Re: Crystal Reports and COM

OK, so far I have narrowed it down to the fact that Crystal Reports 8.0 does not support export of PDF format. SO, does anyone know if there is a fix for this? In other words, is there a way to keep CR8.0 and use something with it, say, a dll, to support this PDF format ??? Help ? Thanks! Nicole Amashta www.aeontrek.com "Nicole Amashta" <430ntr3k@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:20020205182738.3692.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hello. This is slightly off topic, but I am doing this through PHP, so it's > somewhat relevant to this list. > > I am running crystal reports through PHP with a COM object. Now, I have this > working just fine on several computers and has been fine for months now. The > PHP calls the com object and that talks to Crystal Reports. A report is > returned in the PDF format and displayed in the web page. This is all > working fine. > > Now, I am setting this up again; however, I am doing it over the phone. So, > I am directing someone else set this all up. > > Here are *my* current specs: > > Win2k > PHP 4.0.6 > Apache 1.3 > Crystal Reports version 8.5 > Adobe Acrobat full (reader and distiller) > > Here are *his* current spects: > > Win2k > PHP 4.0.6 > Apache 1.3 > Crystal Reports version 8.0 <-- he has an older version. > Adobe Acrobat full (reader and distiller) > > Question to anyone who knows: Does Crystal Reports 8.0 support the export of > PDF? He does not see the option through Crystal in the export feature. > > Anyhow, we've attempted to test the reports through the web page and get the > NULL pointer error. We are sure that the permissions and all is set up - > matching mostly what I have on my machine, which works - through DCOMCNFG. > > So, I do not believe, anymore, that the error is because of this. I believe > it could be his version of crystal simply does not support the PDF export > feature. > > One error he gets when using a COM test exe is this: > > Error: 692 Error in file E:\Apps\Apache\htdocs\....\thereport.rpt: > Invalid export DLL or export format > Export.Send <PEExportTo>. > > Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? > > TIA > nicole, > www.aeontrek.com > > -- > Nicole Amashta > Web Applications Developer > ABOL Software, Inc. > ( 678 ) 494 - 3172 > namashta@abolsoftware.com > >