Crystal Enterprise Report Application Server 8

Crystal Enterprise Report Application 

Server 8 

Platforms used in installation and software testing 

Overview 

Contents 

This document lists the platforms used in installation and software testing of 

Crystal Enterprise Report Application Server 8. The environments listed below 

are the only environments that are explicitly supported for the operation of 

Crystal Enterprise Report Application Server Version 8 components. 

OPERATING SYSTEM....................................................................................2 

WEB SERVERS............................................................................................2 

WEB CLIENTS .............................................................................................3 

FIREWALL SUPPORT....................................................................................3 

APS DATABASES........................................................................................3 

DATABASE CONNECTIVITY ...........................................................................4 

Clients: ........................................................................................................ 4 

Servers: ....................................................................................................... 4 

Other: .......................................................................................................... 5 

DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS......................................................................6 

API (Application Program Interface).......................................................... 6 

CONTACTING CRYSTAL DECISIONS FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT ......................6 

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Operating System 

Web Servers 

Operating System* Server & Client Components 

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Yes 

Windows 2000 Server Yes 

Windows 2000 Advanced Server Yes 

Windows NT 4 Workstation SP5 Yes 

Windows NT 4 Workstation SP6a Yes 

Windows NT 4 Server SP5 Yes 

Windows NT 4 Server SP6a Yes 

Sun Solaris 7 (Sparc) No, only Web Connectors 

Sun Solaris 8 (Sparc) No, only Web Connectors 

* Windows 2000 Professional, Server, and Advanced Server are supported on 

SP2. 

• Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 3.0 (Windows NT 4 Server) 

• IIS 4.0 (Windows NT 4 Server) 

• IIS 5.0 (Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 2000 Server) 

• Microsoft Personal Web Server 3 (Windows NT 4 Workstation) 

• Netscape iPlanet 4.0 SP1 (Windows NT 4 Server) 

• Netscape Enterprise Server 4.1 (Windows NT 4 Server, Windows 2000 

Pro, Windows 2000 Server) 

• Netscape Enterprise Server 3.51 (Windows NT 4 Server, Windows 

2000 Pro, Windows 2000 Server) 

• Netscape Fastrack 3.01 (Windows NT 4 Server) 

• Lotus Domino R5 (Windows NT 4 Server, Windows 2000 Pro, 

Windows 2000 Server) 

• Apache 1.3.9 [Solaris 7 (Sparc)*, Solaris 8 (Sparc)] 

• CGI (with Apache 1.3.12 {Solaris 7 (Sparc)*, Solaris 8 (Sparc)} 

Netscape iPlanet 4.0 SP1, IIS 4.0, IIS 5.0, Lotus Domino R5) 

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Web Clients 

Firewall Support 

APS Databases 

* To run CE on Solaris 7 with an Apache web server requires Solaris 7 patch 

106327-08. See Knowledge Base article C2006554 for more information. 

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1 (Windows 95/98, Windows NT, 

Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition) - Recommended 

• Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 (Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows 

2000) 

• Internet Explorer 4.5 (Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows 2000) 

• Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2 (Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows 

2000) 

• Netscape 4.76 (Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows 2000) - 

Recommended 

• Netscape 4.61 (Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows 2000) 



• Checkpoint Firewall-1 (Windows NT 4 Server) 

• Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0 (Windows NT 4 Server) 

• NEC eBorder (Windows NT 4 Server) 

• Oracle 7.3.2 



• Sybase Adaptive Server 11.5 

• Sybase Adaptive Server 11.9.2 

• Sybase Adaptive Server 12 

• Informix Dynamic Server 7.3 

• Microsoft Access 




Database Connectivity 

• Microsoft SQL Server 7 & Microsoft Data Environment (MSDE) [SP2 

& SP3] 

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 & MSDE 

Clients: 

• IBM DB2 5.2 

• IBM DB2 6.1 

• IBM DB2 7.1 

• Informix 9.14 

• Informix 2000 

• Lotus Notes 4.6 

• Lotus Notes R5 

• MetaCube 4.2 

• Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 

• Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 

• Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 OLAP Services (Service Pack 1) 

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 

• Oracle 7.3 





• Sybase 11.5 

• Sybase 11.9.2 

• Sybase 12 

Servers: 

• IBM DB2 Universal Server 5.2 (Fix Pak 9) (X86) 




• IBM DB2 6 

• IBM DB2 7.1 

• Essbase OLAP Server 5.0 (X86) 

• Informix Dynamic Server 7.3 (X86) 

• Informix Universal Server 9.11 (UNIX) 

• Informix 2000 server 

• Lotus Domino 5.0 (X86) 

• Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 (X86) 

• Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0 (X86) 



• Microsoft SQL Server 6.5.416 (X86) 

• Microsoft SQL Server 7.0.699 (X86) 

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 

• Netscape Enterprise Server 3.6 (X86) 

• Oracle Server 7.3.2 (X86) 

• Oracle Server 8.0.3 (UNIX) 




• Sybase System Server 11.0.2 (UNIX) 

• Sybase Adaptive Server 11.5 (X86) 

• Sybase Adaptive Server 11.9.2 (X86) 

• Sybase Adaptive Server 12 (Both UNIX and X86) 

Other: 

• ACT! 3 

• ACT! 4.02 




• Microsoft Access 97 

• Microsoft Access 2000 

• Paradox 8 

• Paradox 9 

Development Components 

API (Application Program Interface) 

• Microsoft Visual Basic 5 SP3 on Windows NT 4 6a 

• Microsoft Visual Basic 6 SP3 on Windows NT 4 6a 

• Microsoft Visual C 5 SP3 on Windows NT 4 6a 

Contacting Crystal Decisions for Technical Support 

We recommend that you refer to the product documentation and that you visit 

our Technical Support web site for more resources. 

Self-serve Support: 

http://support.crystaldecisions.com/ 

Email Support: 

http://support.crystaldecisions.com/support/answers.asp 

Telephone Support: 

http://www.crystaldecisions.com/contact/support.asp

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