Yes I am running into performance issues. The reason why I am spawning multiple threads is because I have quite a few reports to generate and a rather small time fence to do it.
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Browse All TopicsI have a .NET windows service application that uses crystal reports - it fires 10-15 simultaneous jobs for generating crystal reports from a timer.
I have a crystal XI licensed version installed on my desktop with Crystal designer etc. The reports get generated just fine when I run this windows servcie on my machine (nothing new with the 'My Machine' story there)
However, on our development server, I installed the .Net windows application, then installed crystal server runtime using the installation package from Business Objects -crystalReports11_NET_Embe
I am seeing events in the eventlog from Crystal Reports with Event ID 4352 – “A Crystal Reports job was delayed ‘n’ seconds waiting for a free license to become available. More licenses can be purchased direct from Business Objects or through the Business Objects Online Store.”
This message shows up repeatedly on the server – but not once when I run the application on my desktop,
With a server license can I process only 1 report at a time??? Or is it something that I am missing in my server installation?
Any help greatly appreciated
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by: mlmccPosted on 2006-05-06 at 15:00:48ID: 16623052
As I recall the license you get for the desktop is basically an unlimited license. Plus you may not be running the as simultaneously. I believe the server license provides you 5 licenses or simultaneous connections.
You can purchase more, I believe in blocks of 5 or 10 but unless you are really seeing a performance hit I would question the value since I believe they are somewhat pricey.
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