Re: NewEra and Crystal Reports

Software Development wrote: > > NewEra Users, > > I want to use Crystal reports and launch from within NewEra. I have the > following questions: > > 1. Can you get a class library, similar to ixReport for ViewPoint Pro, > that can be used to launch a Crystal Reports report from within NewEra? > Tom, I'm using NE2.01 and CR4.5 and we've found that embedding BEGIN_C/END_C blocks and making calls directly the CR print engine API is the easiest. We got a beta version of the CR NE report class and it was pretty lame at the time. > 2. Do you have to use ODBC for connectivity from Crystal reports to the > Informix database? > Yep. We're using the Intersolv ODBC drivers. Hope this helps. -Jason > Thanking You, > > Tom > > (Tom Ferguson: fergust@rte.ie)