Using an Active X component ?

[Anon]

Hi,

I'm building a website for time en project management for my company
i based the website on php en mysql
running under linux en apache.

The head of the department wants to get reports out of crystal report.

crystal report is a part of the visual basic program package and can be implemented into a program using active x.
with the program you can make nice (print out) reports using a database (mysql).

with microsofts ASP you can use VBSCRIPT to implement crystal reports into your html page.
this is also done by using the active x
but i am not using asp , but PHP!

does anyone know a method for using crystal reports in php/html (or under linux/apache) ??

l thought that there where ASP engine's for linux/apache.
but if they support active x or vbscripting ?

if you know something about this subject, please help me solving my problem.

Regards,
Rick Beemterboer
Netherlands
[e-mail]

[Anon]

Although I don't know anything about Crystal, I personnaly had to use activeX with PHP.
I dont know if this can be of any help to you, but here it is:

$SecureLink=new COM("SecureLinkActiveX.SecureCnx.1") or die("Impossible to launch ActiveX control");

You have first to run your activeX control,
"$securelink=" : you give a name to this control in order to use it to call the methods of your activeX Control.

"new COM("SecureLinkActiveX.SecureCnx.1") : there you call your activeX control; the name in parenthesis is the name of your activeX control, wich you can find in a file of your activeX control directory , the line should look like this:
Set SecureLink = Server.CreateObject("SecureLinkActiveX.SecureCnx.1")

"or die ("Impossible to launch ActiveX control"); ": this is the message that will be displayed if the command new COM has failed.

Once you've launched the activex control, you can use it's method this way:

$SecureLink->SetItemOptionValue ("ClassID","shoes");

you use the name you gave it, ->the name of the method you want to use, and parameters, if needed, between parenthesis.

Well, that's it. I hope that it will help you, assuming that it was what you asked...

     $SecureLink->SetContentServer ("localhost",80,$OfferURL);
     $SecureLink->SetKeyFileName ("C:\\export\\flat_O.kf");

[arnis]

However this will only work under Windows

[Anon]

You mean that there's no way to use activeX under Linux? Well, sorry,I didn't know that.

[arnis]

If You search COM under www.php.net it says:
"These functions are only available on the Windows version of PHP"
Table of Contents
com_load — Creates a new reference to a COM component
com_invoke — Calls a COM component's method.
com_propget — Gets the value of a COM Component's property
com_get — Gets the value of a COM Component's property
com_propput — Assigns a value to a COM component's property
com_propset — Assigns a value to a COM component's property
com_set — Assigns a value to a COM component's property