Report in Crystal CRXI using Workshop class datasource

Question

I am trying to create a report using Crystal Reports XI that uses a Workshop class as a datasource. The documentation for V10 and XI says that any compiled java class that has a public method returning a java.sql.ResultSet object can be used as a data source.
I followed an example in the Crystal documentation that uses a bean compiled outside of Workshop and it works fine. When I try to point the config file to my Workshop classes, it does not list any of my class files. Has anybody successfully done this?

Answer 1

Hi Sudhir,
For Building up a connection for OLEDB  we need :
In order for Crystal Reports to connect to a database through OLE DB, there are some requirements that must be met:
u2022     The database client software must be installed on the client machine.
u2022     The client machine must be able to connect to the server from its client software
u2022     The client softwareu2019s working directory (example. c:\orant\bin) must be in the Windows search path
u2022     The OLE DB provider must be installed on the local machine.
We have the connection for crystal reports through OLEDB :
The process by which Crystal Reports access data from an OLE DB data source consists of these five layers:
Crystal Reports Layer
OLE DB Translation Layer
OLE DB Layer
DBMS Translation (OLE DB provider) Layer
Database Layer
The data translation is similar to the ODBC connection model. Crystal Reports uses CRDB_ADO.DLL to communicate to the OLE DB provider, which communicates to the database. Crystal Reports can connect to any database as long as that database has an OLE DB provider.
When creating a new report in Crystal Reports, OLE DB data sources are found in the Create New Connection folder with the OLE DB (ADO) connection.
Regards,
Naveen.