Missing CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll in Build

[Former Member]

I am attempting to build my application that uses the Crystal Reports API, and the command line build is barfing on a missing DLL:

        cl -I.  -I.././IDL -I.././Infrastructure -Ic:\dev\iona\include -Ic:\dev\SourcePro -nologo -W3 -GR -vmg -Od -MD -Zi -Zm200 -DWIN32 -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN

-DVERSANT_ANSI -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_AFXDLL /clr /AI c:\dev\BusinessObjects\Common\4.0\managed  -DNDEBUG  -DIT_USE_STD_IOSTREAM -DORBIX_DLL   -D_RWCONFIG=12d -D_CONSOLE  -c main.cpp

main.cpp

c:\dev\sources\videoview_6_8-merge\video\nextlink\reportfaxservice\NReportFaxServiceImpl.h(15) : fatal error C1107: could not find assembly 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll': please specify the assembly search path using /AI or by setting the LIBPATH environment variable

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'c:\dev\VisualStudio\VC\bin\cl.EXE' : return code '0x

2'

Stop.

I have a machine that appears to have that DLL in the location specified by the /AI directive, but on this machine (and several other new machines we have build and installed Visual Studio and Crystal Reports on), the DLL is not in that location.

Is there a different DLL that I should be using instead of that one?  When I rip out references to that assembly (by removing the #using directives that reference those modules), then I get these errors:

        cl -I.  -I.././IDL -I.././Infrastructure -Ic:\dev\iona\include -Ic:\dev\SourcePro -nologo -W3 -GR -vmg -Od -MD -Zi -Zm200 -DWIN32 -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DVERSANT_ANSI -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_AFXDLL /clr /AI c:\dev\BusinessObjects\Common\4.0\managed  -DNDEBUG  -DIT_USE_STD_IOSTREAM -DORBIX_DLL   -D_RWCONFIG=12d -D_CONSOLE  -c main.cpp

main.cpp

c:\dev\sources\videoview_6_8-merge\video\nextlink\reportfaxservice\NReportFaxServiceImpl.h(133) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'ReportDocument'

c:\dev\sources\videoview_6_8-merge\video\nextlink\reportfaxservice\NReportFaxServiceImpl.h(136) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'ReportDocument'

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'c:\dev\VisualStudio\VC\bin\cl.EXE' : return code '0x

2'

Which occurs on these declarations:

    void createPDF(

              ReportDocument^ rpt,

              String^ destinationString);

    void printReport(

              ReportDocument^ rpt,

              String^ destinationString);

Where is ReportDocument, if it's not in CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll.  These are the relevant lines that I commented out:

// #using <CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll>

// #using <CrystalDecisions.Shared.dll>

// using namespace CrystalDecisions::Shared;

// using namespace CrystalDecisions::CrystalReports::Engine;

Thanks.

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

What version of CR?

What version of .NET?

Commenting out the engine will not work. You're pretty well removing the core part of the CR APIs when you do that.

Does the app compile? Does it run? If it does, the engine assembly is being found. What happens if as a test you simply build off of the menu?

- Ludek

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[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Sorry about that.  I'm running Crystal Reports 2008 SP5 with Visual Studio 2005 SP1 with Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.5 SP1.

The application doesn't compile, as indicated in my first post.

Can you comment on what assembly should contain ReportDocument?  That's really the information I need.  Thanks.

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

ReportDocument is contained in CrystalDecision.CrystalReports.Engine.

What are all the CR references in your project and their versions?

- Ludek

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

As you can see from the command line I included, we're referencing our Crystal Reports assemblies from this location:

/AI c:\dev\BusinessObjects\Common\4.0\managed

Here's a directory listing of that directory:

C:\dev\sources\VideoView_6_9\video\nextlink>dir c:\dev\BusinessObjects\Common\4.

0\managed

Volume in drive C has no label.

Volume Serial Number is F8B0-9C11

Directory of c:\dev\BusinessObjects\Common\4.0\managed

03/09/2012  11:35 AM    <DIR>          .

03/09/2012  11:35 AM    <DIR>          ..

11/29/2011  10:23 PM            24,576 BOEVsPackage.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM            36,864 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Admin.DocProcessingServer.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM             9,728 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Admin.FullClientServer.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM            15,872 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Admin.WebiServerAdmin.dll

11/29/2011  10:23 PM           180,224 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Biar.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            40,960 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.Agnostic.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            11,776 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.AppFoundation.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            11,776 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.Category.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            32,768 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.ClientAction.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            28,672 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.ClientActionSet.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            28,672 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.ClientActionUsage.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            15,360 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.CommonConnection.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            14,848 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.DeltaStore.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            11,264 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.Designer.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            49,152 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.Encyclopedia.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM            65,536 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.FullClient.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM            61,440 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.FullClientAddin.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM            61,440 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.FullClientTemplate.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            10,752 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.Inbox.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            32,768 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.InfoView.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            24,576 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.MDAnalysis.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            28,672 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.MyInfoView.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            49,152 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.Overload.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            11,776 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.PersonalCategory.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            15,872 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.Profile.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            94,208 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.Publication.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM            11,776 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.ReportConvTool.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM            28,672 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.ScopeBatch.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM            28,672 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.SearchApp.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            11,776 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.StrategyBuilder.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            28,672 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.Universe.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            65,536 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.Webi.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            36,864 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Desktop.WebIntelligence.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            32,768 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Dest.Managed.dll

11/29/2011  10:17 PM           172,032 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Plugins.dll

11/29/2011  10:23 PM            81,920 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Providers.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            36,864 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.PublicationJni.dll

11/29/2011  10:17 PM           294,912 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Sdk.dll

11/29/2011  10:03 PM         1,204,224 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Sdk.ebus.netmodule

11/29/2011  10:03 PM            77,824 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Sdk.fssl.netmodule

11/29/2011  10:17 PM         1,363,968 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Sdk.netmodule

11/29/2011  10:03 PM           364,544 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Sdk.Ssl.netmodule

11/29/2011  10:17 PM            22,016 BusinessObjects.Enterprise.Sdk.ZipLib.netmodule

11/29/2011  10:05 PM            32,768 BusinessObjects.Foundation.Logging.dll

11/29/2011  10:23 PM             9,216 BusinessObjects.Publisher.DynamicRecipients.dll

10/02/2011  07:57 PM            93,227 CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.xml

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            24,576 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Admin.Audit.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            19,456 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Admin.CachePageServer.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            12,800 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Admin.Cms.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            10,240 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Admin.EventServer.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            12,288 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Admin.FileServer.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            11,776 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Admin.JobServer.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            11,264 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Admin.ReportAppServer.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM             7,168 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Admin.SingleSignOn.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            32,768 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Auth.secEnterprise.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            45,056 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Auth.secLDAP.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            32,768 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Auth.secWinAD.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            13,824 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Auth.secWindowsNT.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            36,864 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Calendar.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            28,672 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Connection.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            28,672 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.CustomRole.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            15,360 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Event.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            36,864 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Excel.dll

11/29/2011  10:18 PM            11,264 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.FavoritesFolder.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            28,672 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Flash.dll

11/29/2011  10:18 PM            10,752 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Folder.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            28,672 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Hyperlink.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            32,768 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.LicenseKey.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            28,672 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.ObjectPackage.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            36,864 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Pdf.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            36,864 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Powerpoint.dll

11/29/2011  10:20 PM            40,960 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Program.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM           136,616 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Report.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            36,864 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Rtf.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            86,016 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Server.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            15,360 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.ServerGroup.dll

11/29/2011  10:18 PM            11,776 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Shortcut.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            36,864 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Txt.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            45,056 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.User.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            40,960 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.UserGroup.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            36,864 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Word.dll

11/29/2011  10:19 PM            28,672 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Xcelsius.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            14,848 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Dest.DiskUnmanaged.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            15,360 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Dest.Ftp.dll

11/29/2011  10:21 PM            36,864 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Dest.Smtp.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM            66,976 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Framework.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM           234,912 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.InfoStore.dll

11/29/2011  10:22 PM            46,504 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.PluginManager.dll

11/29/2011  10:18 PM             7,168 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Utils.UtcConverter.dll

11/29/2011  11:27 PM             5,632 CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Viewing.ReportSource.dll

11/29/2011  11:27 PM            65,536 CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc.dll

11/29/2011  11:26 PM            53,248 CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.CommLayer.dll

11/29/2011  11:26 PM           139,264 CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.CommonControls.dll

11/29/2011  11:26 PM            40,960 CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.CommonObjectModel.dll

11/29/2011  11:27 PM           176,128 CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.Controllers.dll

11/29/2011  11:27 PM            40,960 CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.CubeDefModel.dll

11/29/2011  11:27 PM           249,856 CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataDefModel.dll

11/29/2011  11:27 PM             6,656 CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ObjectFactory.dll

11/29/2011  11:27 PM           159,744 CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.Prompting.dll

11/29/2011  11:27 PM           360,448 CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.dll

11/29/2011  11:26 PM            17,920 CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.XmlSerialize.dll

10/02/2011  07:57 PM             1,730 CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.xml

10/02/2011  07:57 PM           128,432 CrystalDecisions.Shared.xml

10/02/2011  07:57 PM            48,680 CrystalDecisions.Web.xml

10/02/2011  07:57 PM            27,339 CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms.xml

03/09/2012  11:32 AM    <DIR>          dotnet2

11/29/2011  09:57 PM            28,672 FlashControlV71.dll

10/02/2011  08:00 PM           249,856 log4net.dll

11/29/2011  09:57 PM            32,768 ShockwaveFlashObjects.dll

             108 File(s)      8,334,368 bytes

               3 Dir(s)   2,225,537,024 bytes free

Notice there is also a dotnet2 directory in that directory.  Here's that directory listing:

C:\dev\sources\VideoView_6_9\video\nextlink>dir c:\dev\BusinessObjects\Common\4.

0\managed\dotnet2

Volume in drive C has no label.

Volume Serial Number is F8B0-9C11

Directory of c:\dev\BusinessObjects\Common\4.0\managed\dotnet2

03/09/2012  11:32 AM    <DIR>          .

03/09/2012  11:32 AM    <DIR>          ..

11/29/2011  11:29 PM            98,304 CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Design.dll

11/29/2011  11:29 PM           413,696 CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll

10/02/2011  07:57 PM            93,227 CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.xml

11/30/2011  12:04 AM            32,768 CrystalDecisions.Data.AdoDotNetInterop.dll

11/29/2011  11:29 PM            49,152 CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.DataSetConversion.dll

11/29/2011  11:29 PM           110,592 CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.dll

10/02/2011  07:57 PM             1,730 CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.xml

11/29/2011  11:29 PM           774,144 CrystalDecisions.Shared.dll

10/02/2011  07:57 PM           128,432 CrystalDecisions.Shared.xml

11/29/2011  11:29 PM           335,872 CrystalDecisions.VSDesigner.dll

11/29/2011  11:29 PM           503,808 CrystalDecisions.Web.dll

10/02/2011  07:57 PM            48,680 CrystalDecisions.Web.xml

11/29/2011  11:29 PM           528,384 CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms.dll

10/02/2011  07:57 PM            27,339 CrystalDecisions.Windows.Forms.xml

03/09/2012  11:32 AM    <DIR>          en

              14 File(s)      3,146,128 bytes

               3 Dir(s)   2,225,385,472 bytes free

That directory is not used in our project, but it has been in the past.  Notice that that directory does have the CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll file.  But, I'm assuming I should not be using that directory as part of my build as it seems to be referencing an older version of the .NET Framework.

Please advise as to why that CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll file is not in the managed directory when I install Crystal Reports 2008 SP5 (full version install).

Thanks.

[daniel_paulsen · Accepted solution]

you need to set your path to the dotnet2 folder

/AI c:\dev\BusinessObjects\Common\4.0\managed\dotnet2

I'm not sure why you do not have the dll in your \managed folder, but there are typically two versions of the Engine dll installed.

the one in the \managed folder is complied for applications using the 1.1 framework (ie VS2003)

this dll would have a version number like 12.3.1100.1190 for SP5.

the one in the \managed\dotnet2 folder is compiled for applications using the 2.0 (or higher) framework (ie VS2005 or VS2008).

this dll would have a version number like 12.3.2000.1190 for SP5

Its possible that the install recognized that you only had VS2005 on your machine and gave you the runtime compatable with the 2.0/3.5 frameworks.  If you do not want to use the dotnet2 folder in your complile commandline (cl.exe), then just copy the dlls to the Managed folder.   All of the other dlls in the managed folder will work on 1.1 or 2.0 frameworks, but the CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Shared, ReportSource, Web and Windows.Forms dlls are managed components that had to be compiled separately due to the differences between the two frameworks.

Dan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

In the past, our build has used the "dotnet2" folder.  I recently changed it to use the "managed" folder, when I added calls to the "RAS" API.  Here's a note I have in some of my recently checked in code revisions:

Also, converted the PDF and Print routines to use the newer "RAS" Crystal Reports API methods (recommended by SAP).

But, when I try to compile with the "dotnet2" folder specified, I get this error message:

        cl -I.  -I.././IDL -I.././Infrastructure -Ic:\dev\iona\include -Ic:\dev\SourcePro -nologo -W3 -GR -vmg -Od -MD -Zi -Zm200 -DWIN32 -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DVERSANT_ANSI -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_AFXDLL /clr /AI c:\dev\BusinessObjects\Common\4.0\managed\dotnet2  -DNDEBUG  -DIT_USE_STD_IOSTREAM -DORBIX_DLL   -D_RWCONFIG=12d -D_CONSOLE  -c main.cpp

main.cpp

c:\dev\sources\videoview_6_8-merge\video\nextlink\reportfaxservice\NReportFaxServiceImpl.h(17) : fatal error C1107: could not find assembly 'CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc.dll': please specify the assembly search path using /AI or by setting the LIBPATH environment variable

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'c:\dev\VisualStudio\VC\bin\cl.EXE' : return code '0x

2'

Stop.

As you can see from the directory listings that I gave earlier, that particular assembly is in the "managed" folder but not in the "dotnet2" folder.

So, should I leave the "/AI" setting at "managed" and copy the CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll to the "managed" directory from the "dotnet2" directory.  Or should I put the "/AI" setting at the "dotnet2" directory and copy the necessary files from the "managed" directory to the "dotnet2" directory?

It's a bummer that I'll have to do this on all the machines where we use Crystal Reports (all of our development machines, or QA hosts, and our production host).  Is there a reason why all the necessary files aren't in both directories?  Can this be remedied in future versions of Crystal Reports so we can compile our code with the installation without having to make manual tweaks to the installation?

Thanks.

[daniel_paulsen · Accepted solution]

If you need references to the RAS runtime as well, then your best option is to probably copy all of the dlls in the dotnet2 folder to the managed folder.

The reason for the two folders is that Crystal Reports 2008 is supported on both the 1.1 and 2.0 frameworks, but there are significant differences between the two frameworks so versions had to be compiled for each framework.  Its not an issue if you're compiling in the IDE as the integration with the IDE knows where to look.

In your case, the command line complier doesn't seem to have that logic, so I think you are stuck with the manual workaround or a bigger command line with paths referencing each dll.  In CR for VS2010 all of the runtime (CR and RAS) is compiled on the 2.0 framework and the need for multiple versions doesn't exist since CR for VS2010 runtime isn't supported on the 1.1 framework.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Good to know that Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 won't have this problem.  We'll upgrade to that environment soon.

As far as our current configuration, it appears that if we compile like so, it compiles and links:

        cl -I.  -I.././IDL -I.././Infrastructure -Ic:\dev\iona\include -Ic:\dev\SourcePro -nologo -W3 -GR -vmg -Od -MD -Zi -Zm200 -DWIN32 -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DVERSANT_ANSI -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_AFXDLL /clr /AI c:\dev\BusinessObjects\Common\4.0\managed /AI c:\dev\BusinessObjects\Common\4.0\managed\dotnet2  -DNDEBUG  -DIT_USE_STD_IOSTREAM -DORBIX_DLL   -D_RWCONFIG=12d -D_CONSOLE  -c main.cpp

main.cpp

Notice I have now included two /AI parameters: one for the managed directory and one for the managed/dotnet2 directory.

Now that the code is compiling and linking, I'll configure our QA environment this way, and go through some runtime testing.  If the runtime testing works, this configuration should work fine.  I can tweak out build files to add that second /AI parameter, and then we won't have to manually manipulate the Crystal Reports configuration.

Thanks.