Installation

Since Logi Report is built on top of the Microsoft .NET 2.0 framework, the framework must be installed before installing this product. In addition, Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), or another web server that supports .NET, must be installed. For the purposes of this book, we’ll assume the web server is IIS.

IIS is supported on Microsoft Windows XP Pro, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, and Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate).

Note: Microsoft Windows® XP Home Edition does not support IIS.

The order of installation of this supporting software is important! The .NET 2.0 framework needs to be installed after IIS.

In addition, all the samples in this book are based on the Northwind database included with Microsoft SQL Server or the Northwind Traders database for Microsoft Access 2000.  Therefore, Microsoft SQL Server (or the MSDE) or the Microsoft Access Northwind Traders sample database must be installed before running the examples from the book. The Microsoft Access 2000 Northwind Traders sample database is available for download from the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com).

Hint: In a hosted environment, the Logi Server part of Logi reporting products must be installed on the host server.

The LogiXML DevNet web site has several excellent documents and a Flash-based demonstration that provide step-by-step guidance through the installation process.