There is misinformation in one of the replies. I'm running full Crystal 8.5 on Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows 8 with no problems installing and running the basic Crystal Reports program! My problem is similar to some of the others. For over 10 years in many different configurations I run my Delphi 5 program and run a Crystal embedded report - no problem. I can export to any format including PDF. However when I distribute the C:\Program Files (x86)\Seagate Software\Shared without the Crystal Report writer installed but the correct DLL's I get the following:
After clicking the Export button on a displayed report in a window, after the second dialog box pops up, I get no file manager dialog to save the file, also no error codes, no hanging. If I install the Crystal Reports program but don't run it - no problem. So it must be a DLL or registry issue.
I've checked the registry and the DLL's called by my programs but this is a needle in a hay stack!
Also, I've confirmed that I have the correct version of crfx_pdf.dll.
Any suggestions?