Displaying existing Crystal Report in asp.net rendering odd chart output
I have been given the task of taking Crystal Reports developed with the standalone version of SAP Crystal Reports (2013 SP 2 version 14.1.2.1121) and figuring out a way to deploy them without use of Crystal Reports Server. The data connection is already stored in the report so all I have to do is load the rpt file, pass in a parameter, and display the results.
I thought I could accomplish this in an asp.net application. I am using the following code to export straight to pdf so I don't have to deal with Visual Studio's crystal report viewer:
report.Load(Server.MapPath("CrystalReport1.rpt"));
report.SetParameterValue("Quarter End Date", parmDate);
report.ExportToHttpResponse(ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat, Response, false, "Report1");
This method works fine for all reports expect for two that contain a chart type of 'Date axis line chart'. When I run these reports through my web app the data fields match up exactly with the original report, but the charts are displaying wrong.
I have included two images below. The top is the proper rendering and the bottom is the rendering when running the report through my code.
I also tried to recreate the report from scratch in Visual Studio and, although the chart data was a little better, it was still off:
As I stated earlier, the report was given to me already completed. The question was could I could figure out a way to allow users to run it on demand supplying their own parameter from a browser without having to buy Crystal Report Server or some other tool.
There is another report that has a pie chart and it looks fine. Does anything have an idea of why this might be occurring?
Thank you.
Ultimately we had to downgrade the version these reports were created with to Crystal Reports 11.5. After that the charts rendered correctly.