Business Objects Client Application

I have a customer who wants to report on a non-SAP application via a universe supplied by the application provider with Business Objects. They only have half a dozen users and want to distriute reports in PDF format. The currently Business Objects 5.1.7 which is installed locally on each workstation. Is there a current SAP BO product which will provide these functions?
From the reading I've done I could use enterprise or edge but this would be a client/server setup and the client wants the product localy installed on the relevent users workstations.
I thought I could use Interactive Analysis desktop edition (WebI Personal) but it appears that you still have to load the universes from a CMS so wouldnt a client only solution.
Can anyone make clarify this for me or suggest what I should be using?
Regards
Pete

Hi,
correct - you would need to have at leas EDGE.
You could use Crystal Reports with a direct connection to the DB. Also wih CR you can export to PDF.
EDGE would be pretty good because you could use the schedule function for the reports. So the reports would be submitted automatically as PDF to the receivers via E-Mail f.e.
Regards
-Seb.

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