Symptom
- Using Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 (v. 13.x)
- The IE browser downloads Crystal ActiveX Report Print Control on first use
- Specific permissions may need to be set up in IE to allow download of ActiveX components
- In some cases, due to certain restriction applied to client computers, this feature is blocked
- Is there a way to install the Crystal ActiveX Report Print Control on the client computer without using IE?
Environment
- Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010
- VS 2010
Resolution
- Copy the PrintControl.cab from the following folder to the client computer:
C:\inetpub\wwwroot\aspnet_client\system_web\4_0_30319\crystalreportviewers13\ActiveXControls
- Extract the PrintControl.cab file
- Register (regsvr32) the PrintControl.dll
Keywords
KBA , BI-DEV-NET-SDK , .NET SDK / COM SDK , How To
Product
SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio