Symptoms

When exporting a report to Excel format, Report Commander fails with the following error:

Exporting report Error: Failed to export report: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8 0004005): This value is write-only

Cause

This problem is caused by an issue in the Crystal Reports runtime components used by Report Commander.

Resolution

This problem can be resolved by installing Service Pack 5 for Crystal Reports 2008 on the computer where you are running Report Commander.

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