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How to redistribute Crystal Reports 2011 Legacy/COM

Former Member
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We have just purchased Crystal Reports 2011. Now, we are trying to build an installation package, but we cannot find any information on what is required to redistribute this version, either in our installation or online.

Please tell me where there is a clear description of what files are required in resistributing Crystal Reports 2011 (Legacy/COM) and procudures for installing them.

We have *.rpt files that define our reports, and we use the CR Viewer to allow users of our software to view their reports.

I have also searched this forum, but I must not be using the expected keywords. Thanks, in advance.

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Legacy com = RDC?

1) RDC last shipped in CR XI R2 (11.5). You are now using CR 2011 (v.14.x)

2) CR 2011 has no SDK included. No RDC, no .NET, no Java

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Former Member
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We upgraded from version 11, installing the latest trial version, 2011 (version 14), which seems to work very well.

We downloaded the trial version files from the SAP website, installed them on the development machine, and changed references to the new viewer DLL. The viewer reports itself as the trial version, but otherwise works flawlessly. There were no notes or readme files that said redistributables were not available for this version. If that is the case, then what version should we include in our product? We need to release very soon, but of course, we would prefer to use the latest version.

Kind regards,

Tim

former_member184995
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As previously state, XI R2 is the last version to have RDC/COM support.

XI R2 goes out of support in 3 days (June 30, 2011).

Jason

former_member183750
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Also, if you are using craxDDrt.dll and criviewer.dll of any version newer than 11.5.x, you are breaking your licence agreement. In CR version newer than 11.5, these files are only included for internal purposes, not for development. That is why there are no runtime distributables for this SDK (COM)...

- Ludek

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See this Licensing blog by Blair who is a Product Manager:

SAP Crystal Licensing for Humans: /people/blair.wheadon/blog/2011/04/11/sap-crystal-licensing-for-humans

Don

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Is this the official SAP response? That the viewer is no longer accessible via COM?

If this is the case, then this version is of no use to us in our product, so we will upgrade in a future version, when we are able to convert the components which use the Crystal Report viewer.

Kind regards,

Tim

p.s.: BTW, thanks for your quick responses.

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Correct. Only option now is to move to .NET and it's .NET viewer or WEB and it's WEB Viewer ( HTML based )

Thanks again

Don

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Okay. We will plan to do that.

In case you have a Suggestions department, if it is feasible, I would recommend adding a readme file in the \crystalreportviewers\ActiveXControls folder in all future packages that explains which components are no longer licensed. That will prevent anyone who is upgrading from making a similar mistake, since the directory looks very similar to previous releases. (It would be even better to rename the DLL or put it in a subdirectory called \internal\, or something like that.)

Thank you for your help.

Kind regards,

Tim

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They sort of have been, each release includes a doc on what's been deprecated and what's new...

You can find it all from this link: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/bi

Thanks again

Don

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Hello,

There is no SDK with CR 2011. Only one available now is CR for Visual Studio 2010, compliments CR 2011 Designer.

The RDC COM report engine was dropped in CR XI R2 ( version 11.5 )

No option but to upgrade your app to .NET and the CR Assemblies for .NET.

See this page for the free download and other info: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/crystalreports-dotnet ( bottom of that page ).

Only other option if you are still using the RDC ( craxdrt.dll ) is to use CR XI R2, it's end of support now though, meaning no more patches available.

Thank you

Don