One possibility is if he purchases Adobe Acrobat, it has a printer driver that will print to a pdf file. If you can control printing in crystal, you're set.
BTW, I'm curious about what you have PHP doing to crystal (are you passing data to it?), We've got Accpac and Crystal, and are looking for ways to interface multiple sytems. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole Amashta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 12:20 PM Subject: [PHP-WIN] 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > 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 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
