I missed this.. glad it worked for ya.. I just thought.. Go the easy route.. it is a better mid-tier and does everything you want, and better logging.. Can't go wrong.
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Ramey, Anne <anne.ra...@nc.gov> wrote: > ** > > Installing mid-tier 7.5 patch 4 worked. I guess I'll go with that. Thanks > for you help. > > > > Anne Ramey > > *********************************** > > *E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the > North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties only > by an authorized State Official.* > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arsl...@arslist.org] *On Behalf Of *patrick zandi > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 07, 2010 1:49 PM > *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > *Subject:* Re: mid-tier doesn't see crystal XI > > > > ** > > I am using a 7.5 P04 against a ARS 7.1 /P6 and /P9 server with SRM 2.2 no > problems > > I put midtier on the CR server, and use another mid-tier and point to it as > well.. think of it as a backup midtier.. > > skip the viewer all together.. .. > > > > IF you install midtier, you get the viewer.. why waste your time with just > a viewer.. > > > > hope that helps. > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:32 PM, strauss <stra...@unt.edu> wrote: > > ** > > This is entirely the fault of the mid-tier installer; I had so many problem > of exactly this sort with the various patch levels of 7.1 that I ended up > putting a 7.0.01.002 mid-tier on my CRXI/BOXI server. I’m still using it in > production!! For my dev server I used 7.0.01.008. I have been pointing my > 7.5.00.005 pre-production mid-tiers at that last one for testing… it works > just fine since all the 7.0.01 mid-tier is doing is serving up the crystal > report. > > > > I have not tried to update the CRXI mid-tiers to 7.5, and gave up on later > patches of 7.1 as the installers remained bug-ridden – trying to upgrade the > mid-tier from 7.0.01 to 7.1 ignored and wiped out the report viewer. CRXI > is such a pain to install and license that once you get one running, AND a > working mid-tier, I try to leave it alone. > > > > I’d love to tell you that the BMC installers have improved in 7.5/7.6, but > they have not. This week’s poster child for worthless installers is BMC > Analytics 7.6.01, which skips the entire dialog box set for specifying your > db connection – much as the mid-tier installer fails to detect CRXI/BOXI and > prompt to install the Crystal viewer. All I can recommend is that you try > every patch level of mid-tier that you can find until one works correctly; > most of them are flawed. > > > > Christopher Strauss, Ph.D. > Call Tracking Administration Manager > University of North Texas Computing & IT Center > http://itsm.unt.edu/ > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arsl...@arslist.org] *On Behalf Of *Ramey, Anne > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 06, 2010 12:19 PM > *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > *Subject:* mid-tier doesn't see crystal XI > > > > ** > > I installed Crystal Reports XI then mid-tier on a server for testing > purposes and the mid-tier install and program don't seem to see that > Crystal/Business objects is installed. The viewer isn't available for > install and the reporting options for a local reporting server aren't > available after install. Does anyone know what file/registry entry that > mid-tier looks for to say that there is a local Crystal install? > > > > Anne Ramey > > *********************************** > > *E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the > North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties only > by an authorized State Official.* > > > > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > > > > > -- > Patrick Zandi > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > -- Patrick Zandi _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
