Crystal Reports 11 Pro

Fresh install of Crystal Reports 11 pro. I have download CR R2 SP4 full, but when I try to install I get errors: "CRC failed in win32\CrstalReports.cab
The file "???" header is corrupt". I have re-downloading a couple of times already. I don't know if this is the correct service packs or do I need to download R2 SP1-3 before SP4?

Hi Fong,
You can install the Crystal Reports XI Prof. After that if you to want to upgrade CR XI to CR XI R2 SP2, you can install the Service Pack 2 - Full build - ZIP - 1.03 GB - released April 2007, from the link provided below and use your existing keycode.
http://resources.businessobjects.com/support/additional_downloads/service_packs/crystal_reports_en.asp#CRXIR2
After installation of SP2 for CR XI R2 is done, you can then install the SP3 and SP4 from the same link provided above.
Regards,
Abhijeet Taskar.

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Edited by: mtech8 on Jan 9, 2010 3:03 PM. Corrected formatting issues to make post readable.

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You can probably work your way around this by doing Replace() calls on the relevant tags.
See:
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Pre-Purchase Question - Deploying Crystal Report to SSRS Report Server

Our company has recently installed a SQL 2005 server for our accounting system. I had intended going down the path of using SQL Reporting Services as our reporting tool and deploying them to the builtin Report Server. However, I've been using Crystal Reports for years and find it much more user friendly for a non-programmer to use. I can actually write a report in Crystal, SSRS took me 3 days to achieve very little, I believe it requires too much SQL reporting knowledge for a beginner.
After spending many hours trawling the net looking for a solution to this problem, I found that Crystal comes as part of Visual Studio. However, I also believe the version of Visual Studio that comes with SQL2005 is the basic version, and I'd need the Pro version to get the Crystal add on.
To this end, I've downloaded the trial version of Crystal 2008 and installed it. I find I can write a report in Crystal, and then I can manually add that report to a SSRS project. When I open the Crystal Report within Visual Studio I can see all the correct Crystal toolbars and menus etc, so it would appear that the installation of Crystal for Visual Studio has integrated properly. I can then deploy that report to the Report server and see the report on the web page. However clicking to open the report then opens the full Crystal Reports application, instead of just displaying the report in the web page.
I've been unsuccessful in finding a solution to the above deployment problem. I'm seeking a solution so that my users can just see the report without Crystal itself opening up. I've been advised that there is a Crystal Report Server that I can purchase, but I don't wish to go to that expense when we already have this functionality built into our SSRS server.
Can you please advise if it's possible to deploy the Crystal report to the SSRS Report Server and then open the report within the web page without opening the full Crystal app, and if so what steps I would need to take to implement this.
If this issue can be resolved, I'll be more than happy to purchase the full Crystal 2008 package and forget SSRS as a bad idea.
Sorry to be so long winded, I wanted to be clear what the issue is. Any information /advice would be very much appreciated.

Hello Diane,
I would not know if Crystal Report can be used with SSRS but I know for sure that you can use the embedded Crystal Reports Version with comes with VS 2005 or VS 2008 to create reports and to display them in web and windows application.
We have lots of samples how to do this in our [dev community|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/].
Also, you can use [Crystal Reports 2008|https://boc.sdn.sap.com/developer/library/CR2008SDK] with MS SQL 2005.
Other products like Crystal Reports server can also use MS SQL 2005.
Please see our [supported platforms for CR 2008|http://service.sap.com/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000712280&_OBJECT=011000358700000675322008E] on windows.
Hope this helps
Falk

Crystal Reports - 64bit when Previous Reports were 32bit

Hi,
I have a 64bit question. To take a step back, I was using Visual Studio 2008 on a 32 bit Windows O/S. I was using the Crystal Reports that came with Visual Studio 2008 (I think that was just an option that you could install from the VS ISO).
Now, I'm setting up a new environment: Windows 7 Pro (x64) with Visual Studio 2013.
I grabbed CRforVS_13_0_9.exe - as it was just released. And I installed Crystal Reports. Toward the end of the install I got a dialog that said something of the effect: "Hey, we detected that you are on a 64bit O/S - do you want to install 64 bit"? (I wish I had the exact message now). So I installed, what I thought was that too (in addition to the 32 bit - as it didn't ask me about 64bit until it had already spent a few minutes installing "stuff").
In Control Panel I now see:
SAP Crystal Reports runtime engine for .NET Framework (64-bit)
SAP Crystal Reports, version for Microsoft Visual Stuido
(also, of note, my .NET Framework is 4.5.1)
As I mentioned, I have a ton of existing 32bit Crystal Reports Projects that I need to convert from VS2008 to VS2013. Microsoft runs a wizard to convert the projects, and you guys also had some Wizard to convert the projects from the older version of Crystal to this new one. Being that I'm on a 64bit O/S now, and I have 64 bit Crystal installed, what exactly is happening on this conversion? Is it trying to take that 32 bit project and convert it to a 64bit version? Should I have installed the 64 bit Crystal when it asked me towards the end?
I'm trying to figure out what that all means. Also, after taking a simple existing report, and converting it, and making sure it built - I ran it, and all I get at runtime is a "value cannot be null. parameter name: inputstring" message (fyi, this is through the web, not winforms). I have no idea what inputstring they are referring to, especially since these reports worked in the older environment.
Thank you.

Hi William,
CR for VS is both 32 and 64 bit runtime now, separate installs. For your DEV PC you install both because you can select either when you compile for a Windows Desktop app or when you set your IIS App Server to run in 64 bit mode.
Short story is VS is a 32 bit app, CR for integration into VS is also running in 32 bit mode, in the VS IDE. For Web app's you set the App pool and distribute the CR runtime to match your app pool setting.
For Desktop app's you set the Project Properties to run in x86 or x64 mode. You have to be specific or the OS and MSIExec will determine what Redist package to use.
For IIS, just set the App Pool to 32 bit mode - True for 32 bit and false for 64 bit.
Remember also, if youa re going to use 64 app pool all of the dependencies must also support 64 applications/app pools, DB clients and Printers are the biggest dependencies.
Don

Crystal Reports 11 Pro

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