Crystal Report runtime engine for .Net Framework licensing requirements

[#1]

We have developed an application that uses the Crystal Report runtime engine for .Net framework and would like to know what crystal report license is required for third parties we distribute our application to, when running it as a client application or server application.

Using the table below, it's understood when running as a client application, no license is required. However, the server application cell mentions both free and paid options, so any clarification on this would be helpful.

[DonWilliams · Accepted solution]

Hi David,

What you really need to do is contact SAP Sales and ask them to clarify all of this.

Go here:

https://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/crystal-reports.html

On the right side is a Chat button, talk to Sales to get connected.

Don

[davidmenz · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the further detail. will talk to sales for clarification.

[DonWilliams]

Crystal Viewer is for viewing reports only reports have saved data, it does not allow users to refresh reports, it's hosted on a WEB Site.

So it's quite limited in users ability and your application.

Your Customers then need to download and install the Viewer to view your reports.

[DonWilliams]

As it says, each site installed requires a purchased copy of Crystal Reports Designer Paid (E):

https://www.sap.com/products/technology-platform/crystal-reports.html

[davidmenz]

What does the Free (D) option relate to then? As the Crystal Reports Viewer is free, would you not go with that option, if no software currently on server or am I missing something? That's what i'm really trying to clarify. What scenario is D an option and what scenario is E an option. If it's just a matter of choice, then D wins every time.