Crystal Web Elements in XI 3.0

Hi All,
Has anyone been able to get the Crystal Web Elements to work on XI 3.0.
For R2 the steps are simple to add the parameters in the web.xml file. I have tried the same for XI 3.0 and when the report is run it ain't working.
Is it still supported on XI 3.0 ????
Thanks in advance
Jacques

Try the following post:
Re: Web elements installation on 3.1
It worked for me to get HTML passthrough working on BOE XI R3.1 SP2 on .NET (WACS).
Regards,
Geoff.

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