Web service as a data source in Crystal Reports 2008

Post Author: jpdv
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
I've tried to setup a new report using a web service as a data source.
Untill now, I have not been successful. I always get the same error: unable to log on to data source.
Is there any sample that I can try so that I understand what I'm doing wrong?
Or any documentation on the subject?
Thanks.

Having the same issues here also.
I can see the wsdl file being accessed successfully in the web access log, but Xcelsius v5.3 return "unable to load URL"
Only thing I can guess is that the schema is "untyped"
So, nobody in SAP has a solution?

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<CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:ifsworld-com:customer_order_conf_rep">
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                        <CHARACTERISTIC_VALUE xsi:nil="1"/>
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                        <CHARACTERISTIC_ID>1</CHARACTERISTIC_ID>
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</CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST>
XSD
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?report module="ORDER" package="CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP" ?>
<xs:schema targetNamespace="urn:ifsworld-com:customer_order_conf_rep" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:ifsworld-com:customer_order_conf_rep" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
<xs:element name="CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:all minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
<xs:element name="CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="50">
<xs:element name="ORDER_NO" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="PRINTED_DATE" type="xs:dateTime" nillable="true" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="AUTHORIZE_NAME" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="CUSTOMER_NO" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="CUSTOMER_PO_NO" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="CUST_NAME" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="SHIP_ADDR_1" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="SHIP_ADDR_2" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
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</xs:element>
<xs:element name="SHIP_ADDR_3" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
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<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
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<xs:element name="BILL_ADDR_3" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
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<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
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<xs:element name="BILL_ADDR_4" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="CUSTOMER_FAX" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="CUSTOMER_EMAIL" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
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<xs:sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
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<xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="39">
<xs:element name="LINE_NO" nillable="true" minOccurs="0">
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<xs:restriction base="xs:string">
<xs:maxLength value="2000"/>
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</xs:element>
</xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:all>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>

Hi Sourashree,
Thank you for the response and ideas you have given me so far. I can get the fetch the data from the data source without any problem. That is I do the following,
1.     New Report
2.     From Create New Connection-> XML
3.     Provide the u201CLocal XML Fileu201D and have u201CSpecify Schema Fileu201D checked -> Next
4.     Provide the u201CLocal Schema Fileu201D -> Finish
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+ CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST
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And from here if I add the following three I can get all the fields I need to the report
     CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST/CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP
     CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST/ CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP/ORDER_LINES/ORDER_LINE
     CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP_REQUEST/ CUSTOMER_ORDER_CONF_REP/ORDER_LINES/ORDER_LINE/ORDER_LINE_CHARACTERSTICS/CHARACTERSTIC_ITEM
Then I come to the Linking section. Here I canu2019t link anything. There is a common field called u201CInternal_IDu201D but I canu2019t link using it. So I get a message when I click Next. From here I add all the fields.
For this point onwards only I need help. How do I group, add fields and design the layout so I can get an report output as follows.
Date
Order number                                   Authorized code
Customer No
Name
Phone
Fax email
Shipping address 1                              Billing Address 1
Shipping address 2                              Billing Address 2
Shipping address 3                              Billing Address 3
Shipping address 4                              Billing Address 4
Order Line 1 detailsu2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026                      LINE_NO     CUSTOMER_PART_NO          CUSTOMER_PART_DESC     SALE_UNIT_PRICE     PRICE_QTY     DISCOUNT     PRICE_TOTAL
Characteristic details belonging to Order line 1       CHARACTERISTIC_ID 1 CHARACTERISTIC_VALUE1
                                       CHARACTERISTIC_ID 2 CHARACTERISTIC_VALUE2
                                       CHARACTERISTIC_ID 3 CHARACTERISTIC_VALUE3
Order Line 2 detailsu2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026u2026
Characteristic details belonging to Order line 2
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-Right click on Parameter fieldsu2014New parameter.
-When you click on the drop down list in the u201CValue Fieldu201D list there are no available fields/objects.
Hence we can create a parameter in CR which is connected to the Universe with the steps mentioned above.
I hope this helps you.
Regards,
Prashant.

Error ora-24338 happened when change data source on crystal report

Hi Guys:
I made a report on my test envariment (this report involve stored procedure and it return a ref cursor from oracle database to the report). after i test it, i decided to move this report to the production database. However when i updated the database location, it shows me the following error:
database connector error: 'ORA-24338': statement handle not executed [database wender code: 24338]
then it shows:
some tables could not be replaced, as no match was found in the new data source. please spacify the table required for any unmodified tables.
then it shows:
database connection error
all the tables and code in test database and production database are same.
anyone can help me?
thanks
Howard

after you went to database
set datasource location
updated it.
did a mapping box come up
did you then verify the database to pull in the new records or tables?
i would run the query on the server to see if it returns values.
you may also need to set your overqualified table name
database
set datasource
locate the table or sp in the top box
the + next to the sp or table
click
open properities +
overqualified table name F2
enter the table or sp in there
then verify your database and try to run against the prod server

Cannot see System DSN in Crystal Reports 2008 on Vista/Windows 2008

I've been making quite a bit of progress in switching migrating our Crystal Reports 8.0 reports and apps to Crystal Reports 2008 on our Windows 2008 server, but am currently stuck on a DSN issue that I hope someone here can help me out with.
When I go to select a new ODBC data source in Crystal Reports 2008, the only ODBC data sources that show up in the list are User DSNs. These reports will be served via our intranet website, so I need to use System DSNs. The same is true on both my development computer running 64-bit Vista and the production server running Windows Server 2008.
I'm using Visual Studio 2008 (C#) for development along with Crystal Reports 2008 (not the Crystal Reports Basic that comes with Visual Studio).
How can I use a System DSN? Any help or advice will be much appreciated!

Hi, Paul;
The first thing to check is to ensure you are creating a 32 bit ODBC DSN, and not a 64 bit one. Crystal Reports 2008 is 32 bit only.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=381384&SiteID=1
Best Regards,
Jonathan

Questions on using a SOAP web service's data in a Crystal Reports report

I'm attempting to create a report using CR 2008, accessing data from a SOAP web service. I've run into a few problems, and need some advice.
1) CR doesn't seem to support WSDL files that use relative URI imports (for example, I have a relatively complicated WSDL file that imports other WSDL files and schemas using relative URI locations). To solve this problem, I have downloaded all of the files to my local hard drive, and changed the "location" attributes to point to local files. Is there any other solution to this problem?
2) CR doesn't seem to support circular references within schema files. To solve this problem, I have removed circular references from my local schema files. Of course, my actual web service will still potentially return data structures with these circular dependencies. Is there any other solution to this problem?
3) CR doesn't seem to support request documents that allow for arrays of elements. For example, my schema allows the user to specify an array of Instruments that should be returned by the web service. In the meantime, I have changed the schema to only specify single instances of the Instrument element in the request. Is there any other solution to this problem?
4) CR doesn't seem to support empty values for optional attributes that are specified in the schema. So, when the "Enter Values" parameter form appears, I am required to enter values for these attributes, even though they are listed as optional in the schema. To avoid this problem, I have commented out the optional attribute values in the schema. Is there any other solution to this problem?
5) When the schema specifies that a value is based on a restricted simple (string) type, the CR parameter form shows a drop list with ellipses (...), but the drop list does not contain the enumerated types specified in my schema. Instead, I must manually enter a value. Do you know of any reason why the drop list is not populated?
6) The SOAP response document from my web service is relatively complicated. So, in the "Data" page of the Standard Report Creation Wizard, each and every XML element level of the response document listed in the schema is shown as a separate entry. If I choose just the top level element ("fetchInstrumentSetResponse"), then very little data is shown on the next page of the wizard (only the ID attribute). But, if I select each and every element type from the response document, CR prompts me for the request document parameters for each row I have selected (I see the same form 30+ times), even though there really should only be a single SOAP request to the web service to return this response document. It seems to be treating each of these elements as a separate "database table", with a different query string for each. Am I using this feature incorrectly?
If you can point me to somewhere in the documentation that handles this in more detail, that would be great (all I could find were the step-by-step instructions on how to connect to a web service as a data source).
Thanks!

Please re-post if this is still an issue or purchase a case and have a dedicated support engineer work with your directly

Using Web Service as Data source (Pluggable Data Source) in Oracle Reports

Anyone using Webservice as a pluggable data source in oracle 10g reports.(Report builder version:10.1.2.0.2)? We need to be able to use web service as one of the data source to create reports.Tried the following and ran into issues:
Imported the wspds.jar fle from oracle plugin exchage. When tried using it received the following error in oracle reports trace file.
04/26 22:27:22 java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: oracle.xml.parser.schema.XSDBuilder.build([Loracle/xml/parser/v2/XMLDocument;Ljava/net/URL;)Ljava/lang/Object;
By troubleshooting issue found out that xmlparserv2.jar in 10g is newer than xmlparserv2.jar in 9i. wspds.jar is using xmlparserv2.jar in 9i as it was developed and tested for 9i only. Believe there is no newer wspds.jar file developed specifically for 10g?
Is there a better/standard solution to use webservice as data source in oracle 10g reports? Does later version of oracle reports supports webservice as a data source without any additional plugins? Any suggestion would be helpful.

Please provide support for the above request.
It appears that Oracle 10g reports doesn't support Web Service as pluggable data source. Is this option is available in Oracle 11g Reports or Oracle Discoverer Or OBIEE?

Problems with consuming SAP BW WSDL in Crystal Reports 2008

Hello,
I am trying to use the WSDL generated from the SAP BW in Crystal Reports 2008 using the XML and Web Services driver, but when I input the WSDL url Crystal does not interpret the url passed in as a WSDL url and the Services, Port and Method drop downs are blank.
If I manually input the values I get the error below from Crystal
"Logon failed.
Details: Web Service Location is invalid
WSDL Exception (at /wsdl:definitions/wsdl:portType/wsp:Policy): faultCode=INVALID_WSDL:Encountered unexpected element
'Policy'."
I know this is a valid WSDL as I have tested it with Xcelsius 2008 and I am able to get data back in Xcelsius. I found SAP note 1485601 that talks about Crystal Reports not being able to reading a WSDL generated by a SAP system.
           https://websmp230.sap-ag.de/sap/support/notes/1485601
Based on the error message from Crystal above I feel that Crystal is unable to read the WSDL URL, has anyone else encountered this issue, if so is there a possible work around.
We are running Crystal Reports 2008 V1 SP3 FP 3 and the SAP Integration Kit is also on the same service pack and patch level.
Any help or insight into the issue will be very helpful.
Thanks,
Kumar

Ingo,
I am using the "XML and Web Services" connection option in Crystal Reports, and using a HTTP WSDL.Here is a sample of how WSDL url generated by SAP BW.
http://servername:8000/sap/bc/srt/wsdl/bndg_DF6E553E117931F19C6B001560A1B616/wsdl11/allinone/ws_policy/document?sap-client=100
We have a two structure BW query (one for keyfigures and one as characteristic structure ), I know that this will cause the structure for the characteristics to show up as a single field and each element of the structure will result in a row of data, but we need the individual elements on the structure and we were hoping to get around the MDX driver limitation by using the web service connection.
The data in the Crystal Reports 2008 needs to be in a crosstab layout as shown below, but if we use the Crosstab expert the key figures are stacked one under the other and also we cannot get the labels from the KPI structure to show up on the Crystal Reports.
               Characteristic Structure
             Column1            Column2                     Column3
Label 1          KeyFigure 1          KeyFigure 2                    KeyFigure 3
Label 2          KeyFigure 1          KeyFigure 2                KeyFigure 3
Label 3          KeyFigure 1          KeyFigure 2                    KeyFigure 3
This layout is already built in a Web Template and therefore we were planning on using the WSDL to get the layout directly into Crystal report, but I keep running into the WSDL error when I try to consume the WSDL in Crystal.
Thanks,
Kumar

Crystal Reports 2008 - Error 1904 - DLLs will not register

I have just tried to install Crystal Reports 2008 on a PC which is running on XP Professional 2002 (Service Pack 3) and none of the DDLs will register. I have administrator privileges on the local PC.
I could possibly try to register the DLLs manually but I don't understand why they won't register automatically.
I would really appreciate some assistance with this.
Kind regards, Leeanne
I received the following errors....
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\ReportPromptEMF.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\ReportSourceBridge.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\busobjReporter.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\FullClient.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\FullClientAddin.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\FullClientTemplate.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Webi.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\qaaws.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\MetaDataPlugins.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\lovconvertor.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\EnterpriseControls.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\FullClientServerAdmin.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Xcelsius.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Flash.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\EventServerAdmin.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\FileServerAdmin.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\JobServerAdmin.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\DocProcessingServerAdmin.dll failed to register
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\EnterpriseRepositoryAdaptor.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\AuditProxyService.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Discussions.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\WebIntelligence.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\CrystalEnterprise_SMTP.dll failed to register
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\DiskUnmanaged.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Ftp.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Managed.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\MDS.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Connection.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Favorites_Folder.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Folder.dll failed to register. HRESULT -2147024769. Contact your support personnel.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Inbox.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\LicenseKey.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\ObjectPackage.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Profile.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Publication.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\User.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\UserGroup.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\CacheSrvAdmin.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\PageSrvAdmin.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\SAWebAdmin.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\CMSAdmin.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Calendar.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Event.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Excel.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Hyperlink.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\PDF.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\CustomRole.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Powerpoint.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Program.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Agnostic.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\RTF.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\ScopeBatch.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Server.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\ServerGroup.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Shortcut.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\TXT.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Word.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\AFDashboardPage.dll failed to register
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\AppFoundation.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\InfoView.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\CMC.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Designer.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Encyc.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\Encyclopedia.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\MyInfoView.dll failed to register.
Product: Crystal Reports 2008 -- Error 1904. Module C:\Program Files\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\ReportConvTool.dll failed to register.

Install .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0 and then any patches Windows has for them.
Install the C++ runtime distribution from Microsoft, search MS's site for it, they have multiple links for each OS.
Download the latest Microsoft installer, you can go to MS's web site to get it.
Check with your IT department to make sure they have not pushed out a "modified" administrator Profile to your PC. Open up regedit.exe and confirm you can change any key in Current User and Software and anything. Be sure to copy the original so you can right the value back and the usual warnings about modifying the registry.
Download CR 2008 SP1 full build: https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100006555792009E/cr2008win_sp1.exe ( requires and un-install of existing CR 2008 if any are on your PC )
Before running CR 2008 Install SP 3: https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100007123572010E/cr2008_sp3.exe
You could also try Disabling DEP, right click on My Computer, Properties, Advanced tab and Data Execution Prevention and make sure it's set to windows Processes only. Requires a re-boot if changed.
Disable any and all anti-virus and local firewalls, copy everything local and disconnect your network cable so you don't get anything nasty and try again.
If none of the above works then try someone elses computer, your system may be beyond repairing and could require an FDISK and starting all over.
Thank you
Don

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