Can no longer use the software to connect to the database after PCI compliance

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We have been using the ASP Report Maker 11 for many years. And now we have an issue with the software.

Our bank is forcing PCI compliance on us, and in such we have had to make significant changes to our server setup in order to be PCI compliant. This includes such things as blocking certain ports, disabling SMB 1.0, disabling TLS 1.0 and 1.1. Well now these changes are preventing the ASP Report Writer version 11 software from connecting to our SQL database and basically now the ASP report writer software is not usable.

This is not good, as our business relies heavily on the reports that we have made over the last 10-15 years, as we originally started working with ASP Report Maker I think version 7 or 8. And also we need to be able to make changes to certain reports immediately, but now we do not have the ability to do so.

So now I have some questions:

  1. Why did the software all of a sudden stop being able to connect the database just because of some simple changes to the web server? I can still connect to our SQL database directly using SSMS, but now all of a sudden the software will not connect.

  2. How can I fix this issue IMMEDIATLEY in order to complete tasks such as creating new reports for my customer? THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT and MUST happen like NOW.

  3. Also, we have been thinking about upgrading to PHPMaker 2026, but would we be able to use the same project file from the ASP Report Maker 11? Is there some sort of conversion tool that would take our ASP version 11 project file and convert it to a working PHP 2026 project file? This would prevent us from having to redo hundreds of hours of work.

  4. Or do you have some sort of other recommendations?

PLEASE help.

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You should be able open any project (including ASP Report Maker project) in PHPMaker (for easier migration only, it will not automatically convert your ASP related code or settings to PHP). If your connection info has been changed, you can choose "Open without Auto Sync", then update your connection info and click Tools -> Synchronize. You should be able to generate PHP version of your reports (if you just use the built-in features), then you can update your project settings to migrate all out-dated code or settings.

On the other hand, it is recommended to use Apache web server for PHP instead of IIS. If you are not familiar with PHP, you may want to read the follows first: