CrystalDecisions

[morrisonjim]

I am getting the below error on my web page, but the same web site works on my local machine fine. Is there something I need to do to get the CrystalDecisions working on the server for dicountasp.net?
Configuration Error Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Could not load file or assembly 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=12.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)

Source Error:





Line 44: <add assembly="System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A"/>
Line 45: <add assembly="System.Web.Extensions.Design, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"/>
Line 46: <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=12.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304"/>
Line 47:
Line 48: <add assembly="CrystalDecisions.ReportSource, Version=12.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304"/>
Source File: E:\web\carlsbadirr\htdocs\web.config Line: 46

Assembly Load Trace: The following information can be helpful to determine why the assembly 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=12.0.2000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304' could not be loaded.

[cioina]

Please read the post


http://community.discountasp.net/default.aspx?f=24&amp;m=19899


You can use Reporting Services 2005 as alternative.</o:p>
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Best regards.
Alexei Cioina

P.S.

I?m planning to use Reporting Services 2008. I hope it will be better than Crystal Reports 2008 http://community.discountasp.net/emoticons/smile.gif

[cioina]

1hour($120) = 1 year Reporting Services ($10 per month)http://community.discountasp.net/emoticons/smile.gif

[wisemx]

There are some very cool features in the latest SQL Server Reports, your clients should be very impressed.
Once I get the IIS7 videos done I'll be working on videos for the new reports.
Some of the guys at Microsoft are tickled that we will be hosting videos for that. http://community.discountasp.net/emoticons/wink.gif
Salute,
Mark

[morrisonjim]

Very true http://community.discountasp.net/emoticons/roll.gif

[wisemx]

Yes it's true CR is not supported here but the new/latest and greatest SQL Server reports are installed.

I have a background in CR with SQL Server, at SIEMENS AG, and can honestly say the Microsoft reports v9/2008 are much better.
The only thing lacking so far, that I could find anyway, is the way you can use query strings with CR.
Good news is, the licensing costs CR had are not something we have to deal with here.
At SIEMENS for each 16 users on the Intranet we were paying $30,000.00 U.S. just for the CR license.

MSDN Deploying Reports and ReportViewer Controls
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms251723.aspx

Salute,
Mark

[morrisonjim]

Isn't it an additional $10 a month or so to have SQL 2005 support on discountasp.net? My DB was done (by someone else) in access and the work to bring it over to SQL is daunting and not something I would enjoy too much. Unless of course I charge my client $120/hour. Then maybe.

[mergler]

I've read the previous posts about no support for Crystal Reports here on discountasp.net, due mainly to license costs. I totally understand the position and agree that the SAP minds at Business Objects drive a hard bargain for licensing.

That said, I was wondering if this policy has changed and if there is a way we can deploy the royalty free dlls that we would deploy at a customer site. (We have legacy customers that require us to support CR for some time and moving over to SQL Reporting Services is not yet an ideal option for us.)

I reviewed the license in the past, to make sure that we are able to deploy these DLLs legally at our customer sites and we seem to be in compliance with the license (but we're not a hoster either, we deploy at their site directly). So, is item 3.1.6 in the license (below) the point that keeps you from legally being able to allow us to deploy these crystal files to the site?

<snip>
3.1.6. You do not use the Server/Web Application on a rental or timesharing basis or to operate a service bureau facility for the benefit of third-parties unless you first acquire an Application Service Provider License from Crystal Decisions;

source: http://www.businessobjects.com/pdf/products/reporting/crystalreports/crystal_reports_for_vs_net.pdf


p.s. this link posted by one of the mods below: http://community.discountasp.net/default.aspx?f=24&amp;m=19899

I'd like to read it but its broken. Can someone re-post the link?