I have noticed in webi install files some pictures of developpers (I think) called photo.jpg, photo2.jpg, etc.
Does anyone know if there are some more easter eggs (like flipper in word 97, doom like in excel 95 or credit lists) in Business Objects products and how to make appear it?
Thank you for advance
bernard timbal 
(BOB member since 2003-05-26)
I loved that one in Excel 95. I used to play that all the time. But I havenāt heard of any in Business Objects. But now you got my curiosity up. 
MichaelWelter 
(BOB member since 2002-08-08)
Are you sure about this? The App Foundation Demo has some photo.jpg files, but the standard WebI install doesnāt
Steve Krandel 
(BOB member since 2002-06-25)
Look at the first CD, Vol 1, Disk 2. In there youāll find 5 jpegs:
Photo.jpg
Photo1.jpg
Photo2.jpg
Photo3.jpg
Photo4.jpg
I canāt tell what Photo2 is supposed to be, but the other four are pictures of people, including one of a baby, and another of a man holding a baby.
MichaelWelter (BOB member since 2002-08-08)
OK, I get it. I thought it was on the installation. The files you mentioned donāt get copied to the installed stuff.
Steve Krandel (BOB member since 2002-06-25)
Yes, I Had found this photo but Itās a very poor easter egg indeed! As you said, I donāt know what photo2 is supposed to be ;-))
No more eggs in about box for example? what a pity!!
in 5.0.x release, when they was a crash (display with bug on the top left corner, they was displayed the originals cpp files of the program which where stored in a āMarionā directory. āMarionā was the code name of the R5 like āToscaā is the code name of E6
Icon of bug was stored in bodmp50.dll file which store alternate bug iconā¦
thatās all folk fun I found on the subjectsā¦
bernard timbal (BOB member since 2003-05-26)
Goverment contracts usually have some disclaimer in them about āNo undocumented software functionalityā ā¦ i.e., no easter-eggs allowed
Chris Pohl (BOB member since 2002-06-18)
yes, itās the reason why windows XP product no more have eggs. Do you really thinks itās the reason why bo products donāt have one?
bernard timbal 
(BOB member since 2003-05-26)
I think the photos are part of an application - I found it by accident, some kind of sample organizational chart - those are the fictional employeesā¦
or maybe thatās just how it got snuck in, I think I prefer the easter egg idea.
Brent
bdouglas 
(BOB member since 2002-08-29)
I think you are rightā¦
these photo are 71*95. A very precise sizeā¦
And in webi, you have the possibility, in option page, to choose a picture to display in the top left corner of webi menu. And a message say that picture selected will ne resized to 70x95ā¦
So I think that the pictures are samples given to illustrate these customizing.
these picture are also mentionned in the helpfile
http://<your_server_name>/wi/help/EN/Ewiv26027.html#726425
So itās not an eggsā¦ Sorryā¦ Keep searching
bernard timbal (BOB member since 2003-05-26)
Hummm. itās time to āupā this 2003ās post ! After having installed SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI3.1 SP3, I have discovered the first real Easter Eggs of BusinessObjects softwares !!
1> Launch Web Intelligence Rich Client
2> Select Help / About
3> Press Shift key
4> Double click on the top-right SAP BusinessObjects logo
5> A white credit list start scrooling on the top left corner while the logo is bouncing
6> Enjoy 
bernard timbal (BOB member since 2003-05-26)
Hey Bernard thatās a good thing to share 
thanks
How did you discover this!
Searchingā¦ I am an easter eggs hunter and trying the new webi RC of the XI3SP, I was looking if such new feature has been added and it was 
bernard timbal (BOB member since 2003-05-26)
3> Press MAJ key
/\ what key is this?? Iām curious to try thisā¦
crystal01 (BOB member since 2006-08-30)
OK - hereās what I haveā¦
I stumbled into comments by one developer making fun of another (āJohn Smith is a bit of an arseā or something along those lines) tucked away in the properties of one of the Auditor reports (XI R2 I think)ā¦
Not really an easter egg at all, but years back in some BOBJ training material there was a sample table that was the track listing from an Ipod. There were some awesomely vulgar / crass song titles in the table, which was good for a chuckle.
crystal01 (BOB member since 2006-08-30)
Interesting indeed.
Also āMAJā is the SHIFT key.
Iāve attached a screen shot of this tomfoolery ;>
Atul Chowdhury (BOB member since 2003-07-07)
Hey, it works also in XI31 SP2 ??? 
I think I have never tried with this release
bernard timbal (BOB member since 2003-05-26)