Changing SQL Database @ Runtime [RESOLVED]

I am sure this is somewhere in the forums but I can't find a definitive answer. I have an app that is using the Crystal Report Viewer to display some reports. I'm hitting a SQL server 2000 Database. My problem is getting these reports to run on a database with a different name.

I sent my App to a friend of mine and the reports won't run. I set up my instance of SQL Server with an Alias and he didn't set his up that way. Also, our databases are named differently. The reports run perfectly on my machine but when he tried to run them he gets "Server has not yet been opened."


I have looked at the knowlege base at Crystal Decisions and have tried some of their suggestions with the reports.

Here's a snippet of my current code.

VB Code:

If crApp Is Nothing Then
        Set crApp = New CRAXDRT.Application
        
        Call crApp.LogOnServerEx("p2ssql.dll", DBConn.Server & IIf(LenB(Trim$(DBConn.Alias)) > 0, "\" & DBConn.Alias, ""), _
        DBConn.DatabaseName, DBConn.UserName, DBConn.UserPass, Chr(34) & CStr(CRDatabaseType.crSQLDatabase) & Chr(34), DBConn.ConnString)
    End If
 
    Load rptForm
 
    Set rpt = crApp.OpenReport(rptPath)

I thought that the LogOnServer and LogonServerEx were supposed to be the way to change data sources. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

I figured this one out.

You apparently have to set the logon info for each table you are working with... you learn something new every day.

VB Code:

For i = 1 To rpt.Database.Tables.Count
        Call rpt.Database.Tables(i).SetLogOnInfo(DBConn.Server & IIf(LenB(Trim$(DBConn.Alias)) > 0, "\" & DBConn.Alias, ""), DBConn.DatabaseName, DBConn.UserName, DBConn.UserPass)
    Next i

If your report contains sub-reports you need to change the login info as well (at least using version 8.0 and CRPEAuto).

I am using the same code but data is still pulling from the original db. Why?