Need to port access database app

Any takers? Is there any more information I can add ?

SQL Server seems like overkill for this problem.  Depending on what version of Access created the .mdb, you may have to convert it to a newer version.  If you don't want to buy Access for everyone, you can distribute the Access runtime engine which is a free download from Microsoft but, you will need to create an interface for the app.  The runtime doesn't allow access to design level views so you will need to create a form the user can use to view/update the data.

Its a simple CRUD situation, I don't mind whether its access, sql, or read from a text file as long as users can access it over the network. At the moment it consists of aspx files, associated files and an access db running on IIS on a windows xp machine and accessed through the browser using a http://localhost/somefolder/somefile.aspx url.

I have attempted to port it as is, created a website in IIs on the new server, kept the file structure the same and when I attempt to browse the url I get the following error (full text in the attached file)

Server Error in '/' Application.

Could not load file or assembly 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.DLL' or one of its dependencies.  is not a valid Win32 application. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700C1)
  Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

 Exception Details: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.DLL' or one of its dependencies.  is not a valid Win32 application. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700C1)

I have installed crystal reports basic runtime for visual studio 2008 but still see this message.

Thanks
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<<I have attempted to port it as is, created a website in IIs on the new server, kept the file structure the same and when I attempt to browse the url I get the following error (full text in the attached file)>>

 I would if you have all that already.   Just focus on the error, which is just with CR and sounds like it is not installed properly.

Jim.

Hi Jim and everyone
  Thanks for this, I have installed the 32 bit version of crystal reports basic runtime for visual studio 2008 and am still getting the same errors.

I simply copied all these files across, there is a bin folder with several .dll's and a storedprocedures folder with one .dll do I need to register these?

I'm very shure that this copy-paste method won't work. In the days of DOS perhaps, but not today.
You'll have to run the installer to get everything fixed.

/gustav

Totally agree with gustav,

  Copy and paste won't cut it for the majority of apps in today's times.  Besides the application directory, stuff can get dumped into Windows directories, then there are registry entires, etc.  There's no end to the stuff an installer might do in order to get an app in.

 Apps/components that will work with a simple copy and paste are very few and far between these days almost to the point of non-existent.

  You need the installer for CR or change the app so that it doesn't use it.

Jim.

Thanks for all your help, I have asked a colleague to look at this for me