Comments on: Configure Crystal Reports 2008 for ASP.NET on IIS

By: Anthony Aziz

Anthony Aziz — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:59:47 +0000

You really can’t avoid that, one way or another. You either have to have that directory in that location, or a virtual directory there (VD’s have there own problems). The main reason for the confusion here is that it’s not the server that needs to access that directory, it’s the browser. That directory contains javascript and css among other things. So it’s not looking at your c:\…, it’s looking at http:\\host\aspnet_client\…

I hope this clears things up. The browser MUST be able to read the directory that the script and stylesheet link tags (View Source) are pointing to. If you’re unsure, work out the relative paths, and try to browse there yourself.

I can help with this more.
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By: Konrad Karlsson

Konrad Karlsson — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:42:23 +0000

The reason is that when i run my page the server can’t find the directory “crystalreportviewers12?. When i debug the page i find that it uses a faulty path.
My site-directory is named “CRTest” and instead of looking in “c:\inetpub\wwwroot\aspnet_client\system_web\2_0_50727\crystalreportviewers12\” the server looks in “inetpub\wwwroot\CRTest\aspnet_client\system_web\2_0_50727\crystalreportviewers12″.
A solution would be to include the directory “crystalreportviewers12″ in my website but i would like to avoid that.

By: Anthony Aziz

Anthony Aziz — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:50:25 +0000

No I don’t believe there is. I’ve done a bit of searching about that, but I haven’t been able to find anything suggesting you can. If you find out how, please share. (You could try some Crystal Reports forums)

There may be another solution. Why do you need to change the directory of that?
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By: Konrad Karlsson

Konrad Karlsson — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:55:54 +0000

No, what i am after is a way to set the path to the directory “crystalreportviewers12″ in the web.config file for the website.

By: Anthony Aziz

Anthony Aziz — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:37:03 +0000

You don’t change the path of the web.config. You can have a web.config in every directory.

Config files lower in the directory hierarchy will override ones above it.

So, put a web.config file in the root of your web application. Then, if you need different settings for, say, /admin/, create /admin/web.config.

If I’m not understanding your problem properly, I give me an example and more information and I’ll try to help however I can.
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By: Konrad Karlsson

Konrad Karlsson — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:31:24 +0000

I would like to know how to change the path in the web.config file. The standard path is worng by one directory level.

By: Anthony Aziz

Anthony Aziz — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:36:29 +0000

I need a bit more information. Where are you seeing that path from?

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:05:13 +0000

Ok. I think my path is wrong but how do I chg it.
../../../aspnet_client/system_web/2_0_50727/crystalreportviewers12/js/crviewer/crv.js

I believe its going to deep.

By: Anthony Aziz

Anthony Aziz — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:57:32 +0000

You’re getting a javascript error saying “bobj not found”? If that’s the case, take a look at the source of the page. You’ll see some javascript files referenced in the directory similar to aspnet_client/system_web/2_0_50727/crystalreportviewers12/. Make sure that folder structure exists and the proper files are in there. You can find the folder in C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0.

Let me know how it goes, or if you run across other issues.

Anthony Aziz

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:26:17 +0000

Hi,

I’ve come across the same error when using Crystal Reports 2008 and Visual Studio 2008. I’ve tried the above fix that you’ve provided and have spent quite some time trying to figure it out with no luck! I was just wondering if you’ve figured out anything else regarding this??

Thanks!