Vb 6.0 Setup and Crystal Report 8

Hi friends i have developed an application in visual basic 6 using Access 2000 as database... and seagate crystal report 8 as reports... evey things fine... but when i create a package Program and install the setup on some other computer which do not have Crystal Report Installed on it then reports give me the Problem.... i have used DSN To Connect to Reports when i was Creating them..... The Error Code Returns to me is "" Physical Dtabase not Found... " but the database is present is already there.... this mean that i have to install the seagate crystal report on the client computer.... The Problem seems to be of Drivers which i m using but dont know how to add them when packing the software Script.... i have Added the following dll
named .... 1. crviewer.dll
2. crpaig80.dll

i think i m missing some driver files but which files i dont know :wave:
so do hel p me friends..........

1 more thing that i m using package and deployment wizard to create setup..........

CR does not like to play nice with the P&D wizard. Search for CR problems, and look for ones by RobDog888. He has posted in the past.

I thought I heard my name! :D

If you are using the Developer version of CR you will have a file
called "runtime.hlp". In it, it gives a complete list of the required dlls and ocxs
that are required for each type of function or action you are doing in your
program.

On my system it is located in:
D:\Program Files\Seagate Software\Crystal Reports\Developer Files\Help\Runtime.hlp

Physical Database not found error is not necessarily meaning that the db is
not there it means that your not logged in or the location is not set.

See this for more on the Physical DB Not Found issue.

:)

HTH

Moved to Application Deployment forum.

vbcoder2,

Try ********** and Inno Setup to create your installation. ********** should find all the OCX/DLL/EXE that you need as long as they are not called dynamically.

Thanks Friends
Problem Solved Finally


P2smondb.dll is the file
which i got from rumtime.hlp in C:\Program files\seageate\.....

help me pls ....

i have developed an application in visual basic 6 using MySQL as database... and seagate crystal report 8.5 as reports... evey things fine... but when i create a package Program and install the setup on some other computer which do not have Crystal Report Installed on it then reports give me the Problem.... i have used DSN To Connect to Reports when i was Creating the report.... The Error Code Returns to me is " run-time error 713 : Application defined or object defined error "

what should i do?

Welcome to the Forums.

Usually its best if you create a new Thread when you have a question.

Short answer would be to make sure all your CR dependancies are included in your setup package. To determine
which files you need to add, it depends on the functions and objects you are using in your program. If you have
the Developer version of CD then you will have a help file called Runtime.hlp that will contain the info. If not you
may be able to find info at businessobjects.com.

Crystal Report Include a Report Distribution expert which compile your report so when you install it to another computer without crystal report it will be viewable. but as alternative you could just look for "corelist.ini" after you compile a report using Report Distribution expert this holds the list of file you need to include in your package.
or Just browse to C:\windows\crystal and copy all files on this folder.
then goto C:\windows\system32 and copy all files that has all file associated with seagate.

these files are needed to be installed on your client computer. in the same directory specified above. and register them using selfregister tag or whatever.

Note: i prefer using Innosetup rather than microsoft's package and deployement due to major publishing issues. though inno setup requires scripting , it will make your installation more personalized.


note: if ever those procedure dont work(but it work on my apps) please dont be fooled by immitation. :duck: