Reports Folder

The Root Folder value controls where ReCrystallize Server looks for your Crystal Reports .rpt files. It also controls the default folder opened in Folder View. If this value is empty, the Reports folder beneath the ReCrystallizeServer folder is used.

*Do not reference a folder using a mapped network drive letter. The web server process is not aware of drive letter mappings. If possible, locate the report files on the same server. If a network location must be used, specify a UNC path in the form
\\server\share\folder

If a network folder on a different server is used, the ReCrystallizeServer Application Pool in IIS must have its Identity set to a domain / Active Directory user account that has access to read files in the network location. See the Special Situations section in this document for additional information.

Changing the Allow Absolute Paths setting will allow passing in a full pathname (such as c:\Windows\Data) to the viewfolder.aspx page and will display folder contents. When this setting is false, the viewfolder.aspx page will ignore absolute paths beginning with a drive letter and display the Report Root folder instead.

!Changing the Allow Absolute Paths setting to true may allow users to see and open files in any location on your server, including folders that are not part of the website. ReCrystallize Server will display only common document file types, including Crystal Reports, Word, Excel, and PDF.