Diruse & Crystal Reports

[Former Member]

This is probably something that can't be done in Crystal, but I thought I'd ask anyway just in case it can. I was wondering whether it is possible to generate a report/or display the results obtained from the Windows Diruse command. I wanted to generate a report of directory size information within Crystal. Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks.

[former_member260594 · Accepted solution]

I don't think you will be able to use DIRUSE but you could create a report off of File System Data that may give the information you are looking for

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

How do I go about doing that using Crystal Reports?

[former_member292966 · Accepted solution]

You may need to install the driver for the File System if it isn't already installed. To check, when you create a new report, instead of connecting to a database, you should see a datasource called File System Data.

This will then prompt you to select a directory or drive you want to report on. In the report designer, the Field Explorer will show you the fields you can use to build your report.

Good luck,

Brian

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

How do I go about installing the driver?

[former_member292966 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

If you don't have it installed then you'll need the CD and do a Reinstall/Add and select it from there.

Thanks,

Brian