Crystal Reports 2008 x64 Runtime

[Former Member]

When running a Crystal Reports 2008 and Visual Studio .NET 2008 windows application on a 64 bit Windows Server 2008 the following error message appears : "An error has occoured while attempting to load the Crystal Reports Runtime. Either the Crystal Reports registry key permissions are insufficient, or the Crystal Reports runtime is not installed correctly. Please install the appropriate Crystal Reports redistributable (CRRedist*.msi) containg the correct version of the Crystal Repors Runtime (x86, x64, or itanium) required."

I read in the forum that this error message appears because there are no 64 bit dlls for Crystal Reports 2008.

Well, I've installed either CR2008RedistSetup and CRRedist2008_x64.

When compiling the application in Visual Studio .NET 2008 I need to use the 32 bit mode or the 64 bit mode.

How can I do to solve it?

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

Only the .NET 2005 (CR 10.2) and .NET 2008 (CR 10.5) bundles are 64 bit. You must compile the app as 32 bit and use the 32 bit CR runtime. Runtime file links are here;

https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=56787567

More information re. 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Crystal Reports is in [this|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10d5fa88-2013-2c10-c9a5-f11963607d4e] article.

Ludek

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

When I will be able to compile my application as 64 bit and use the 64 bit CR runtime??

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

You can do so now, using the bundled version of CR with .NET 2005 or .NET 2008.

Stand-alone version I am not sure of. Possibly the next version of CR.

Ludek

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

All my reports have been created or converted using Crystal Reports 2008 Developers Version.

Are you telling me that using that old Crystal Reports runtime I can solve my problem? How can I do?

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

Use the version of CR bundled with .NET. This version will run reports created in CR 2008 - as long as they do not use flash, dynamic parameters or any other featured that are not present in the bundled version of CR.

Other than that, you're stuck with 32 bit.

For more details see this article;

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10d5fa88-2013-2c10-c9a5-f1196360...

Ludek

Edited by: Ludek Uher on Nov 3, 2009 10:13 AM