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    Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 7:45am
Hi

The crystal report I have works fine when I run it from crystal reports application. But when I do this by code , it gives me a blank report. I don't know why.
The crystal report has one SQL and one OLD DB (ADO) connection.
Here is the code I use to call the report from a VB application.

Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()

    Dim crxApp As New CRAXDRT.Application
    Dim cr As CRAXDRT.Report
    Set cr = crxApp.OpenReport("C:\Report.rpt")
    cr.RecordSelectionFormula = "{Customers.Name} = '" & frmReport.NameList.Text & "'"
    cr.Database.Tables(1).ConnectionProperties("User ID") = "sa"
    cr.Database.Tables(1).ConnectionProperties("Password") = "password"
    crViewer1.ReportSource = cr
    crViewer1.ViewReport

End Sub


I am passing the SQL user name and password here.
I am not passing OLE DB historian source username and password.
The OLD DB historian information is used in a sub report.
The report used to work well but don't know calling from VB creates a problem.

Sometimes I get log on error like "API Error" Invalid username and/or password" from crystal viewer informational message box.
Let me know if i m missing something ?



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Quote jkwrpc Replybullet Posted: 11 Apr 2011 at 8:43am
If you dont pass them in code are you prompted for them when you run the report? Try commenting the thos lines out and then run the report and see if the login dialog appears.
 
With CR its hard to know for sure which connection is failing, given the multi-pass nature of report generation, with subreports going last.
 
My initial reaction is that since you have two different  connections and if they each require passwords you will very likely have to pass them to the connection in the code. Dong one set will not take care of it. I dont recall off the top of my head how the subreport connection is exposed, but I have worked with it in the past.
 
I hope this gives you some suggestions of things to look for.
 
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Quote hilfy Replybullet Posted: 11 Apr 2011 at 10:01am
Yes, you have to be sure to explicitly set the logins for the tables in the subreport in addition to the ones for the main report.
 
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Quote lostpacket Replybullet Posted: 11 Apr 2011 at 12:21pm
That's what I did and it works like charm.
I am sorry I didn't share this.
I hope it'll help others.
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Quote lostpacket Replybullet Posted: 11 Apr 2011 at 12:23pm
Originally posted by jkwrpc

If you dont pass them in code are you prompted for them when you run the report? Try commenting the thos lines out and then run the report and see if the login dialog appears.

 

With CR its hard to know for sure which connection is failing, given the multi-pass nature of report generation, with subreports going last.

 

My initial reaction is that since you have two different  connections and if they each require passwords you will very likely have to pass them to the connection in the code. Dong one set will not take care of it. I dont recall off the top of my head how the subreport connection is exposed, but I have worked with it in the past.

 

I hope this gives you some suggestions of things to look for.

 

Regards,

 

John W.


 

 


Provided credentials explicitly for each sub report..
Thanks !!!
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