Friday, December 3, 2010

BusinessObjects-Keycod Error For Xcelsius

If ypu got the "The Keycode you entered is not valid. Please try again" error go the to registry and open the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE–> SOFTWARE –> Business Objects –> Suite 12.0" folder.

Under Xcelsius>Keycodes change the DATA value to your keycode and add a semicolon and the date. For example:

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX;20101203

BusinessObjects-Xcelsius 2008 Installation On Office 2010

First download the file from

http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/c/4/7c426dfc-46e2-4ded-bab4-3b33600ad7d1/msi45sdk.msi

After you run this file go to the installation folder and run orca.msi (under tools subfolder. usually "C:\Program Files\Windows Installer 4.5 SDK\TOOLS")

This will create the orca.exe file.

Run the orca.exe file and open the xcelsius.msi file (before this action take a copy of your file).

From the left pane select "LaunchCondition" and drop the "EXCEL 10 OR...." line.

Save the file and run.