Crystal Reports Deployment and Licensing

Deploying Applications

Use it for:
OEM products to bundle CR run
application installer
Applications using the mapping
Setups that allow users to selec
install

Don’t use it for:
Internal organizational deploym
If you would like to apply Crysta
updates without updating your a

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s: Merge Modules

ntime as part of the
g features in Crystal Reports
ct which database drivers to

ments
al Reports hot-fixes and
application

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Additional consideratio

.NET framework
Crystal Reports runtime insta
include the .NET Framework
Different merge modules or W
depending on the version of t
which you are deploying

ADO.NET
If any of your report files are b
objects, you will need to inclu
modules or install the MDAC

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ons

allation modules do not
components

Windows installers are used
the .NET framework to

based on ADO.NET dataset
ude the relevant merge

components separately

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Licensing

Thick and Rich Client Application
Build royalty free applications
Reports.
Free thick client deployment b

Web and Server applications
Unlimited internal deployment
For external redistribution to th

Third party must have a copy of CR

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ns
that view, export and print

both internally and externally

of applications
hird parties

R Developer

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Licensing

Report Creation and Modification
Crystal Reports Developer XI R
internally.
To distribute RCAPI applicatio
through the Business Objects

Volume Licensing is available

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n API (RCAPI or RAS Inproc)
R2 SP gives access to RCAPI
ons you must obtain a license
OEM Partner Program.

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Licensing

Scaling your Application
To increase reporting throughp
scale the report processing ca
beyond a single processor by
Developer edition.

Scaling is achieved through m

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put and concurrency, you can
apacity of your application

upgrading to Crystal Reports

multi-server web farms.

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Best Practices for Chan
Database at Runtime

Resources

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nging

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Resources

Deployment Resources
Merge Modules

http://support.businessobjects.com/fi

Deployment White paper

http://support.businessobjects.com/c
_net_deployment.pdf.asp

Licensing

http://www.businessobjects.com/pdf/
er.pdf
http://www.businessobjects.com/prod
sing.asp

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ix/merge_modules.asp
communityCS/TechnicalPapers/crxi_r2

/whitepapers/crxi_licensing_whitepap
ducts/reporting/crystalreports/net/licen

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Resources

Documentation
MSDN – Fully integrated Crystal Re
Developer Library:
http://diamond.businessobjects.com
Developer Support http://technicals

Samples, Kbases, Whitepapers

Forums and Community

Diamond Developer Community http
www.crystalreportsbook.com
MSDN
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn

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eport Documentation
m/developer/library
support.businessobjects.com

p://diamond.businessobjects.com

n/showforum.aspx?forumid=77

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Presenter

Robert Horne
Developer Evangelist
Business Objects
Robert.Horne@businessobjects

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