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newlinp
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November 2, 2007
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Coldfusion 8 and Crystal Reports

  • November 2, 2007
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I may be looking at everything wrongly, but I am puzzled how to get Crystal Reports files to display on ColdFusion 8.
What actually do I need? I have a number of developer servers - but I am unsure how to configure them to work with Crystal Reports 8. I can create the reports in crystal reports versions 7,9,XI (including R2).

Would an internet hosting provider support crystal Reports? Can I only use it on an intranet?

Paul Newlin
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    Scott_thornton
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    November 10, 2007
    A copy of Crystal Reports Server must exist on the server so that the reports can be called with .asp code\vbscript.
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    Anonymous
    November 3, 2007
    See the CFML reference on cfreport and the Developer's Guide on Crystal Reports.
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    newlinpAuthor
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    November 5, 2007
    Hi,

    I understand that. But what I don't understand is exactly what files are required on the server to allow ColdFusion 8 to see that it can run Crystal Reports. Do I need to install Crystal Reports Server, or just a copy of Crystal Reports standard/pro/developer version? Various people have mentioned seeing a process "CFCrystal.exe" running - that is definitely not running on our server.
    Sorry, very confused but need to create some sort of reporting solution for our intranet. The ReportBuilder with Coldfusion seems to leave a lot to be desired and I have used Crystal Reports over many years - but as part of applications.

    Paul Newlin
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