Windows Server 2008 Problems

[Former Member]

Development Platform:

Visual Studio 2003 (VB)

Crystal Reports XI Developers Edition (Version 11.0.0.895)

Developed on Windows XP (SP3)

Deployed (VB) Program Normally Runs Windows Server 2003 (No problems)

Problem: Cannot run on Windows Server 2008 (32 Bit nor 64 Bit Versions)

THREE QUESTIONS:

Q1. Is the CR XI Dev Ed (11.0.0.895) the same as CR XI R1?

Q2. Is there a known conflict between this version and Windows Server 2008 ( either 32 Bit or 64 Bit)? If so, is there a fix?

Q3. There is a service pack (SP4) which is for CR XI R1. Does this apply to my version of Crystal Reports? Are there updated Merge Modules as well?

The program deploys to both versions of WS 2008 fine. However, it does not work on either. The errors are different. On the 64 bit version, a simple u201Ccannot access the file in c:\windows\tempu201D message. Permissions have been checked and are ok. On the 32 bit version, we get a 503 error (Service Unavailable) and the Internet Server gets u201Chungu201D and will not clear without a reboot of the machine, literally.

This is an updated question to an eariler post, which is unresolved. Many thanks to whoever can help.

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

David, the only two versions of Crystal Reports supported on WIN 2008 are CR 2008 and CR 10.5 which bundles with .NET 2008.

Ludek

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi David,

In addition to Ludek's suggestion, I would like to add that even if you are using the CR 2008 version, there are no native 64 bit runtimes available. You will need to run it under 32 bit shell.

For the CR bundled with VS 2008 (10.5), there are 64 bit runtimes which you could find on your development machine under -

' C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\CrystalReports10_5\CRRedist2008_x64.msi '

Ranjeet.

[Former Member]

Hi David,

Q1. Is the CR XI Dev Ed (11.0.0.895) the same as CR XI R1?

answer- Yes, both are same

Q2. Is there a known conflict between this version and Windows Server 2008 ( either 32 Bit or 64 Bit)? If so, is there a fix?

Answer-

unfortunately my help is very limited in this scenario.

Please do not deploy CR XI to win2008 OS.

This OS is not tested and not supported with CR XI.

Please see a full list of supported OS [here|https://websmp104.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=00200797470000086718&_OBJECT=011000358700001092722008E]

Even the latest edition Reports [XI Release 2 u2013 Service Pack 4|https://websmp106.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=00200797470000086812&_OBJECT=011000358700001080932008E] is not supported for Win2008.

Q3. There is a service pack (SP4) which is for CR XI R1. Does this apply to my version of Crystal Reports? Are there updated Merge Modules as well?

Answer- Yes, that SP4 is for CR version 11.0 - to download click [here|http://resources.businessobjects.com/support/additional_downloads/service_packs/crystal_reports_en.asp#CRXIR1].

Latest merge modules for CR XI R1 SP4 can be downloaded from [here|http://resources.businessobjects.com/support/additional_downloads/runtime.asp#05]

Hope that helps!!

Regards,

Amit

Best regards