Distributing Crystal 9.0

[Hillary]

One place I work at we use Crystal 8.5 and distribute our reports by making the .exe version available on the company's Intranet.

I am creating reports for another job which has Crystal 9.0 but no Distribution Expert. How do I make my reports accessable to users that don't have Crystal installed on their PC?

CR Professional 9.2.2.634

Thanks,

Hillary

 

[synapsevampire]

Licensing has changed significantly, and there isn't an EXE generator.

Some options:

Crystal Enterprise (web based companion product, but pricey)
3rd party Viewers:

http://www.kenhamady.com/bookmarks.html

Write Code:

http://support.businessobjects.com/fix/samplescr.asp?ref=default.asp_selectlist

-k

 

[Hillary]

So, right now, unless someone has Crystal installed on their computer there is no way for them to be able to view, print and export reports, right?

Thanks for the links but I still don't understand what I need to do. I don't know VB at all. Does that matter? Why would Crystal let a third party sell Crystal Licensing? Is it cheaper then getting it from Crystal? Are the licenses concurrent, meaning if I buy 10 I can install them on 50 machines but only 10 people can get in at a time? I checked out the Crystal link but I didn't see and licensing info there...maybe I missed it.

What have other users done? At this point I tempted to go back to 8.5. What's my advantage for staying at 9.0?

Thanks : )

Hillary

 

[synapsevampire]

I understand your questions, and they're all valid ones, many people are annoyed at this.

Crystal has ALWAYS let 3rd parties sell viewers and licensing, as long as they get their money, they're happy

I believe that CE 9 has ePortfolio lite, which will enable you to deploy reports on the web if that's an option for you.

Here's Ken Hamady's write up on it:

http://www.kenhamady.com/news0210.html

-k

 

[IdoMillet]

Just to clarify, 3rd-party viewers don't require any special Crystal licensing (unless the viewer allows users to change report design aspects such as adding columns). The developer of a 3rd-party viewer gets the license to distribute the viewer application by virtue of owning Crystal Developer.

hth,
- Ido

CUT, Visual CUT, and DataLink Viewer:
view, e-mail, export, burst, distribute, and schedule Crystal Reports.

http://www.MilletSoftware.com