Business Objects + COM Call

Hello forum members,
   I have been involved with Business Objects and its Unified web services for the last two weeks for our project and I must say, it is very frustrating if you are not using Java or .NET.
   We have a business need to generate crystal reports from our PHP based application and for the last one week I have been banging my head against the wall and hitting dead ends. I searched almost all the forums, this forum and exhausted google search but no luck.
   I have found out from few sample codes that you can make a COM call using PHP for Crystal Reports 11.5 The problem is that the sample codes explains to run the PHP application and Crystal Reports on the same machine. For us, it is not the case. We will be running a PHP application on different box and our BO/Crystal Reports is installed on another machine.
   I tried to use the PHP COM function with remote server/username/password information but I am getting 'Failed to create COM object `CrystalReports11.ObjectFactory.1': The RPC server is unavailable. error. Now is there anything anyone can help me with here??
I would really appreciate some kind of guidance here

What are you using and trying to do?
In your post, you mention the following technologies:
Business Objects Unified Web Services
Report Application Server XI Release 1 COM SDK - CrystalReports11.ObjectFactory.1
The former uses HTTP SOAP stack via the dsws web service deployed with Enterprise XI Release 1.
The latter uses CORBA TCP/IP to communicate directly with the Report Application Server.
They're different channels, that use different services on BusinessObjects Enterprise.
So it's not clear what you're trying to do, or whether you're starting off in the right direction using the right technology and SDK for your task.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

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