Crystal Reports XI and CreateObject

I have inherited some VB6 that displays Crystal Reports on the screen.  The code currently only works with Crystal Reports 8.5 and 9 and the way it works is something along the lines:

Uses CreateObject(“CrystalRuntime.Application.8.5”) or CreateObject(“CrystalRuntime.Application.9”)

Then loads the report using object.OpenReport(ReportFilename, 1)

Then displays the report on screen

All this works and whether it is right or wrong; I don’t know.  All I have been tasked to do is to get it working with CR XI and CR XII (apparently 2008).

I have tried CreateObject(“CrystalRuntime.Application.11”) (and .12) and this gets an error “ActiveX component can't create object”

Yes CR XI is installed

Does anyone know how I can use CR XI and XII with CreateObject?

Thanks in advance.

The number a the end of the "CrystalRuntime.Application" is a version specific number.  Why are you specifying one?  "CrystalRuntime.Application" should function on any version.

You did not specify what language you were using.  Implications are that you are using VB6.

lensman said:

The number a the end of the "CrystalRuntime.Application" is a version specific number.  Why are you specifying one?  "CrystalRuntime.Application" should function on any version.

You did not specify what language you were using.  Implications are that you are using VB6.

Language is VB6

I have tried 'CrystalRuntime.Application' and it always uses 8.5

cpod said:

lensman said:

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Language is VB6

 

I have tried 'CrystalRuntime.Application' and it always uses 8.5

That implies that the system you were running upon had 8.5 loaded upon it.  Are you using a version specific feature of Crystal which requires a version higher than 8.5?  If not, why limit yourself. 

In theory you should have a development standard and that standard should be enforced upon your targets.