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  1. Oct 26th, 2007, 09:27 AM #1
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    Crystal Report displays weird characters on Dell Laptop but works fine on desktop PC

    Hi Guys,

    My crystalreportviewer works fine on all desktop pc's I have installed my software on. But on a clients Dell Laptop all the text just appears as weird characters.

    Someone please provide me with a solution.
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  2. Oct 26th, 2007, 10:16 AM #2
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    Re: Crystal Report displays weird characters on Dell Laptop but works fine on desktop PC

    Check the font used..... make sure the font is also on the client's.

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    Re: Crystal Report displays weird characters on Dell Laptop but works fine on desktop PC

    Hi techgnome,

    Thanks for the reply. I will check that. But I assumed all windows comes with the Arial Font installed.
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  4. Oct 29th, 2007, 01:51 AM #4
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    Re: Crystal Report displays weird characters on Dell Laptop but works fine on desktop PC

    Hi again,

    Unfortunately, the client does have the Arial font. I have no idea what the problem is.
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    Re: Crystal Report displays weird characters on Dell Laptop but works fine on desktop PC

    Is this the only laptop with this issue or do you see it on other laptops as well?
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  7. Oct 30th, 2007, 01:30 PM #6
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    Re: Crystal Report displays weird characters on Dell Laptop but works fine on desktop PC

    I would try uninstalling the crystal report viewer on the laptop and reinstalling. Are you using the standard viewer that came in visual studio 2005 in a form? or some other kind of viewer?

    (I am pretty new to CR, so don't flame me if that's a stupid question, lol)
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  8. Oct 31st, 2007, 12:51 AM #7
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    Re: Crystal Report displays weird characters on Dell Laptop but works fine on desktop PC

    Hi Hack, I haven't tried other laptops. But on the 4 desktop P.C's it works just fine.

    I tried re-installing Crystal the same day but that didn't work.
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