I need to place the Crystal ActiveX Report Viewer control onto an MFC dialog.

This is not a Web application.
This is not a .NET application.

It is a C++ MFC application that uses Active X controls. I know, it's ancient technology, but there you have it.

I can place the ActiveX control on a dialog, and I can compile the program. But when I run it, it throws an exception when it tries to instantiate the Active X control.

I am using Crystal Reports 11, and Visual Studio 2010.

Can this be done?

I am a newby but think I have a similar problem in openedge PRogress ABL language.

This is what I found:

The ActiveX objects have some conflict with the current versions of Microsoft’s security features. Any executable compiled in Visual Studio 2010 with the default project settings, specifically for the /NXCOMPAT linker flags, can run into these issues.

The ActiveX controls that you use are not certified to work with Visual Studio 2010.

SAP no longer support this way of integration so I am afraid you are stuck to either .NET or Java integration.

I hope I am wrong and there is another way to get this working but so far I did not find it.