5.2 Upgrade -Mulitple Issues

We have had problem with the 5 user license when the user hits the back
button on the browser and queries another report. I setup a timeout to
release the license after it has been idle for two minutes by adding a
command to the WebComServer startup. I believe the default timeout is
20 minutes

WebCompServer.exe" -service -name SERVERNAME -ns SERVERNAME
-defaultSessionTimeout 2


Dan Tisone
IS / IT Consultant
dan.tisone@...
(949) 440-3685 x148
Cel (714) 227-4173




-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Funte [mailto:tfunte@...]
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 4:24 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] Re: 5.2 Upgrade -Mulitple Issues


Brian,
I did a WCS to Enterprise upgrade soon after Crystal 8.5 came
out (and before I realized that 5.1 didn't like Crystal 8.5). For the
web report everything went extremely smooth. I didn't have to change
one setting on the Enterprise edition to have my reports working again.
The installation CD recognized the WCS was there, installed everything
as configured,and worked fine. You can do some reporting things with it
that you never could with WCS. Particularly, you can use a RANGE in a
parameter (ie. Range of dates to input), whereas in WCS you have to use
two separate date fields to do the From and To.

The 5 user limit in Enterprise has never limited us -- with over
80 Crystal reports designed. The user license only counts while a
report is being "queried". Once it is on your screen, the license is
released. Once in awhile a login screen comes up on someone's screen
who has run a Crystal web report. Typing in Administrator and the
(Enterprise) password gets past the error. I've never learned why it
happens. Rebooting the NT workstation running the Web Server clears up
the problem. It only happens once in a couple months, it seems.

After discovering the problems in Crystal 8.5 with Vantage 5.1,
I uninstalled the Crystal 8.5 designer from the Crystal Development PC,
but this has never bothered or affected the Enterprise Server running
the Crystal reports. It could care less whether a report was written in
Crystal 7 or 8 or 8.5.

Troy Funte
Liberty Electronics

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Stenglein <bstenglein@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:45 PM
Subject: [Vantage] Re: 5.2 Upgrade -Mulitple Issues


Dan,

Did you upgrade from WCS to Enterprise? If so, what was
involved?

Thanks,

Brian Stenglein


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Tisone" <dtisone@b...>
wrote:
> Yes I did the 5.0 to 5.2 upgrade for a client without issue
>
> As for the WCS....Crystal 8.5 includes a 5 user license for
Crystal
Enterprise 8.0 which is a most robust version of the Web
Component
Server. You can still use the basic WCS that came with 8.0,
but
Crystal is pushing for Enterprise to replace it.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Stenglein <bstenglein@c...>
[mailto:bstenglein@c...]
> Sent: Thu 2/20/2003 11:39 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Cc:
> Subject: [Vantage] 5.2 Upgrade -Mulitple Issues
>
>
> We are preparing to start testing for the Upgrade from
5.0 to
5.2,
> yes, that's right, support tells me we can make the
jump
directly now
> without going through 5.1 first. Anyone else ever
done that?
>
> One of my concerns about the upgrade involves an
upgrade in
versions
> of Crystal Reports. I understand we have to go from
8.0 to
8.5 for
> the reports to work with Vantage 5.2. We use the Web
Component
> Server that came with Crystal 8.0, and I would like to
hear
from
> someone who distributes Crystal Reports using the Web
server
with 8.5
> and especially if you've upgraded versions of Crystal
while
you were
> doing so. Is the upgrade easy or difficult? What is
involved both
> in changing report versions and in changing the Web
Component
Server?
>
> I'd appreciate any comments or words of wisdom
regarding the
upgrade
> process.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian Stenglein
> Clow Stamping Co.
>
>
>
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We are preparing to start testing for the Upgrade from 5.0 to 5.2,
yes, that's right, support tells me we can make the jump directly now
without going through 5.1 first. Anyone else ever done that?

One of my concerns about the upgrade involves an upgrade in versions
of Crystal Reports. I understand we have to go from 8.0 to 8.5 for
the reports to work with Vantage 5.2. We use the Web Component
Server that came with Crystal 8.0, and I would like to hear from
someone who distributes Crystal Reports using the Web server with 8.5
and especially if you've upgraded versions of Crystal while you were
doing so. Is the upgrade easy or difficult? What is involved both
in changing report versions and in changing the Web Component Server?

I'd appreciate any comments or words of wisdom regarding the upgrade
process.

Thanks,

Brian Stenglein
Clow Stamping Co.
Yes I did the 5.0 to 5.2 upgrade for a client without issue

As for the WCS....Crystal 8.5 includes a 5 user license for Crystal Enterprise 8.0 which is a most robust version of the Web Component Server. You can still use the basic WCS that came with 8.0, but Crystal is pushing for Enterprise to replace it.





-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Stenglein <bstenglein@...> [mailto:bstenglein@...]
Sent: Thu 2/20/2003 11:39 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Cc:
Subject: [Vantage] 5.2 Upgrade -Mulitple Issues


We are preparing to start testing for the Upgrade from 5.0 to 5.2,
yes, that's right, support tells me we can make the jump directly now
without going through 5.1 first. Anyone else ever done that?

One of my concerns about the upgrade involves an upgrade in versions
of Crystal Reports. I understand we have to go from 8.0 to 8.5 for
the reports to work with Vantage 5.2. We use the Web Component
Server that came with Crystal 8.0, and I would like to hear from
someone who distributes Crystal Reports using the Web server with 8.5
and especially if you've upgraded versions of Crystal while you were
doing so. Is the upgrade easy or difficult? What is involved both
in changing report versions and in changing the Web Component Server?

I'd appreciate any comments or words of wisdom regarding the upgrade
process.

Thanks,

Brian Stenglein
Clow Stamping Co.



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Dan,

Did you upgrade from WCS to Enterprise? If so, what was involved?

Thanks,

Brian Stenglein


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Tisone" <dtisone@b...> wrote:
> Yes I did the 5.0 to 5.2 upgrade for a client without issue
>
> As for the WCS....Crystal 8.5 includes a 5 user license for Crystal
Enterprise 8.0 which is a most robust version of the Web Component
Server. You can still use the basic WCS that came with 8.0, but
Crystal is pushing for Enterprise to replace it.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Stenglein <bstenglein@c...>
[mailto:bstenglein@c...]
> Sent: Thu 2/20/2003 11:39 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Cc:
> Subject: [Vantage] 5.2 Upgrade -Mulitple Issues
>
>
> We are preparing to start testing for the Upgrade from 5.0 to
5.2,
> yes, that's right, support tells me we can make the jump
directly now
> without going through 5.1 first. Anyone else ever done that?
>
> One of my concerns about the upgrade involves an upgrade in
versions
> of Crystal Reports. I understand we have to go from 8.0 to
8.5 for
> the reports to work with Vantage 5.2. We use the Web
Component
> Server that came with Crystal 8.0, and I would like to hear
from
> someone who distributes Crystal Reports using the Web server
with 8.5
> and especially if you've upgraded versions of Crystal while
you were
> doing so. Is the upgrade easy or difficult? What is
involved both
> in changing report versions and in changing the Web Component
Server?
>
> I'd appreciate any comments or words of wisdom regarding the
upgrade
> process.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian Stenglein
> Clow Stamping Co.
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
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You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to
enable access. )
> (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report
Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> (2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services
goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
>
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Brian,
I did a WCS to Enterprise upgrade soon after Crystal 8.5 came out (and before I realized that 5.1 didn't like Crystal 8.5). For the web report everything went extremely smooth. I didn't have to change one setting on the Enterprise edition to have my reports working again. The installation CD recognized the WCS was there, installed everything as configured,and worked fine. You can do some reporting things with it that you never could with WCS. Particularly, you can use a RANGE in a parameter (ie. Range of dates to input), whereas in WCS you have to use two separate date fields to do the From and To.

The 5 user limit in Enterprise has never limited us -- with over 80 Crystal reports designed. The user license only counts while a report is being "queried". Once it is on your screen, the license is released. Once in awhile a login screen comes up on someone's screen who has run a Crystal web report. Typing in Administrator and the (Enterprise) password gets past the error. I've never learned why it happens. Rebooting the NT workstation running the Web Server clears up the problem. It only happens once in a couple months, it seems.

After discovering the problems in Crystal 8.5 with Vantage 5.1, I uninstalled the Crystal 8.5 designer from the Crystal Development PC, but this has never bothered or affected the Enterprise Server running the Crystal reports. It could care less whether a report was written in Crystal 7 or 8 or 8.5.

Troy Funte
Liberty Electronics

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Stenglein <bstenglein@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:45 PM
Subject: [Vantage] Re: 5.2 Upgrade -Mulitple Issues


Dan,

Did you upgrade from WCS to Enterprise? If so, what was involved?

Thanks,

Brian Stenglein


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Dan Tisone" <dtisone@b...> wrote:
> Yes I did the 5.0 to 5.2 upgrade for a client without issue
>
> As for the WCS....Crystal 8.5 includes a 5 user license for Crystal
Enterprise 8.0 which is a most robust version of the Web Component
Server. You can still use the basic WCS that came with 8.0, but
Crystal is pushing for Enterprise to replace it.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Stenglein <bstenglein@c...>
[mailto:bstenglein@c...]
> Sent: Thu 2/20/2003 11:39 AM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Cc:
> Subject: [Vantage] 5.2 Upgrade -Mulitple Issues
>
>
> We are preparing to start testing for the Upgrade from 5.0 to
5.2,
> yes, that's right, support tells me we can make the jump
directly now
> without going through 5.1 first. Anyone else ever done that?
>
> One of my concerns about the upgrade involves an upgrade in
versions
> of Crystal Reports. I understand we have to go from 8.0 to
8.5 for
> the reports to work with Vantage 5.2. We use the Web
Component
> Server that came with Crystal 8.0, and I would like to hear
from
> someone who distributes Crystal Reports using the Web server
with 8.5
> and especially if you've upgraded versions of Crystal while
you were
> doing so. Is the upgrade easy or difficult? What is
involved both
> in changing report versions and in changing the Web Component
Server?
>
> I'd appreciate any comments or words of wisdom regarding the
upgrade
> process.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian Stenglein
> Clow Stamping Co.
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
> ADVERTISEMENT
>
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683337>
>
> Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note:
You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to
enable access. )
> (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report
Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
> (2) To search through old msg's goto:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services
goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
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>
>
>
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Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: ( Note: You must have already linked your email address to a yahoo id to enable access. )
(1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.
(2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
(3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/links

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