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. For further information on CSP, see "Using CSP Scripting" in the Crystal Enterprise Web Developer's Guide.
Note: In addition to processing CSP requests, the WCS also handles other types of requests. These include requests from the CMC and the handling of prompts and database logon requests. When users view reports in HTML format, the WCS is responsible for converting the report pages (.epf files) to HTML format.
If you are running multiple Cache Servers, the WCS automatically load
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