CR 2008 Developer Advantage licence - what do I do with it?

[Former Member]

Hi All,

My company has purchased the CR 2008 Developer Advantage licence in order for us to publish reports on the web. I am developing the website as we speak and have installed the cr2008 runtime on the web server using the product key that came with the CR development software.

Now we have the developer advantage....what do I do with it?

Any guidance greatly appreciated.

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[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Ludek,

Thanks for replying.

In the traditional licensing scenario you buy some software and it comes with a product key. When you install the software it requires the product key.

With Developer Advantage, there is no software (and NO key). On my test environment I have used the runtime installer to install crystal and provided the CR2008 developer product key (nothing to do with advantage).

Now when I want to install to my Production server, I will use the runtime installer again but what key do I provide? The same as my test environment??

It's all very unclear.

Pls help???

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[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

Ahhh, apologies Richard. My bad.

Yes, you would use the same keycode for development, test and production systems. The Developer Advantage licence is a paper license that allows you to distribute the CR runtime (web apps) to any number of servers for free (well for the $2,500 you payed already). Without the Advantage license, you have to ensure that the site you deploy your web app to, has a copy of CR 2008 (about $500). [To all that may be reading this thread. I may be off on the actual $$ figures here, but I think I'm close. For accurate numbers, contact sales (866-681-3435).]

So, this means that if you plan to deploy your web app(s) to more than 5 sites, it will be advantageous to obtain the Advantage license. For more detailed info, do call sales as they should be able to explain this in all it's legal glory :).

Ludek

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Ludek,

I am using CR XI DEV. i need to legally create and re-distribute reports created in Crystal Reports XI to our clients in a client-server environment. DO i need to get this 'Crystal Report Runtime server license' ?

Thank you.

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

If the app is deployed to external customers, than yes, there will be extra licensing - for web apps. Win apps so not need extra licensing. For details check with sales at 866-681-3435.

Oh. Also, if you have CR XI R1 (11.0), I'd recommend upgrading to CR XI R2 (11.5). CR 11.0 is out of support now. CR 11.5 ends support in June, but at least you're on a way more recent version. The upgrade is free for you:

https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100006008462008E/crxir2.zip

To upgrade, note your current keycode.

Uninstall CR XI R1

Install CR XI R2 using the above keycode

My recommendation is to not have both CR XI R1 and CR XI R2 on the same computer (just a personal preference...)

- Ludek

Edited by: Ludek Uher on Apr 14, 2011 7:21 AM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thank you for your fast replied. Appreciated!

[Former Member]

Hi Ag,

Thanks for replying.

I know how to use CR and have developed many reports. They all work as expected even in the web on an IIS .net environment. What I don't know is what I am supposed to do with the Developer Advantage?

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[former_member183750]

Information on Developer Advantage can be found here:

http://www.sap.com/solutions/sapbusinessobjects/sme/reporting/developeradvantage/index.epx

Other than that, I'm not sure about the question; "...what I am supposed to do with the Developer Advantage?"

Ludek

[Former Member]

Hi,

Developer edition of Crystal products gives you access to the sdk that Crystal product use to have some of the features that are available through designer. Say for example, you have your report and you need to export it to a certain folder in a certain format. This can be done using the sdks rather than having the designer. There are many more functionality that can be achieved. For more details visit:

http://devlibrary.businessobjects.com/BusinessObjectsXIR2SP2/en/devsuite.htm

Sample are here:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/samples

Regards,

AG.