Installing SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 on Windows 7 (for evaluation purpose)

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Installing SAP BusinessObjects 4.1 Server on Windows 7

Open file product.seed.xml under "51046778\DATA_UNITS\BusinessObjectsServer_win\dunit\product.businessobjects64-4.0-core-32" using text editor. Then modify the "AllowedSuffix" value into Workstation (line 1520):

  <prerequisite id="getWindowsVersionPreReq 2" description="#prereq.WindowsServerVersionPreReqText#" reason="#prereq.WindowsServerVersionPreReqNotOkText#" type="error">

    <action id="CompareVersion">

      <arg name="maxVersion" value=""/>

      <arg name="minVersion" value="6.0"/>

      <arg name="VersionNeedToCompare" value="[$os.version]"/>

      <arg name="Property" value="Windows2008Above"/>

      <arg name="AllowedSuffix" value="Workstation"/>

    </action>

    <condition property="Windows2008Above" value="1"/>

  </prerequisite>

Installing SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 4.1 on Windows 7

Open file product.seed.xml under "51046788_4\51046788_\DATA_UNITS\Explorer_win\dunit\product.explorer-4.0-core-32" using text editor. Then modify the "AllowedSuffix" value into Workstation (line 154):

  <prerequisite id="getWindowsVersionPreReq 2" description="#prereq.WindowsServerVersionPreReqText#" reason="#prereq.WindowsServerVersionPreReqNotOkText#" type="error">

    <action id="CompareVersion">

      <arg name="maxVersion" value=""/>

      <arg name="minVersion" value="6.0"/>

      <arg name="VersionNeedToCompare" value="[$os.version]"/>

      <arg name="Property" value="Windows2008Above"/>

      <arg name="AllowedSuffix" value="Workstation"/>

    </action>

    <condition property="Windows2008Above" value="1"/>

  </prerequisite>

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