Trouble Exporting Crystal Reports RTP to PDF in VB6

[IT_Researcher]

I am facing an issue with exporting Crystal Reports RTP files to PDF in my VB6 code. The export to PDF option works flawlessly on computers where Crystal Reports is installed, without the need for additional DLLs or references. However, on computers where Crystal Reports is not installed, the export operation fails with the error "No export DLLs found."

I have come across various forum posts suggesting that this error might be due to missing DLLs such as crxf_pdf.dll, ExportModeller.dll, and crtslv.dll. While I was successful in adding ExportModeller.dll and crtslv.dll to my VB6 project, I encountered an issue adding crxf_pdf.dll with the error message "Can't add a reference to the specified file." Despite attempting to re-register the DLL, the problem persists.

My questions are:
Does the export of .rtp to .pdf only work if Crystal Reports is installed?
If not, what changes should I make to my VB6 project to enable the export to work?
If yes, are there alternative methods to export without the installation of Crystal Reports?

I have referred to the following links for guidance:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...er-interaction
https://groups.google.com/g/lessfoot...F1cUJ6ao?pli=1
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...-export-to-pdf

[gilman]

In your package you must install de craxdrt.dll dependencies, the file craxdrt.dep contains the info needed for install it.
I think, that crxf_pdf.dll is not an activex dll, so you can't tegister it,