Symptom
30 second delay when opening Crystal Reports report via the .NET SDK on a Citrix server
Log file show there is two delays of 15 seconds to open the report.
Environment
Crystal Reports .NET SDK
Crystal Reports 2008
Windows 2003 Citrix server
Reproducing the Issue
Run the below code line in a VB.NET application on a Citrix Server,
objCR = New CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument
Cause
This .Net Common Language Runtime is attempting to contact VeriSign to validate the certificates of digitally signed DLLs, which is causing the delay.
Resolution
To prevent the .Net CLR from attempting to contact VeriSign, add the below part to your machine.config file:
<runtime>
<generatePublisherEvidence enabled="false"/>
</runtime>
Keywords
crystal takes a long time, waiting, not showing up, not displaying, , KBA , BI-DEV-NET , BI Software Development Kits (SDKs) - .NET or Other , Problem