Setting DatabaseName in Report is ignored by Crystal Engine

Post Author: nan
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
Hello.
I have a VB6 application using CR8.5 that i am currently migrating to CRXI. I connect to both SQLServer 2000 and Oracle 10g databases via ODBC. I have some reports on my PC which use a database
named TEST. On the production machine i have a database named LIVE. I also have the following variable in my application:Public cReport As CRAXDRT.ReportChanging the ODBC connection DSN using cReport.Database.Tables().ConnectionProperties("DSN") or cReport.Database.Tables().ConnectBufferString was successful. I cannot change the database name though. Even though i set the cReport.Database.Tables(*).ConnectionProperties("Database") property to "LIVE" at runtime, the Crystal Engine is still trying to connect to TEST. Even setting the ConnectBufferString directly does not help. I would appreciate any ideas on how to change the database name at runtime.

Thanks TST,
I had to do a lot of drilling and exploring but found the location based on your suggestion. For the record, the mod is in the "Enter Row Cell Data" VI. I have included a screen shot of the mod.
Greg Cole
“It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that ensures the prosperous voyage.”
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As a beginner, it will be very much helpful for me to learn in a better way and to go in the right track.
Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
Annapoorani

Annapoorani,
I will start off with the basic difference beteen Crystal Report Server and Business Objects Enterprise. We can continue on after this initial bit of information.
Essentially, Crystal Report Server is a much like a subset of the full Enterprise Product line. Whereas CRS is used for storing and scheduling Crystal Reports, the Enterprise product extends this usability to also include Desktop Intelligence Reports as well as Web Intelligence reports. There are also added features available with the full Enterprise Suite (depending on the licensing and installation) that also provide Performance Management, Dashboards and other enhancements.
In the sence of XI vs XIR2, XIR2 is more up to date with fixes and service packs. You will find the original XI products to be closer to an end of lifecycle when it comes to support.
As well, the newest release not mentioned in your line of questioning is Business Objects XI3.0. Currently this is a java based deployment, but there will be a .NET version forthcoming. Many new features have been added and you can find more information directly at www.businessobjects.com pages. There is a full section on the website that outlines the various products.
Edited by: Tony Foster on Jul 16, 2008 11:22 AM

Running multiple Crystal engines

Hello,
Currently, we have an application that has worked quite well with multiple crystal engines installed. A client can have a report that exports as they expect in say Crystal Reports 10 and also create new reports against Crystal Reports 11 (or Release 2). The client specifies (within a table in the our DB) which version of crystal to use with a given report and we have a report engine factory that returns the appropriate crystal engine to use for processing the report.
Now the problem...
I recently brought down the trial version of Crystal Reports 2008 and have attempted to create a .NET factory to deliver this report engine. If I only have Crystal Reports 2008 accessed from our application, it will work as expected (for the most part - some features from the RDC no longer exist - but that is another story). As soon as I attempt to run a report that requires a different crystal engine, the next engine in always fails.
For example, if I run a Crystal 11 report after a successful Crystal 2008 report I will receive an "Invalid TLV record" error during the call of the "OpenReport" method. At first I thought this was a possible bug in my code, but if I do the opposite (run the Crystal 11 report first then Crystal 2008), the Crystal 11 report will work without problems and then a Crystal 2008 report I will receive the error "Retrieiving the COM class factory for component with CLSID XXX failed due to the following error: 80000003" during the "OpenReport" method.
Has anyone else experience this problem? If so, is there a way to work around it?
Thanks in advance any help you can provide,
Tom

Jason,
Thanks for the response!
OK, so I still think this is a problem and I've proven it by only writing .NET code. Here is what I did. I created three C# projects within a solution:
1. A Crystal 11 Release 2 project that simply implements an interface that has three methods on it (OpenReport, RecordSelectionFormula, and CloseReport). This project implements the .NET Crystal objects from Crystal 11 Release 2).
2. A Crystal 2008 project that simply implements an interface that has three methods on it (OpenReport, RecordSelectionFormula, and CloseReport). This project implements the .NET Crystal objects from Crystal 2008).
3. A Windows project that simply calls on both of the above projects (both are referenced in this project) and calls "OpenReport", then "RecordSelectionCriteria" (in a MessageBox), and finally "CloseReport".
"OpenReport" - uses ReportDocument.Load.
"CloseReport" - uses ReportDocument.Close - extremely slow process!!!
"RecordSelectionFormula" - uses ReportDocument.RecordSelectionFormula (my interface implements a set/get)
As you can see I'm using NO COM at all. When running this test project, I get the "Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID XXX failed due to the following error: 80000003." error even in this case.
Below is an example of the "Windows project" code. I have the entire example in a zip file that I can deliver to someone if they want to see exactly what I'm talking about. I just didn't see a way to attach the example zip file with this post.
=====================================================================
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace TestProj
 static class Program
 /// <summary>
 /// The main entry point for the application.
 /// </summary>
 [STAThread]
 static void Main()
 Application.EnableVisualStyles();
 Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
 try
 TestProj.CrystalEngine crystal11Release2 = new CrystalEngine();
 crystal11Release2.OpenReport("Place your report name here...");
 MessageBox.Show(crystal11Release2.RecordSelectionForumla);
 crystal11Release2.CloseReport();
 // You will see this error with a COM error even though no COM is being used in the project???
 TestProj.Crystal2008 crystal2008 = new Crystal2008();
 crystal2008.OpenReport("Please your report name here...");
 MessageBox.Show(crystal2008.RecordSelectionForumla);
 crystal2008.CloseReport();
 catch (Exception excep)
 MessageBox.Show(excep.Message);
 Application.Exit();
=====================================================================
Just to reiterate, I have no COM implemented in this example and yet the same problem occurs.
Any assistance with this problem would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
Tom

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