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Here we are again cussing at Crystal Reports. Actually things between me and CR have been amazingly good for quite a while. I knew there was a problem coming though... I'm doing way too many weird things.

I have to move these two web apps, and in doing so, they're moving to a bright, shiny, spanking new virtual server. Not sure what spanking has to do with new, but I'll let it pass. I figured there'd be some bumps in the road and of course the first one was that the new server had no clue what Crystal Reports was.

A bit of Googling and I came across an article by Peter Van Ooijen at CodeBetter.com. If I have the name spelled wrong, it's because it ratted that out of the link :)

I'd never done a setup project or used Merge modules, but it went together really simply and got me past the first hurdle on the new server.

So I was thinking "woohoo" .. this wasn't bad at all! Until I tried to run a report, and it fell over... sigh... and this is what I got:

CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.LoadSaveReportException: Load report failed

If you Google that, you'll find I am not alone... and as with all Crystal Reports bugs, the solutions are varied. After a couple hours of trying various good-sounding things that are suggested and starting to see the same ones cycle through, I'd be willing to try one that involved waving a dead chicken over my head and quacking like a duck, if it fixed my problem!

Fortunately before I got to 'THAT' end of Google .. you know the one... where you start to get suggestions about buying books about Load Report Failed, or Click Here to see nude pictures of Load Report Failed... I found one lonely entry from Zack at Q1 Technology listed at Egghead Cafe.

I don't know who Zak is, but I'd consider giving him a big hug today because ... hey... I said I'd consider it :) ... anyway... he got this all resolved and geez... who'd a thunk I'd have to be setting permissions on C:\Windows\Temp on the server?? Go look at Zak's article and put that dead chicken back in the trash, because this takes care of the latest Crystal Report problem I have... any report I've tried since doing this just works!

Notice I'm getting better... I didn't post a mid-rant post... I waited until I had a solution this time :)