Crystal report - source data

silence · May 9, 2024, 8:36am

Crystal Reports - more friendly cooperation with Origam Architect

when creating datastructure for new Crystal report, there is no possibility to generate proper xml file as source
Origam architect should implement action on datastructure, to generate Crystal accessible xml file (optionally with using user filter)

silence · December 17, 2024, 7:41am

Workaround:
in text editor (use UTF8 processing) change all occurencies of System.Private.CoreLib to mscorlib.
Now will be able to connect *.xml to CrystalReport architect.

tvavrda · December 17, 2024, 2:06pm

@david.pochobradsky do we have the same problem with FastReports?

david.pochobradsky · December 17, 2024, 8:32pm

Hi Tomáš,

NO.

I use Save Data to file option directly on Data structure or on defined “static” filter. It creates XML file which I can easilly use in Fast Report Designer and everything works fine.

I have tested it now on the versions Origam Architect 2024.11.0 and Fast Reports Designer Community edition 2025.1.0. But we use this functionality for years without any troubles.

Do Crystal reports need some specific XML file structure?

silence · December 21, 2024, 8:11am

We don’t use Save data to file - using Origam server generated file *.xml file in inetpub<project>\serverfolder\reports for Crystal Report. This file is final output for report - filtered. Not needed define implicit filters on datastructure.