Overriding Current Culture Crystal 2008

I have web solution in which the culture to use for a given client is set in web.config. I have one client in particular that we have created a custom culture for. In previous version of crystal the RequestLcid property of the viewer was used to set the culture. In the case of the custom culture this resulted in a "Culture ID 4096 is not a supported culture" exception, so the Lcid was set to the "en-GB" culture's lcid to avoid the error. In crystal 2008 I am once again getting the culture exception. Is crystal 2008 automatically using the current culture? If so can I override this to prevent the exception? Thanks in advance for any help.

Hello, Kevin;
There was a Microsoft update that affected the Culture settings:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939949
Elaine

Similar Messages

Can not see two fields in Crystal 2008 Developer explorer/designer view

I am currently developing crystal 2008 reports against the salesforce.com database using version 12.0.0.683 CR Developer Full version. I am using an updated driver that was provided in July or Aug 08 in order to view self referencing fields. The problem is that when I try and report against one of the tables (lead history) I cannot view two of the fields (New Value and Old Value)? I can see these two field (New Value and Old Value) in the database expert as the last two fields in the actual table, but the two fields are missing when I go into the explorer/designer view. In Salesforce, these two fields can not be filtered on, but I can export all the values in this table using Salesforece Apex data loader.

Please re-post if this is still an issue to the OnDemand Forum or purchase a case and have a dedicated support engineer work with you directly

Crystal 2008 SP3 - incremental or cumulative?

Hi Experts,
Our software packages include pre-requisites like .Net runtime and Crystal 2008 runtime (among others). We currently have Crystal 2008 CRRuntime_12_1_mlb.msi as a pre-requisite. Our next major release requires Crystal 2008 SP3 as a pre-requisite. I have the CRRuntime_12_3_mlb.msi file which is SP3 for Crystal 2008. Do I still need to have the base Crystal 2008 runtime in the packages or does Crystal 2008 SP3 include previous service packs?
I.e. do our customers need to install Crystal 2008 base, Crystal 2008 SP1, Crystal 2008 SP2 and then Crystal 2008 SP3? Are these service packs cumulative?
If it helps, the CRRuntime_12_3_mlb.msi file is 58211KB in size, where the CRRuntime_12_1_mlb.msi is 42557KB.
Thanks in advance.

Hello Alicia,
You should only need to use one of the runtime MSIs when updating your deployment package. If you're moving to CRRuntime_12_3_mlb.msi, then you do not need the CRRuntime_12_1_mlb.msi.
Sincerely,
Dan Kelleher

Going from Crystal XI to Crystal 2008 (Business Objects Edge).

Hi. I currently use Crystal XI use BusinessObjects Enterprise XI Release 2 to schedule and run my (our) reports.
I rang the customer support line and they said my questions were best tried out here in the forums.
I currently have five licences for Crystal XI.
I am looking at looking at going over to Crystal 2008, which comes in the Business Objects Edge, standard package.
I had a few questions about doing this and I was hoping the community will be able to assist with.
1. If I go ahead with Crystal 2008 will it need to totally replace my Crystal XI set up? For example could I have some of my staff using XI, and other staff members using 2008, but be able to schedule (and save) the reports centrally from my existing Business Objects Enterprise server?
2. Or would it be simpler to roll out Crystal 2008, via the Business Objects Edge standard package, and migrate the reports from XI to 2008, and in doing so totally replace the use of Crystal XI altogether?
- Are there compatibility issues with migrating reports designed in XI into 2008?
- If so was the quickest solution to rebuild existing reports in 2008?
- Is it simple to do? (say as simple as re-opening the XI reports in 2008 and clicking save?
I appreciate any comments in advance.
Hab.

The 2nd option is the one officially supported by SAP.
Regarding the XI reports stored in the XI R2 repsoitory:
You should just install BO Edge 3.1 on a new server and migrate your XI R2 repository contents into the new installation. YOu can use the ImportWIzard for this.
Regarding local XI reports:
Local XI reports can be migrated by opening them using the CR Designer 2008 and just saving them back to the local filesystem.
BTW if you run into problems with a report which was migrate it as part of the XI R2 repository you can also try to open it from the Edge 3.1 repository using the CR 2008 Designer and save it back again.
Regards,
Stratos

Crystal 2008 Viewer Freezes my application

I have a .NET application that hosts a crystal viewer to show reports. I am using Crystal 2008 SP2.
Once I get to this line in my C# code:
this.crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = reportd;
The application just sits there until I click it to get a (Not Responding) message in the app title bar.
Can anyone help me with this???

.NET 1.1
Win app
Oddly, this is only occurring on 1 deployment machine. I say oddly because I have had this application installed on 1000+ machines and never experienced this issue.
I am currently running service pack 2.
Like I said before, I have tracked it down to that line in the code, but have no idea why its freezing there. I resinstalled .NET on the machine as well as Crystal and have not had any luck yet. I am out of ideas at this point.
Ill try SP3 to see if it works...
Also, I dont think its a threading issue. I have not experienced its current behavior until now after all of those installs on several different windows boxes. Thanks for the suggestion though. I will try it just to rule that out.

Crystal 2008 crashes when trying to print

Hello,
I am unable to print from Crystal 2008; the program crashes and I get the error crw32.exe
I have disabled the DEP in my computer.
I have installed the SP1 of Crystal 2008.
I have uninstalled the SP3 of Windows XP.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled Crystal.
I have reduced hardware acceleration
I have event viewer errors for two DLL files ntdll.dll and csprintdlg.dll but cannot register
The printing issue is from a client computer. I can print from the server.
Thank you.

I followed these instructions to manually uninstall but had issues listed below:
Hi,
Below are the steps for
'How to manually uninstall Crystal Reports 2008 '
Before getting started, uninstall Crystal Reports 2008 by launching the Setup.exe file from the installation CD or by using the 'Add/Remove Programs' command. If either of these methods fails to remove all Crystal Reports directories, files and registry keys, then continue with the resolution of this article.
WARNING
This resolution can be applied if Crystal Reports 2008 is the only software installed on the computer that uses the Business Objects directories, files and registry keys.
For example, Crystal Analysis, Crystal Enterprise and BusinessObjects Enterprise XI are applications that may share the same directories, files and registry keys.
Removing these directories, files and registry keys may cause other software to function incorrectly.
1. To manually uninstall Crystal Reports 2008, delete the following directories:
" C:\Program Files\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0
" C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0
NOTE:
Do not remove the directory C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0 if you have BusinessObjects Enterprise XI or Crystal Reports Server XI installed. These files are shared by both applications and removal of these files will cause Business ObjectsEnterprise XI and Crystal Reports Server XI to function incorrectly.
2. Delete the following registry keys:
WARNING:
The following resolution involves editing the registry. Using the Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall the Microsoft Windows operating system. Use the Registry Editor at your own risk.
HELP:
For information on how to edit the registry key, view the 'Changing Keys And Values' online Help topic in the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
RECOMMENDATION:
It is strongly recommended that you make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat on Win9x computers) before you edit the registry.
" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software \ Business Object \ Suite 12.0\ Crystal Reports\
" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Business Objects\Suite 12.0 \ Crystal Reports\
NOTE:
After making changes to the registry, restart the affected service or application as required.
Cheers,
Deepti Bajpai
ISSUES I posted and did not get a response to:
Not only did this not solve my printing problem in Crystal, but now Peachtree will not run either.
I did not have the file:
" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software \ Business Object \ Suite 12.0\ Crystal Reports\
I deleted this "crystal reports" folder in this extension:
" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Business Objects\Suite 12.0 \ Crystal Reports\
In both the "local machine" and "current user"\Software files there is a "Crystal Decisions" folder. Does this need to be deleted as well?
Please advise. Thank you.

Visual Foxpro & Crystal 2008

Post Author: LarryPfx
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
Our current application is in VFP and we would like to migrate our reporting system to Crystal 2008. Is it possible to launch Crystal reports viewer directly from VFP and what are the licensing implications for client distribution?
Many thanks in advance
Larry

> oCR = CREATEOBJECT("CrystalRuntime.Application") - But it fails here.
Try creating a VBScript with a simple line:
Set rdc = CreateObject("CrystalRuntime.Application")
and try running that from the command-line. If it doesn't throw exception, it's likely access issues with FoxPro.
If it does throw an exception, check to ensure that that class is registered using the Registry Editor. If not, you may have to re-register the craxdrt.dll file.
Sincerely,
Ted Ueda

Crystal 10 to Crystal 2008 Conversion

Hi,
We are currently using Crystal Reports 10 and Crystal Enterprise 10. The current database used is Microsoft SQL 2005.
We are planning to upgrade to the latest version of Crystal, which I assume is Crystal 2008. And also the database is going to be upgraded to Microsoft SQL 2008. All the Crystal Reports use Stored Procedures for getting the data.
Please let me know if this will be smooth conversion from Crystal 10 to Crystal 2008, or will it require redesigning all reports.
Regards,
Zareen
Edited by: ZARFAT on Jan 17, 2011 5:32 PM

Hi Zareen,
The best way we found to upgrade the objects into Enterprise 2008 was to do a restore into it. I recommend making sure you have installed the latest updates for Enterprise 2008 because we ran into some issues with rescheduling and using variables in Crosstabs.
These were issues with Enterprise and not the reports as we found out. The reports ran fine in Crystal without needing to update them. Once the updates were installed the reports were fine.
We found two things we didn't track down but the worked themselves out. Some reports scheduled to be exported to Excel actually came out in Crystal Reports formats even though they had the Excel icon beside them. Not sure why but we just recheduled them and they were fine.
The second issue we ran into was reports disconnected from the schedule. This was our problem because it looks like the custom calendars we have didn't all get imported. It was with the reports associated with 2 calendars that had problems. So it wasn't a huge deal for us.
I haven't used APOS so I can't comment on that.
Good luck. I'm about to go through another upgrade in the next couple of months so it should be interesting here.
Brian

Uninstalling Crystal 2008 SP1 merge module disables Crystal 2008 Designer

Hi,
I've come across a problem when uninstalling an application that includes the Crystal 2008 SP1 merge module, where Crystal Reports 2008 SP1 Developer is also installed on the machine.
The uninstallation of an application containing this merge module will trigger the uninstall code in the merge module - I would have expected this module to take into account shared files and decrement the SharedDlls registry count for relevant .dlls etc, so that files still used by other applications are not affected or uninstalled.
However it stops Crystal 2008 SP1 Developer from working, no message is displayed when attempting to launch the application (apart from in the Event Log), but following some investigation it appears a number of files and folders are removed by the merge module that shouldn't be, as follows:
C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\boezlib.dll
C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\uf12manager.dll
C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0\crystalreportviewers12\js\crviewer\images\
C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0\crystalreportviewers12\js\dhtmllib\images\
C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0\crystalreportviewers12\js\dhtmllib\samples\
C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0\crystalreportviewers12\js\dhtmllib\validator\
C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0\crystalreportviewers12\js\log4javascript\
C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0\crystalreportviewers12\js\MochiKit\
C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0\crystalreportviewers12\prompting\
There could be others, but these are the files / folders I've identified so far, and restoring these files / folders appears to get Crystal Developer up and running and able to run reports.
Does anybody know how to prevent this, or if this is a known issue and planned to be addressed in a future release of the merge modules?

Hi,
Thanks for your feedback Henry.
I've downloaded the SP1 patch for Crystal Reports Designer, this appears to be the same one I already have installed, dated 28/09/08. The problem is the current merge module for the SP1 runtime incorrectly removes some of the .dll's required by SP1 Designer if the merge module is subsequently installed / uninstalled with a third-party application from an ISV. These .dll's should have been marked as Shared by the SP1 Designer patch install but have not, including the .dll's specific to SP1 (boezlib and uf12manager) along with a host of files in the Common\4.0\crystalreportviewers12 folders.
I've tested around this area a few weeks ago and noticed that if the Shared reference count for these files in the registry is created before the SP1 merge module is installed / uninstalled (as it should have been by the SP1 Designer install) then the MM works correctly. That is the reference count is increased when the MM is installed, decreased when MM is uninstalled but still remains > 0 and so these shared files are not removed. This leaves the Crystal Reports SP1 Designer intact and working.
I'll await the new install for SP1 Designer and give this a try in conjunction with the SP1 merge module install / uninstall.
Also I've noticed the documentation you referred me to mentions the SP1 Runtime MSI will be refreshed to detect imcompatible software (to stop this corrupting an SP0 Designer install), but does not mention that the SP1 merge module will also be refreshed. If the SP1 merge module is not refreshed, do you know if there will there be some documentation available for ISV's as to how to reliably detect any incompatible software on a target machine? This will enable ISV's using the SP1 merge module to embed the same checks as used in your installations to prevent this corrupting any software on the target machine that is incompatible with the SP1 runtime.
Many thanks,
Peter.

Cannot install Crystal 2008 SP1 on Vista Workstations

When I try to install SP1 for Crystal 2008 the install stop part way through with "The feathure you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable." It seems to be looking for CrystalReports.msi. When you give it the path to the directory where the file can be found is give the same error message.
Thanks
Ron

Hi
The SP1 patches are currently not available until May because they are being re-released. The refreshed version will try to prevent your situation from occurring.
In the meantime try downloading SP1 for CR2008 from the link mentioned in the Whitepaper at [https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/702b3642-7e14-2c10-6484-857ffb4319d7]
Thanks
Shraddha

Crystal 2008 - Selected table names are blank or end in 1

I am creating a new report in Crystal 2008. I am connecting to a database using ODBC. The tables show up correctly in the available tables column of the Database Expert. Once I select a table the table shows up in the selected tables list as an icon only - no name or as an icon with a table name ending in 1. The table name that ends in 1 is not a duplicate.
Furthermore, in the field explorer the fields all show but I can not add any to the report.
Any ideas, this just started happening this week.

Hi Russell
Which database you are reporting off?
You can try following workaround and create indirect ODBC connection.
Create a report using OLEDB connection and select Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC drivers and then create a report .
This will point to your existing ODBC connection through OLEDB provider.
For the tables name that are blank do you have hyphen '-' in their names?
As advised by Jayendra you can try with Service Pack 1for Crysatl Reports 2008.
Hope this helps..
Regards
Ankeet

Viewing Crystal 2008 ActiveX on Access 2007 forms

Ok, i am a little confused as there seems to be a some doubt whether Crystal 2008 ActiveX can be used on Access forms. Another thread even has a reply that mentions that the ActiveX control is no longer included in Crystal Reports 2008..... Take a look at this, you can clearly see i have embedded the 2008 ActiveX control onto an Access form. link:[http://www.moktar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/AX.JPG]
I have just installed 2008 and will get round to looking at this, however in my brief look, i couldnt see the run time library for 2008. By all accounts you can freely distribute the run time files for Crystal Reports 2008 as MSI or exe packages to your clients. I hope this is the case and i can get the ActiveX working.
If anyone has some information on this subject i will welcome reading it.
This is how its used to be done;
1) Open the Access form in design view.
2) Click on Add Tool button on the toolbar.
3) Select Crystal Reports ActiveX toolbar control from the list of controls.
4) Place the control on the form.
5) Click on the View Code toolbar button to open the code for the form
6) Choose u2018Referencesu2019 from the u2018Toolsu2019 menu
7) Select u2018Crystal Reports ActiveX Design and Runtime Library 11.Xu2019 from the list of references and add to the project.
8) On the Form_Load() event, please use the code given below to pass the report to the viewer:
Dim crReport as CRAXDRT.Report
Dim crApplication as New CRAXDRT.Application
u2018 Use the appropriate path for the report
Set crReport = crApplication.OpenReport(u201CC:\Report1.rptu201D)
u2018 ReportSource property and ViewReport method will not be displayed on the viewer control
CrystalActiveXReportViewer0.ReportSource = crReport
CrystalActiveXReportViewer0.ViewReport
'Hey Presto, the Crystal control on the Access form is now displaying a report. However, you had the age old issue of distributing the runtime files to clients that dont have crystal reports installed, and even more so of an issue, as this is Access and no method of doing it. I was hoping that 2008 with its MSI and EXE versions of the runtime files would solve this age old problem.
Thanks
Simon.

Hello Simon,
The RDC was retired after Crystal Reports XI R2 and no longer exists in CR 2008.
The viewer control you are seeing is not meant for RDC applications.
You will need to move to Java or .NET if you plan on using CR 2008.
Best Regards,
Jason

App coded in Crystal XI need to be compatiable with Crystal 2008. Options?

Dear All,
The product I am working on, works fine with Crystal XI. But now task is to make it work for clients that have just Crystal 2008 (not Crystal XI). (Even assuming there is no new feature that Crystal 2008 offer is planned in this existing application.)
I was wondering what would be the best bet to make that application compatiable? Certainly we do not want to have two seperate application coded separatly for Crystal XI and Crystal 2008.
I will appreciate any information, feedback, guidance that you can provide on this.
Thanks

am actually using Visual Studio .NET 2008 only with Crystal Reports XI R2. I was not aware of the fact that Crystal Reports XI R2 does not work with Visual Studio 2008. It could be that since I have both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 in my machine, and this could be referring to old one.
I believe Visual Studio 2008 came with .NET framework 3.5 and in theory 3.5 does all that 2.0 used to do. So I am not sure what would be the reason of .NET 2008 not supporting it. May be I am missing something, please help me clarify?
- See the supported platforms doc here:
https://websmp106.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000712240&_SCENARIO=01100035870000000202
(choose Business Objects XI release2 / crystal reports -> crystal reports -> crystal reports XI r2 -sp2 - supported platforms.
.NET 2008 is not listed. That is as far as this discussion should need to go. E.g.; do not use CR XI r2 with .NET 2008, or .NET 2010 when it comes out - if you do, you're on your own.
Option-1) Now my worry is can same application; when installed on a client who has just crystal report 2008 (not upgrade from XI-R2) run-time installed, will work OK?
As long as you run CR XI r2 with the supported version of .NET (e.g.; in your case .NET 2005) there will be no issues after installing CR 2008 as CR 2008 and CR XI r2 are side by side compatible. One thing I would highly discourage is running reports created in CR 2008 with CR XI r2.
Option-2) Is there any change in existing code, I need to do so that irrespective of what run-time environment client has (XI R2 or, Crystal 2008), my application runs fine without any issue?
If you install CR 2008 SP0 after installing .NET 2008, you should not need any code modification to an already working app. All that will happen is that the CR assemblies will get upgraded to version 12.x. Of course, you then need to distribute the CR 2008 runtime to your client / server computers.
Any other option...
Not sure where the confusion is, but I am not sure why we'd want to look for other options(?).
Ludek

Prompts to install Crystal 2008 SP1 each time I double-click .rpt file

Every time I want to open a report (.rpt) file from Windows Explorer, I get a message box stating:
Preparing to install...
Followed by another message box:
Please wait while Windows configures Crystal 2008 SP1
Followed by another message box:
The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available.
Insert the 'Crystal Reports 2008 SP1' disk and click OK.
I select cancel at this point (I've already got Crystal Reports 2008 SP1 installed on my machine).
After I select cancel, the following error appears:
Error 1706. No valid source could be found for product Crystal Reports 2008 SP1. The Windows installer cannot continue.
I click OK and the report does not open.
If I start Crystal Reports itself, then select File, Open and select the report to open, it opens fine (without error).
The version of Crystal Reports (from Help, About Crystal Reports) is: Version 12.1.0.892
How can I resolve this without searching for the Crystal 2008 SP1 files (which were downloaded from the SAP/BO website).

Hi Nancy,
I've seen this happen usually when Windows Office has also been installed. The installer gets confused as to what should be installed or some dependency is missing. Not sure exactly what causes it.
Go into Control and Add/Remove Programs and try doing a repair install for both CR and SP1. Then open up Explorer and click on Tools, Folder Options and then File Type. Scroll down to RPT and click on Change or Restore. Ther main be something missing from the File type association.
Be sure to do this when you are logged in as local Administrator and/or your account is also configured to be part of the Local Admin group.
Thank you
Don

Error while Connecting Crystal 2008 to SAP.

Hi Experts,
We have a trial version of crystal 2008 installed (The SAP integration Kit is also installed) and I am trying to connect to SAP and develop a report on the SAP Cubes. But when I try to make a Connection to SAP, I get the following error:
Database Connector Error: 'The License key does not include use of the BW Query Driver. Please Contact Business objects for information on how to obtain such a license key.'
Is this a licensing issue with SAP integration kit or Crystal?
Please let me know what would be the probable problem and solution for it.
Thanks for your help in advance!
Phani.

hi,
for SAP Integration Kit license kay updation; follow the steps
Go to windows start menu>Run>type regedit> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Softwares>Business Objects>Suite 12.0>SAP>keycode.

Overriding Current Culture Crystal 2008

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for