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Crystal XI HTML Preview

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bigfoot

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May 4, 1999
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I have a question please. I'll give as much detail as I can.

I just loaded Crystal XI Professional.
I do not have Crystal server loaded on this machine, but I would like to use the HTML Preview option to see the reports as they will be when we upgrade the production server from 8.5 to XI.

Is that possible?


When I click on the HTML Preview button I get a dialog box that reads:
Failed to connect to server "localhost".
Error returned from Windows Sockets API:0.
Please check the name of the RAS Server.

I started reading the help, and set up Smart Tag & HTMP Prieview options like this:
Web Server Name: localhost
Virtual Directory: crystalreportviewers11
Viewing Page: crsmarttag.asp

I checked the box that says Enable HTML Preview when not logged on to the BusinessObjects Enterprise.
(It seemed like what I wanted)

Web Server Name: localhost
Platform: COM
URL: RAS Server Name: localhost

This was default so I left it as is.


I am using Windows 2000 SP4 with IIS loaded.

I created a virtual directory called crystalreportviewers11 and pointed it to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Business Objects\3.0\crystalreportviewers11

I can point my browser at and I get a list of files because I turned on browsing.

Am I forgetting any piece of information?
I did a Google search but I don't see any setup information for this.
I also bought a book called Crystal Reports XI, The Complete Reference by George peck. That did not answer this issue either, but it looks like a good book.
I may not be looking in the correct place.

Thanks ahead of time, and XI is very cool so far.
Can't wait to see what it can do after working with 8.5.
 
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