What is contained in Crystal Reports 2008 Fix Pack 1?

[Former Member]

Crystal Reports 2008 Fix Pack 1 was published yesterday, according to the documentation this contains only 1 hotfix (a .dll that is 804KB on my current system), yet it is a 42.6MB download. Is this correct? Does this also contain CR2008 SP0 or do I need to download this seperately (after much searching spotted another post in a forum relating to SP0 that is still hosted on the BO website)? If Fix Pack 1 is truly only a hotfix with 1 minor change I'll wait until this is rolled into CR2008 SP1. So far not very impressed with the move to SAP!

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Any developments with this? The documentation on the downloads page still suggests only 1 fix.

[ted_ueda · Accepted solution]

Hello Peter,

FixPacks are Hot Fixes, and not Service Packs.

Generally, FixPacks are named <Service Pack>.<Hot Fix>. For example, FixPack 3.2 means it's the second Hot Fix for Service Pack 3.

Since CR 2008 is on Service Pack 0, FixPack 1 you can interpret as FixPack 0.1 in the numbering scheme.

Note that CR 2008 and BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0 share components, so even if FixPack 1 contains a single fix specific to CR, the shared components are updated.

Sincerely,

Ted Ueda

[Former Member]

Hi Sean,

You mention Service Packs are cumulative. The CR2008 Fix Pack 1 is is listed as a hotfix, which traditionally only contain a fix for a specific problem and have not undergone much regression testing. Therefore is this a Service Pack or a hotfix?

Regards,

Peter.

[Former Member]

Hello Peter,

Service Packs are cumulative, so that would explain the size. However, it does seem strange that we would publish a service pack with only one fix so I think it would be safe to think there may be an issue with the readme.

-Sean