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Web Component Adapter

The Web Component Adapter (WCA) has two primary roles: it processes Crystal Server Pages (.csp files), and it also supports Crystal applications that formerly relied upon the WCS. These applications include the Crystal Management Console (CMC) and Crystal report viewers (that are implemented through viewrpt.cwr requests). The WCA is only used in UNIX installations of Crystal Enterprise, or in Windows installations that use the Java SDK. In these systems there is no Web Component Server and no Web Connector. Instead the WCA runs within a Java web application server and provides all WCS services that are not directly supported by the Java SDK.

Web Component Server

The Web Component Server (WCS) is the gateway between the Web Connector on the web server and the rest of the components in Crystal Enterprise. The WCS is responsible for processing requests from your browser, including Crystal Server Pages (.csp files), which are used to customize your access to Crystal Enterprise. As a result, this server also acts as an application server.

Web Connector

To communicate with the different types of web servers, the WCS uses a Web Connector. Crystal Enterprise includes different Web Connectors for different operating systems and web servers.

web desktop

The Crystal Enterprise web desktop is a web-based interface that end users access to view, schedule, and keep track of published reports. Each Crystal Enterprise request that a user makes in the web desktop is directed by the web server to the Web Connector, which then forwards the request to the Web Component Server.