Crystal Report Database Connection

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Hallo,

I like to display and print my database data
with the help of (.NET)CrystalReport.
So far so good.

Can anybody tell me what to do in order
to change the absolute database path to a
relative one.
As far as I know, (.NET)CrystalReport can
only handle absolute path connections?!

By the way, is there any way to display
non database data like an array of CMyClass-
Objects?

Thanks for any help

Alfons

 

[Bernie Yaeger]

Hi Alfons,

If you're using sql server, it is relative by its nature, since it connects
to the database server through the server name. If you are connecting to
dbase, fox, excel, etc, you can set it to a relative path. In versions
prior to 9, it's simple: select the database menu and select 'convert to
unc' so that the drivespec of the report is the path to the table; for
version 9, however, it's difficult: select 'set database location'; click
the table name; expand the treeview below properties; right click the 'data
file' name; you will now see 'edit', 'same as report', 'convert to unc'.

HTH,

Bernie Yaeger