Access 2000 and Crystal Reports ocx

[Erik]

I'm using Access 2000 and Crystal Reports 8. I have added a report using
Crystal Reports to a form. Since I have Crystal Reports setup on that
machine I can use the crystl32.ocx. It is a activeX control that allows you
to run a report.
But once I try and run it on another machine it doesn't work because its
missing the activeX control. What is the best way to get it to run on other
machines.
How do I register the activeX control on other machines. Regsvr?
Anybody who has dealt with this please post what you would recommend.
Thank you,

Erik

 

[David Straker]

Erik,
To get your Access app to run on other machines, you should really create a
setup package that includes the ActiveX component and then run the setup on
the other machine. There's a Package and Deployment Wizard that I've used
for years even though most people don't seem to like it. I believe I
installed it as part of Microsoft Office Developer. There are other
packagers including Wise with SageKey scripts that will cost you a lot of
money. I've also used the free version of Installer2Go from
http://dev4pc.com/ but only for VB projects - it should work for Access
though.

hth,
David Straker