CRRedist2008_x86 - no longer downloadable by PRQ (prerequisites) file?

[Former Member]

We've just encountered a problem with downloading CRRedist2008_x86 as a setup prerequisite.

Our product includes CRRedist2008_x86.msi as a setup prerequisite downloadable from the web. We haven't had an issue with this previously, and probably haven't exercised it in some time. However, today we did and it fails to download via Windows Installer, or directly from InstallShield via the prerequisites definition (i.e., .PRQ) file. I manually followed the URL in the prerequisities file and I was able to download it successfully that way, but I noticed that the file size does NOT agree with that info in the prerequisites file.

The URL I followed (from the prerequisites file) is: http://resources.businessobjects.com/support/downloads/redistributables/vs_2008/redist/x86/CRRedist2....

Has the download at the above URL been revised, and if so is there a new prerequisites file available that is in synch with the (presumably) revised MSI file??

Thanks

[Former Member]

Sorry, I didn't realize I should be in a different forum. I have initiated a new conversation, at:

The link to the zip file doesn't help, because Windows Installer doesn't handle that. This issue isn't obtaining a copy of the MSI file; the issue is that the file at the "old" URL location seems to have changed and now all existing product installers using this PRQ file referencing that location will fail.

Not sure how to "close" this conversation thread? Is that something that you do? Or do I do something?

Thanks for your help.

Edited by: Ron Schaeffer on Sep 23, 2008 10:57 PM

[former_member183750]

The new link is here:

https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100006255282008E/CRRedist2008_x86.zip

Link to downloads is here;

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-downloads

White papers are here:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-articles

and kbases, now known as notes are here;

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-notes

Also, please note that there is a dedicated forum for .NET development at:

Ludek

[Former Member]

I've followed some of the links supplied (thank you Ludek & Shweta), however they still don't address my problem (I'll complete my research of all these links tomorrow). I don't need the redistributable MSI file itself - I need a setup prerequisite file which contains a URL to an automated download location for a matching MSI file.

For example, previously we had a .PRQ file which contained the following info:

<SetupPrereq>

<conditions>

<condition Type="4" Comparison="2" Path="[ProgramFilesFolder]Business Objects\Common\2.8\bin" FileName="Crystal_Runtime2008.txt" ReturnValue=""></condition>

</conditions>

<operatingsystemconditions>

<operatingsystemcondition PlatformId="2" CSDVersion="" Bits="1"></operatingsystemcondition>

</operatingsystemconditions>

<files>

<file LocalFile="C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bootstrapper\Packages\CrystalReports10_5\CRRedist2008_x86.msi" URL="http://resources.businessobjects.com/support/downloads/redistributables/vs_2008/redist/x86/CRRedist2008_x86.msi" CheckSum="C931B3CBA27BA9289F502CB98CB2A5C8" FileSize="0,17964544"></file>

</files>

<execute file="CRRedist2008_x86.msi" cmdline="/norestart" cmdlinesilent="/qn " returncodetoreboot="1641,3010" requiresmsiengine="1"></execute>

<properties Id="CRRedist2008_x86" Description="This installs Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008 x86 Redistributable Package (32 bit)."></properties>

</SetupPrereq>

The bolded information is now somehow incorrect, in that while the URL is still valid and provides an MSI file, that file now has a different size (and probably a different checksum, though I don't know that for certain), and therefore Windows Installer refuses to use it because it believes it is getting a bad download (based on the information in the PRQ file).

My supposition is that the file at the URL has changed, and therefore there should be a new matching PRQ file - that is what I'm looking for.

Alternately, is there a new equivalent Windows Installer download site in the SAP web hierarchy, and an associated PRQ file for that location/contents??

Thanks

[former_member183750]

See if changing that bolded line:

http://resources.businessobjects.com/support/downloads/redistributables/vs_2008/redist/x86/CRRedist2...

to this will help:

https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100006255282008E/CRRedist2008_x86.zip

Oh, if the above does not help, can you move the post to the .NET Developer forum?

Ludek

Edited by: Ludek Uher on Sep 23, 2008 9:46 PM

[Former Member]

Hi Ron,

We can download msi from here:

[https://websmp130.sap-ag.de/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/bobj_download/main.htm]

Select Software,Product Version,Software Type (optional)

Hope that helps,

Regards,

Shweta