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1218899 - Error: "Formatting formulas must be print-time formulas" when opening report in Crystal Reports

Symptom

  • Error: "Formatting formulas must be print-time formulas"
  • When opening a report in Crystal Reports XI or higher, that had been created in an earlier version, the following error messages appears:
      
    "The Saved Data will be discarded as one or more of the formulas failed to compile".
      
    Followed by:
      
    "Formatting formulas must be print-time formulas".
     
    Why do these error messages appear and how do you resolve them?


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Environment

  • Crystal Reports XI
  • Crystal Reports XI R2
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2008
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2011
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2013
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2016
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2020

Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V1 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2011 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2013 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2016 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2020 ; SAP Crystal Reports XI ; SAP Crystal Reports XI R2

Keywords

XI CR FORMULAS PRINT TIME WHILE READING RECORDS MIGRATING Crystal Reports Formulas Print-Time , c2017980 , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Problem

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