[thelist] CFREPORT, the 'TYPE' attribute & Crystal Reports 8

[Seth Bienek]

Hey Dan,

This bug is documented by seagate at:
http://support.seagatesoftware.com/library/kbase/articles/c2006853.asp

The Allaire article you mentioned is at:
http://www.allaire.com/Handlers/index.cfm?ID=16758&

The issue will be corrected in ColdFusion 5.0, but for now (other than the
"type" workaround), your only option is accessing the Crystal Reports 8
"Report Design Component" COM object via CF's CFOBJECT tag, which is more
feature-rich anyway.

Hope this helps,

Seth

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Seth Bienek
Solutions Development Manager
Stonebridge Technologies, Inc.
972.455.7294 tel
972.404.9754 fax
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Dan Slater
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 4:55 PM
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> Subject: [thelist] CFREPORT, the 'TYPE' attribute & Crystal Reports 8
>
>
> Okay,
>
> I'm nearing 'gasket popping' levels of frustration here.
>
> 1. Allaire creates cfreport tag for interfacing with crystal reports.
> Allaire continues to patch/update/repair the tag as needed as new versions
> of Crystal Reports are released.
>
> 2. Crystal reports 7 does not allow connectivity to SQL databases
> using the
> 'standard' edition.
>
> 3. I upgrade to Crystal Reports 8 Professional edition.
>
> 4. Crystal Reports 8 is no longer compatible with Cold Fusion's cfreport
> tag.
>
> 5. Allaires KB says to use the undocumented 'type' attribute and assign it
> the value of "Microsoft".
>
> 6. Nada. Zilch. Zippo. Less than zero.
>
> 7. Crystal Reports Technical support states that they "do not support
> crystal reports used in conjunction with Allaire's Cold Fusion "cfreport"
> tag" and that for technical support I should contact Allaire.
>
> 8. Since allaire already has a KB article stating their
> 'workaround' (which
> by the way does not work) - and Seagate says it's not their problem - I'm
> left holding the bag - so to speak.
>
> 9. Argh?
>
> Does anyone out there have any experience with this issue?
> Does anyone out there KNOW someone with experience on this issue?
> Has anyone out there gotten the TYPE="Microsoft" attribute to
> actually WORK?
>
>
> Please help a fellow developer out - before his head explodes.  Thank you.
>
> Dan Slater
> CF Developer
> www.buxtonco.com
>
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