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ADO.NET (XML) missing from available data sources

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Category: Crystal Reports 9 through 2020
Forum Name: Data Connectivity
Forum Discription: How to connect to data sources and export reports
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Printed Date: 17 May 2024 at 10:33pm


Topic: ADO.NET (XML) missing from available data sources
Posted By: ricky969
Subject: ADO.NET (XML) missing from available data sources
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2011 at 6:30am
i just re-installed crystal reports 9 on a new windows 7 64bit machine.
During the installation i included the ADO.NET datasource however when i open the program i cannot see that as an available datasource.
 
Also when i  "verify database" on an xml datasource i get:
Failed to load database information
Details: The database DLL 'crdb_adoplus.dll' could not be loaded.
 
Any idea how to fix this?
 
Thanks
rick


Replies:
Posted By: hilfy
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2011 at 4:15pm
Crystal Reports 9 was never designed to run on 64-bit Windows.  You might want to try running it in Compatibility Mode to see if that will help resolve your problem.  If it doesn't there's not much you can do other that upgrading Crystal or getting a 32-bit machine to run it on.
 
Also, note that you MUST have the 32-bit database drivers installed in order for Crystal to connect to any database - it will NOT connect using 64-bit drivers.  This may explain why you're not able to see ADO.NET as a data source.
 
-Dell


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Posted By: ricky969
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2011 at 5:53am
thanks for your suggestion. i tried running the app in compatibility mode but it did not make any difference.
also how can i check if i have the 32-bit dtabase drivers installed?


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