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Windows 7, Crystal 2008 and Oracle 10g

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Donna
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9/28/2010 4:18 AM
    I am looking for advice from other Lawson consultants or clients who are using Windows 7 and develop Crystal Reports. My laptop died forcing me to buy a new one and could not get another Windows operating system.

    I have been developing reports in Crystal 2008 for 2 years using Windows Vista with no issues. Prior to that I have been developing Crystal Reports since 1997 with many versions of Crystal and Windows.

    I am on a client assignment using Crystal 2008 and Oracle 10g. I did some research (very quickly) on the Oracle and SAP forums before I bought the laptop. As a result I am upgrading to the Windows 7 Professional version with the dual boot option that allows you to emulate XP if needed to run an application. My computer is currently being set up with Windows 7 Professional, Crystal 2008 which may require SP3 and Oracle 10g for developing Crystal Reports.

    I am hoping that I have covered all the bases needed to be developing reports in Crystal 2008 quickly.

    Thank you for reading my post.

    Donna Shelton
    Ace Report Consulting


    Char
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    9/28/2010 10:38 AM
      I use Windows 7, 10g and CR2008 with no problems and no special SPs
      Jimmy Chiu
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      9/28/2010 3:00 PM
        You are probably running into issue with not configuring the ODBC correctly if you are on Windows 7 x64 edition. Most of the laptop ships the 64bit edition now. Thus, you need to run the SysWow64\odbcad32.exe to create 32 bit ODBC to work with Crystal 2008.
        Donna
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        9/28/2010 5:43 PM
          Char and Jimmy,

          My computer is being set up at the client site and I am remote so I am not developing yet. I am forwarding your information to the tech who is setting up all my connections.

          I may reach out to you again when I start using the computer.

          Thank you for your response.

          Donna
          Ruma Malhotra
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          9/28/2010 6:21 PM
            I use windows xp service pack2, with oracle 10g and crystal 2008 sp2. From my pc I have not had any issues.