VB Forum / Crystal Report / November 2003

I am creating a VB 6/Crytal 8.5 application/SQL Server 7.  As a model
I am using the Sample Hotel application that came with Crytal 8.5.  I
can not figure out how to get the datasource to update the report.  It
only opens the report with whatever data is saved from when I created

I've recently moved a system over to another server and
have about 80 reports (Crystal Reports 7) with 1 or more
subreports in them.
I need to set the new server name on the subreports but

I get this error when I try to use a .net app outside the development
machine.
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: File or assembly name
CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, or one of its dependencies, was not

How do you export to a Text file within a .Net application using a
Crystal Report?  The only options they give are (PDF, Word, Excel,
RTF)

How can i insert a picture at runtime, or just set a placeholder with a
location and let the machine load the picture everytime the report loads??
The problem i have is... my .Net app generates an Image just before it
shows the report, and uses the image on it... so that's why i ...

I have a vb6 with CR9.
I have a RPT with saved data order by a defined group.
I'd like to export each data from a group to a different PDF file.
Can anyone help me?

I am running a report calculating weights.
Conitionally I use a field that is a PAIDCODE.
If the PAIDCODE = "F" I sum the weight into an UNPAIDWT field.
If the PAIDCODE <> "F" I sum the weight into an PAIDWT field.

Sorry if this is posted to the wrong newsgroup. I have v9 of Crystal
Reports and I need to install the components that will generate
reports from predefined *.rpt files. I don't want to install the
design tools etc. I have no CR experience and I'm not even sure you

I need to know how to creat a formula in CR report to calculate the elapsed
time between 2 gruop of date & time data:
A: ReportDate = "MM/dd/yyyy" (Date/Time data type)
   ReportTime = "HH:MM" (Character data type)

Does anyone know how to pass  a subreport group total into a calculation on
the main report and would this still work if the subreport is hidden?
Crystal V8.
Mervyn

I have used Crystal with with VSStudio but just upgraded to VSStudio 2003. I
am having big problems redeploying my application. The merge modules don't
seem to be bringing in the core Crystal files (i.e.,
Crystaldecisions.crystalreports.engine.dll). This worked find with the

I am upgrading an application we have to use CR 9.  All the reports are
written in CR 8 or 8.5.  Everything works fine up to the point where
rptReport.PrintOut is called.  It returns an error that the user cannot log
in to the database.  The reports use a DSN, but I am setting a new ...

how could i use SQL command in CR9. i'd like to filter data with SQL,
something like: SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE City = 'New york'
thanks,

Help!  I have closed my Crystal Reports toolbox (the one that contains the
Report  Fields, Parameters, Calculated fields etc).
I cannot find it on my Visual Studio "View" or "Tools" menu.  Where is
it!!!???

I've a report with RTF fields in w2K. I installed window xp and now,
these RTF fields, don't show characters as "¿" or marked vowels as
"á,é,í,ó,ú". The font is Times New Roman.
However if I change the font for "Arial Unicode MS" or "Batang", in