1463678 - Error: "Failed to load database information. Details: The database DLL 'crdb_dao.dll' could not be loaded"

• Application uses the Crystal Reports database driver crdb_dao.dll.
• Report is connecting to an Access database or flat file such as CSV.
• The application is converted from 32-bit to 64-bit using Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008 (10.5.x).
• The issue will also occur with Crystal Reports for VS .NET 2005 (10.2.x).
• Error: "Failed to load database information. Details: The database DLL 'crdb_dao.dll' could not be loaded".

• The driver crdb_dao.dll used the Microsoft DAO engine.
• There is no 64-bit DAO engine.
• Thus there is no 64-bit crdb_dao.dll.

0. Do not use the MS DAO engine.
0. Create an ADO .NET dataset.
0. Point the report to the dataset.

Alternately, create a 64-bit ODBC data source and connect the report to this data source.

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