Crystal reports in Delphi 2007 - delphi

Question

I have:
Delphi 2007
Crystal 11
The Delphi 7 version of the Crystal VCL component (latest one I'm aware of, and it compiles fine in D2007)
A very simple test Crystal report, written in Crystal 11, which just dumps a table onto the screen (no selection criteria, no formulas, just straight data)
I tried
Created a new VCL forms app
Dropped the TCrpe component on the form
Set the "ReportName" property to my test report.
I dropped a button on the form, and behind it placed one line:
Crpe1.Execute
If the report has the "Save Data With Report" option turned on, then this works fine.
If I turn that option off, then I need to provide login credentials.
Using this code (which worked fine in Delphi 5 a million years ago):
procedure TForm1.BitBtn1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
logonItem: integer;
begin
Crpe1.LogOnServer.Clear;
logonItem := Crpe1.LogOnServer.Add('MYSERVER.MYDOMAIN.COM');
Crpe1.LogonServer[logonItem].UserID := 'USERNAME';
Crpe1.LogOnServer[logonItem].Password := 'PASSWORD';
Crpe1.LogOnServer[logonItem].DatabaseName := 'MYDATABASE';
Crpe1.Execute;
end;
I get this error:
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Project2
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Error:536 Error in File C:\REPORT.RPT:
Unable to connect: incorrect log on parameters.
Execute <PEStartPrintJob>.
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OK
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What am I doing wrong? How can I provide login credentials to the Crystal VCL component in Delphi? My current workaround is pretty ugly, and I have a lot of legacy code to convert. It would be really nice if I could use the VCL component in a straightforward way.

Answer 1

I use the VCL in Delphi 6, works great. But I don't use the LogOnServer property, I use the LogOnInfo.
This works for any report, and reports that contain subreports (as these need the credentials supplying as well):
With CRPE1 Do
Begin
With SubReports Do
Begin
Retrieve;
If (Count > 0) then
For i := 0 To (Count - 1) Do
Begin
ItemIndex := i;
LogOnInfo.Retrieve;
For j := 0 to LogOnInfo.Count - 1 Do
Begin
LogOnInfo[j];
With LogOnInfo Do
Begin
ServerName := MyDataSource;
DatabaseName := DatabasePath;
UserID := DBUser;
Password := sPwd;
End;
End; {For j}
Tables.Retrieve;
End; {For i}
ItemIndex := 0;
End; {With SubReports}
SubReports[0];
End; {With CRPE1}

Answer 2

Here is some old "legacy" code which uses the VCL component:
mCrpe.reportname:=mfilename;
mCrpe.Connect.UserID := CustomReportCurrentUser;
mCrpe.connect.ServerName:='servername';
mCrpe.connect.DataBaseName:='databasename';
mCrpe.connect.propagate:=True;
mCrpe.Connect.Password := CustomReportClientPass;
try
mConnected := mCrpe.Connect.Test;
except
on e: eDBEngineError do begin
showmessage(e.message);
end;
end;
mCrpe.windowbuttonbar.refreshbtn:=true;
mCrpe.discardsaveddata;
mCrpe.Show;
Some time ago I had read the Crystal VCL component was being "sunsetted". Since then I have migrated to the Active X RDC component. It will require the Active X to be installed on your target computers though.