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Quote sajhak Replybullet Topic: Setting database table path in a VB application
    Posted: 10 Oct 2009 at 11:39pm
Hi all,
I have a VB 6 application with CR 9 ..

but if i change the path of the application exe , it gives an error when it tries to print report, because, it seems the path of database in CR s have been hard coded..

Can u give a solution for me to set the database path which has to be always in the same folder of the application ..
(relative path)

as i can see v can set the db path in two locations..one is in the report it self (open the report, right click database fields -> set datasource location ) and other way is to code the path in the form which is used to load the report ?? am i right ??? if v defined 2 different paths like that, which one will be taken by the application ??

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Quote lockwelle Replybullet Posted: 23 Oct 2009 at 6:44am
I don't trust the code to correctly identify the path, though I don't have reason for this distrust other than alot of people trying it and posting questions.
 
An easier solution, is to change the values in the ODBC connection, or to change the connection to an OLE connection that you can change programatically, or better still, have the application get the data and then push it to the report.  It may take time to implement/change the reports, but once done, you (and Crystal) don't have to worry about these issues.  The data is always from the correct source, regardless of how many dbs you have or where they are located.  The application controls where the data is generated from, which is much easier to maintain then all the different types of connections/location combinations and backends headaches are gone.
 
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