page header plus page footer is too large for the page

I've had a report that worked just fine on most machines, then one user had this error. Turns out that user's computer's default printer was setup to default to Landscape orientation. For some reason Crystal Reports uses default printer settings when configuring to display or export to pdf a report. It's a known bug. Basically make sure your default printer is setup to Portrait orientation and doesn't have a funky paper size. Then try it again.

Here is the link that helped me:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12098164/what-causes-the-page-header-plus-page-footer-is-too-large-for-the-page-error-i[^]

Open your report using crystal report. Then go to printer setup and check No printer.

Add the following lines in your code.

Dim rpt As New rptReportFileName
rpt.PrintOptions.PaperSize = CrystalDecisions.Shared.PaperSize.PaperA4
rpt.PrintOptions.PaperOrientation = CrystalDecisions.Shared.PaperOrientation.Portrait

You may need to add the following reference to your project.

CrystalDecisions.Shared

It works for me.