core.commands.ReportCommand.execute(Unknown Source) at com.businessobjects.crystalreports.designer.CoreCommand.execute(Unknown Source) at com.businessobjects.crystalreports.designer.dseintegration.DSEDropHandler.drop(Unknown Source) at org.eclipse.jface.util.DelegatingDropAdapter$3.run(DelegatingDropAdapter.java:211)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:37)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform.run(Platform.java:880)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.JFaceUtil$1.run(JFaceUtil.java:48)
at org.eclipse.jface.util.SafeRunnable.run(SafeRunnable.java:175)
at org.eclipse.jface.util.DelegatingDropAdapter.drop(DelegatingDropAdapter.java:209)
at org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DNDListener.handleEvent(DNDListener.java:90)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1003)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1027)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1012)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.notifyListeners(Widget.java:770)
at org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DropTarget.Drop(DropTarget.java:455)
at org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DropTarget$3.method6(DropTarget.java:257)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.ole.win32.COMObject.callback6(COMObject.java:119)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.ole.win32.COM.DoDragDrop(Native Method) at org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DragSource.drag(DragSource.java:362)
at org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DragSource.access$0(DragSource.java:288)
at org.eclipse.swt.dnd.DragSource$1.handleEvent(DragSource.java:171)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1003)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:3823)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3422)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2382)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2346)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2198)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:493)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:288)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:488)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:113)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:193)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:386)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:549)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:504)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1236)
Caused by: com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.lib.ReportSDKException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException---- Error code:-2147467259 Error code name:failed at com.businessobjects.reports.sdk.JRCCommunicationAdapter.request(Unknown Source) at com.crystaldecisions.proxy.remoteagent.x.a(Unknown Source) at com.crystaldecisions.proxy.remoteagent.q.a(Unknown Source) at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.dd.a(Unknown Source) at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.ag.a(Unknown Source) at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.bu.if(Unknown Source) at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.bu.void(Unknown Source) at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.a6.for(Unknown Source) at com.crystaldecisions.proxy.remoteagent.u.performDo(Unknown Source)
Best Regards
Arnold

Your issue appears to be a Crystal Reports for Eclipse report designer thing, and not a JRC runtime thing. The JRC runtime does support Type 4 JDBC drivers, but all modern PostgreSQL drivers are Type 4.
The current report designer is more restrictive than the JRC runtime - and PostgreSQL, being not on the supported platforms list, has never been tested with the embedded designer.
Unless there's anybody out there with experience with PostgreSQL and CR4E designer, who would be willing to share their experiences.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

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