Oracle ODBC System DSN Not Accessible in CR 2008 Developer x64

Operating System: Windows Vista Enterprise x64 SP-2
Application: Crystal Reports 2008 Developer SP-1 v12.1.0.892
Oracle InstantClient Basic x64 v11.1.0.7.0 with ODBC and SQLPlus components installed
In the CR 2008 Database Expert, under Create New Connection > ODBC (RDO), the system DSN that I created to access an Oracle database does not appear. The Oracle InstantClient and its ODBC componenet are working normally: I can access the Oracle database in question using SQLPlus or with a Perl script that accesses this database using the Oracle ODBC driver.
Everything works normally on another system using Windows Vista Enterprise x86 SP-2, the same version of Crystal Reports 2008, and the same version of the Oracle InstantClient for x86. In this scenario the system DSN does appear in the list in the Database Expert, and various reports are able to access the database.
Is CR 2008 Developer running on Vista x64 a supported configuration? Notwithstanding this, are there any workarounds?
Thanks.
Jeffry A. Spain

Hi,
1. It's important to understand which kind of DSN you have on an x64 system.
2. We can create an ODBC connection (DSN) on the 32-bit side of the system or on the 64-bit side of the system.
3. 32-bit applications will only see ODBC connections created in the 32-bit side, and 64-bits applications will only see ODBC connections from the 64-bit side. Each kind of application has is own registry.
4. To setup DSN for 32-bit application you must use: %WINDIR%\SysWOW6\odbcad32.exe
5. To setup DSN for 64-bit application you must use: %WINDIR%\System32\odbcad32.exe
6. As BusinessObjects Eneterprise is a 32 bit application so we should create an ODBC DSN using the 'odbcad32.exe' from '%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\'.

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