Crystal reports - server and database - crystal-reports

Im using visual studio 2010 + Sql Server 2008.
Im trying to show my reports using CR.. well when i try to use the system in my local machine, everything is ok.
I use store procedures to create reports.
The issue appears when i deploy the system in another PC.. A message appears asking for:
Server: // RETRIEVES ORIGINAL Server(Local)// Its not Correct i need to get Client Server
Database: // RETRIEVES ORIGINAL DB(Local)// Its not Correct i need to get Client DB
Username: I don't use any user , what user ?
Password: I don't use any password, what password?
i saw another solutions, but i can't find what's the data that i must use in Username or password. i use Windows autenthication to login to sql..
Thanks.
Regards.
Edit.. that's my code.. i can't use parameters, i don't receive any error. but system dont recognize the parameter that i send...
Dim NuevoReporte As New CReportNotaPorUsuario
Dim contenido As String
Dim ReportPath As String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath & "\CReportNotaPorUsuario.rpt"
Dim ConexionCR As New CrystalDecisions.Shared.ConnectionInfo()
contenido = Servicios.Funciones_Auxiliares.LeerArchivo(My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath & "\configuracion.txt")
ConexionCR.ServerName = Servicios.Funciones_Auxiliares.TextoEntreMarcas(contenido, "<server>", "</server>")
ConexionCR.DatabaseName = Servicios.Funciones_Auxiliares.TextoEntreMarcas(contenido, "<catalog>", "</catalog>")
ConexionCR.IntegratedSecurity = True
CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = ReportPath
'NuevoReporte.SetParameterValue("#cod_usuario", cbousuario.SelectedValue)
Dim field1 As ParameterField = Me.CrystalReportViewer1.ParameterFieldInfo(0)
Dim val1 As New ParameterDiscreteValue()
val1.Value = cbousuario.SelectedValue
field1.CurrentValues.Add(val1)
SetDBLogonForReport(ConexionCR)

It appears that you have separate servers and databases between the development and production environment. You need to make sure when you deploy your VS solution that the production server and database get referenced, not the development server and database.
There are some tutorials out there that can help you find a way to achieve this. Check out:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd193254(v=vs.100).aspx
Visual Studio 2010 Database Project Deploy to Different Environments
http://www.asp.net/web-forms/tutorials/deployment/advanced-enterprise-web-deployment/customizing-database-deployments-for-multiple-environments
EDIT: This seems to have evolved into a different issue than originally stated in the question. To dynamically get the connection string for CR from the text file, you will have to read teh text file first and put server name and database name into variables. Reading a text file, you can use something like string text = File.ReadAllText(#"C:\Folder\File.txt"); but you will need to extract server name and database name into variables. Then in order to use the variables in your connection string you use ConnectionInfo.Servername = variable1; and ConnectionInfo.DatabaseName = variable2.

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Add-CMDeploymentType warning

Im using poweshell to automate creating applications in SCCM 2012, distributing content and deploying them once created.
I have the following code:
New-CMApplication -name $appname -Manufacturer $manu -SoftwareVersion $ver
Which works fine.
However.
Add-CMDeploymentType -MsiInstaller -applicationName $appname -AutoIdentifyFromIntallationFile -InstallationFileLocation $content -ForceForUnknownPublisher $true
Gives me a warning " Failed to get install type's technology and it won't create the deployment type.
As far as I can tell from other sites, I shouldn't need to specifiy and more than that. I've experimented with adding more options on the end but none seem to make a difference.
There isnt very much out there about this error - has anyone got past it before?
I doubt that you'll get Add-CMDeploymentType to do much useful -- at least not in its current form. I once tried and gave up when I noticed that it is missing basic, essential parameters. The documentation does not even mention, for example, detection of any sort. There's not much point in using ConfigMgr Applications without detection, and there's not much point in scripting the creation of DeploymentTypes if you still have to define the detection criteria via the UI.
You might get the odd msi file configured using the Add-CMDeploymentType's AddDeploymentTypeByMsiInstallerX parameter set. In that case you'd be relying on ConfigMgr to work out the detection logic automagically. That may work, but I have had significant issues with the MSI Deployment. I'd avoid that if possible.
I'm not hopeful that the Add-CMDeploymentType will ever become usable. The object tree that underlies Applications is necessarily complex and really doesn't lend itself to interaction using simple PowerShell cmdlets. To completely configure an Application there are hundreds of properties on dozens of objects that you need to access. Many of those objects are contained in dictionary- and array-like collections that have their own special semantics for accessing them. You just can't simplify that into a handful of PowerShell cmdlets.
I'm using the types in the following .dlls to interface with ConfigMgr:
AdminUI.WqlQueryEngine.dll
Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ApplicationManagement.dll
Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ApplicationManagement.MsiInstaller.dll
As far as I can tell, that is the same API the admin console uses, so you can expect full functionality. You cannot make the same claims about the PowerShell cmdlets. So far I have found a way to access everything I've tried through that API using PowerShell. The basics of accessing that API is documented in the ConfigMgr SDK. It's fairly straightforward to figure out how those objects work using reflection and some experimentation.
When you retrieve an Application using Get-CMApplication you actually get the full object tree with it. The SDMPackageXML object contains a serialized copy of the Application, DeploymentTypes, detection, installers, etc. [Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ApplicationManagement.Serialization.SccmSerializer]::DeserializeFromString() works to deserialize that object so you can inspect it for yourself.
I actually gave up on this - As you say - Add-CMDeployment type is completely useless. There was nothing online anywhere that described this error, or how to use it properly - an Application with no detection is pointless and adding it manually later defeats the point in trying to automate it.
PowerShell centre had some examples of how it could be used but neither of these worked...
This link was pretty useful and has everything I needed to create an application without powershell.
link
a bit long but the code was...
Public Sub create_SCCM_application(appname As String, version As String, content_location As String, filename As String, manu As String)
Try
Dim appID As ObjectId = New ObjectId("ScopeId_devscope", "Application_" & Guid.NewGuid().ToString())
Dim app As New Application(appID)
app.Title = appname
app.Version = "1.0"
app.Publisher = manu
app.SoftwareVersion = version
app.AutoInstall = True
Dim dinfo As New AppDisplayInfo
dinfo.Title = appname
dinfo.Version = version
dinfo.Language = Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name
app.DisplayInfo.Add(dinfo)
Dim dtID As ObjectId = New ObjectId("ScopeId_devscope", "DeploymentType_" & Guid.NewGuid().ToString())
Dim dt As New DeploymentType(dtID, MsiInstallerTechnology.TechnologyId)
dt.Title = appname & " Deployment type"
dt.Version = "1.0"
app.DeploymentTypes.Add(dt)
Dim installer As MsiInstaller = dt.Installer
Dim fakecode As Guid = Guid.NewGuid
installer.ProductCode = "{" & fakecode.ToString & "}"
installer.InstallCommandLine = "msiexec /i " & filename
installer.UninstallCommandLine = "msiexec /x " & filename
installer.AllowUninstall = True
installer.ExecuteTime = 30
installer.MaxExecuteTime = 30
installer.ExecutionContext = ExecutionContext.System
installer.UserInteractionMode = UserInteractionMode.Hidden
installer.DetectionMethod = DetectionMethod.ProductCode
installer.ProductVersion = version
Dim appcont As Content = New Content
installer.Contents.Add(appcont)
appcont.Location = content_location
Dim msifile As New ContentFile
msifile.Name = "_temp.msi"
appcont.Files.Add(msifile)
Dim appxml As XDocument = SccmSerializer.Serialize(app, True)
Dim appinstance As ManagementObject = Nothing
Dim path As ManagementPath = New ManagementPath("SMS_Application")
Dim options As New ObjectGetOptions
Dim appClass As ManagementClass = Nothing
Dim scope As ManagementScope = New ManagementScope("\\devserver\root\Sms\Site_devsitecode")
appClass = New ManagementClass(scope, path, options)
appinstance = appClass.CreateInstance()
appinstance.Properties("SDMPackageXML").Value = appxml
appinstance.Put()
Catch x As System.Exception
Console.WriteLine(x.Message)
End Try
End Sub
Your question regarding the deployment type behaviour is also wierd - We have that same product and it works from an MSI deployment type.

SSRS ReportingService2010 change embedded DataSource to shared DataSource

I have SQL Server 2008 with SSRS installed on one server and SQL Server 2008 R2 with SSRS installed on a new server. I want to migrate 200+ reports as well as a few shared schedules and a couple data sources from the first server to the second one using the SSRS web service API. For simplicity sake since there are only a couple of shared data sources I went ahead and created those using the Report Manager interface.
Unfortunately, those who came before me embedded the data source information in each report (connection string, login, password, etc). I thought this would be a great time to change these to point to the shared data source so this would not have to be done for each report, one by one. I can create the reports on the new server just fine using CreateCatalogItem but I can't seem to determine how to properly go about changing from an embedded data source to a shared data source.
So far I have tried both SetItemReferences:
itemRef.Reference = "/Data Sources/TMS";
itemRef.Name = "TMS";
itemRef.Reference = "/Data Sources/TMS";
rs2010.SetItemReferences(catItem.Path, new ReportService2010.ItemReference[] { itemRef });
and SetItemDataSources:
ReportService2010.DataSourceReference dataSourceRef = new ReportService2010.DataSourceReference();
dataSourceRef.Reference = "/Data Sources/TMS";
ReportService2010.DataSource dataSource = new ReportService2010.DataSource();
dataSource.Name = "TMS";
dataSource.Item = dataSourceRef;
rs2010.SetItemDataSources(catItem.Path, new ReportService2010.DataSource[] { dataSource });
Both methods result in a "NotFoundException" when attempted on a report with an embedded data source but they both work just fine on reports that are already pointing to a shared data source.
Furthermore, I have searched all over Google as well as StackOverflow for a solution but have found nothing. Can anyone point me in the right direction here?
So I kept working with the SetItemReferences method and had a brilliant idea that ended up working. The final code I used is below:
List<ReportService2010.ItemReference> itemRefs = new List<ReportService2010.ItemReference>();
ReportService2010.DataSource[] itemDataSources = rs2010.GetItemDataSources(catItem.Path);
foreach (ReportService2010.DataSource itemDataSource in itemDataSources)
{
ReportService2010.ItemReference itemRef = new ReportService2010.ItemReference();
itemRef.Name = itemDataSource.Name;
itemRef.Reference = "/Data Sources/TMS";
itemRefs.Add(itemRef);
}
rs2010.SetItemReferences(catItem.Path, itemRefs.ToArray());
The problem was that I was not using the same DataSource name as what was found in the report .rdl file. I was able to determine what the name should be using the GetItemDataSources method. Since this method returns an array and may have more than one item in said array, I looped through it to create multiple ItemReferences if more than one existed though I doubt that happens very often if at all.

Run a Stored Procedure via a click of a button in .Net web page

Afternoon All,
I have a stored procedure in an SQL 2005 database named GasNominationsRawData_Insert.
When executed this simply extracts some data from another database and inserts the result into a table. This query works fine.
What i need to do is enable this to be executed on the click on a button on my web page. I have had a good luck around the internet have have managed to create the following code in my .net 2008 web page. But i think im either missing something or i have have completly the wrong code. Im new to programming in .Net but i understand that i need to delclare the stored procedure, create the SQL connection, create the command line, open the conection, execute the query and then close the connection.
I dont need or have any parameters. Essentially this button is just used to push data to a table.
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Partial Class RawData
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Protected Sub btnAddRawData_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnAddRawData.Click
'Declare Stored Procedure
Dim GasNominationsRawData_Insert As String = "GasNominationsRawData_Insert"
'Declare SQL Connection (This is the connection string located on the web.config page)
Dim SQLConn As SqlConnection
SQLConn = New SqlConnection("GasNominationsDataConnectionString")
'Declare command
Dim SqlComm As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("GasNominationsRawData_Insert", SQLConn)
SqlComm.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
Try
'Open SQL Connection
SQLConn.Open()
'Execute Query
SqlComm.ExecuteNonQuery()
'Close connection
SQLConn.Close()
Catch ex As Exception
Throw (ex)
End Try
End Sub
End Class
Any Help is much appreciated.
Regards Betty
Upps. I overlooked that. You're trying to connect to your database with the connectionstring: "GasNominationsDataConnectionString". That's of course no correct connection string.
Your connection string should look somehow like that:
"Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;"
So you have to get your connection string first out of your web.config like
Dim GasNominationsDataConnectionString As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("GasNominationsDataConnectionString").ConnectionString
Regards
Anja
Looks fine at a first glance. So what happens on clicking the button? Have you assured that your btnAddRawData_Click is called when the button is clicked?

Classic ASP: Server.CreateObject not supported

When I call Server.CreateObject(), from my Classic ASP page, I get
Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01B6)
Object doesn't support this property or method
I've tried the following (separately):
Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
Server.CreateObject("MSXML.DOMDocument")
I know the ActiveX objects are installed because the following javascript calls work
var test = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
var test = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP");
var test = new ActiveXObject("MSXML.DOMDocument");
I'm calling it from my localhost IIS server. Any ideas how to troubleshoot this?
If you do the following:
Dim x: x = Server.CreateObject("My.ProgID.Here")
...VBScript creates the object and then attempts to access the default property for storing in 'x'. Since none of these objects have a default property defined (specifically an IDispatch-based property with [id(DISPID_VALUE)]), this fails with "Object doesn't support this property or method".
What you actually want is this:
Dim x: Set x = Server.CreateObject("My.ProgID.Here")
How about this one?
Set xml = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
Or downloading this component and installing on your webserver?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3144B72B-B4F2-46DA-B4B6-C5D7485F2B42&displaylang=en
Then restarting the server and trying again.
Calling them from the browser doesn't mean that they are installed in IIS.

Setup App.Config As Custom Action in Setup Project

I have a custom application with a simple app.config specifying SQL Server name and Database, I want to prompt the user on application install for application configuration items and then update the app.config file.
I admit I'm totally new to setup projects and am looking for some guidance.
Thank You
Mark Koops
I had problems with the code Gulzar linked to on a 64 bit machine. I found the link below to be a simple solution to getting values from the config ui into the app.config.
http://raquila.com/software/configure-app-config-application-settings-during-msi-install/
check this out - Installer with a custom action for changing settings
App.Config CAN be changed...however it exists in a location akin to HKEY___LOCAL_MACHINE i.e. the average user has read-only access.
So you will need to change it as an administrator - best time would be during installation, where you're (supposed to be) installing with enhanced permissions.
So create an Installer class, use a Custom Action in the setup project to pass in the user's choices (e.g. "/svr=[SERVER] /db=[DB] /uilevel=[UILEVEL]") and, in the AfterInstall event, change the App.Config file using something like:
Public Shared Property AppConfigSetting(ByVal SettingName As String) As Object
Get
Return My.Settings.PropertyValues(SettingName)
End Get
Set(ByVal value As Object)
Dim AppConfigFilename As String = String.Concat(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location, ".config")
If (My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(AppConfigFilename)) Then
Dim AppSettingXPath As String = String.Concat("/configuration/applicationSettings/", My.Application.Info.AssemblyName, ".My.MySettings/setting[#name='", SettingName, "']/value")
Dim AppConfigXML As New System.Xml.XmlDataDocument
With AppConfigXML
.Load(AppConfigFilename)
Dim DataNode As System.Xml.XmlNode = .SelectSingleNode(AppSettingXPath)
If (DataNode Is Nothing) Then
Throw New Xml.XmlException(String.Format("Application setting not found ({0})!", AppSettingXPath))
Else
DataNode.InnerText = value.ToString
End If
.Save(AppConfigFilename)
End With
Else
Throw New IO.FileNotFoundException("App.Config file not found!", AppConfigFilename)
End If
End Set
End Property
Create custom dialogs for use in your Visual Studio Setup projects:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/18834/Create-custom-dialogs-for-use-in-your-Visual-Studi