Web Deployment Frustrations

Post Author: rbroersma
CA Forum: Deployment
Hi, if this is overly simple I appologize. This is my first crack at a web deployment w/ crystal reports. I am developing a web site in .net 2005 (vb.net). I have crystal reports XI rel2 installed on my laptop as well. I have verified that my .net install is looking at the CR X1 rel2 install that I have by going to help/about w/in .net and i see it in there. My application works fine locally on my laptop, but when I copy it over to the web server.... no luck. I have tried multiple things, the last being a tutorial i found online that looked promising (instantcrystal.net). This tutorial had me download the latest msm files from here, then add them to my site and set the keycode property w/in the msm properties to the keycode of my CR XI rel2 install (which i found from doing a help/about w/in Crystal). Everything worked just as the tutorial described, I created my setup and msi files, copied them to the web server, installed them. and still no luck. Guess I'm just wondering what I need to do to get this to work. Do I need to install Crystal on my Web server? That seems like a waisted license. Anyway, any help would be appreciated.
Thanx,
Ryan.

Post Author: jeni
CA Forum: Deployment
Hi, I've seen the guide at instantcrystal.net and I've seen a similiar problem. If you look in the aspnet_client folder under the 2. something version ... do you eventually see the crystalreportviewers115 folder? In my case I was installing this on a sub web on a machine I had already deployed to with another app. It messed up something and my virtual web didn't have the subfolder ... I fixed by creating the path and adding a virtual directory for the crystalreportviewers115 which mapped to the actuall application install location. Gave it script and executable rights and it worked like a dream. Seems to be a Crystal multiple install bug with virtual webs more than anything.

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Edited by: Dan C on Dec 1, 2008 9:48 PM

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