I don't think a dot is the issue - but I stand to be corrected - I just don't remember this ever coming up before.
From your description, I am not sure if this works in the CR designer(?), but assume it does - please do confirm. A few ideas:
Make sure you are using the latest Service Pack for CR 2008:
Downloads for SAP Crystal Reports and others
Specify version of VS you are using.
Try a simple one line app:
CrystalReportsViewer1.ReportSource=<path to the report>
The viewer will prompt for the db logon. Does this also fail?
- Ludek
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