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running crystal reports in vfp when user does not have crystal

Hi:
I know I have done this before but forgotten how....I have some vfp reports using the activex crystal reports viewer. I want to roll this out to users who do not have crystal, but get class errors when I do so . I do not want to install crystal on every pc. I do have crystal developer. Does anybody know how I can get non crystal users to read crystal?
Thanks!

Mike McCracken

You need to include the Crystal runtimes with the install.

You can get them here. Be sure to get the correct version and SP level

http://resources.businessobjects.com/support/additional_downloads/runtime.asp

This link will help you map the SP level to your version
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/12986

mlmcc

Richard Teasdale

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Thank you very much, mlmcc.
I had looked at the first page; it appeared to refer to .NET applications. I had installed the CR redistributable 2005 but this failed to work; perhaps because vfp is not a .net app?
Nearly hometime in the UK but will look again over the weekend and report back.
Thanks again.

Mike McCracken

Probably. What version of Crystal are you using?

mlmcc

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Richard Teasdale

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Thanks, Olaf. As sound as ever!
Thank you too, mlmc. I cannot offer points as you did not provide the full answer; but thanks for help in any event, much appreciated.