1604785 - Images are not getting displayed in the pdf when the Crystal report is exported to pdf using a Crystal Reports .NET application.

• Images are not getting displayed in the pdf when the Crystal report is exported to pdf using a Crystal Reports .NET application.
• The pdf file appears blank where the images should be displayed.

Image/data in this KBA is from SAP internal systems, sample data, or demo systems. Any resemblance to real data is purely coincidental.

• Windows Server 2003 32 bit
• Visual Studio 2008
• Crystal Reports 2008 Service Pack 3
• A custom Crystal Reports .Net web application deployed on the IIS.

• The images are included in the Crystal report as the 'OLE object'.
• The location of the image is specified in the 'Graphic Location' formula for the OLE object.
• The 'Process Monitor' log log shows that the access was denied when the IIS worker process tried to access the image file.

• application does not have the permissions to access the images from the hard drive location of the images.

• Allow the IIS worker process to access the image location.
• Assign the permissions to the 'IIS worker process Group' and 'Network Service' account for the hard drive location of the images.
• Minimum permission which is required is 'Read' and maximum 'Full Control' can be assigned.

To assign the permissions -

1. Right click on the hard drive on which the images are located and go to 'Properties'.
2. Go to 'Security' tab.
3. Click the 'Add' button to add a Group or a User, a small window 'Select Users Computers and Groups' window will appear.
4. Click on the 'Locations' button and select the machine name from the 'Location' list, Click 'OK'.
5. Click the 'Advanced' button and then 'Find Now' to find the available accounts.
6. From the list select 'IIS_WPG' and 'Network Service' accounts and click 'OK'.
7. The group names will be listed in the 'Select the object names' pannel, Click 'OK'.
8. Now select the 'IIS_WPG' and 'Network Service' accounts one by one from the 'Groups and Users' pannel and check the 'Full Control --> Allow' checkbox.

Please refer the Microsoft Kbase 'How To Share Files and Folders over the Network in a Windows Server 2003 Domain Environment' at below link.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324267

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