Symptom
- Will reports created in new versions of Crystal Reports work in older versions/report engines?
Reproducing the Issue
- Design a new report in Crystal Reports 2008.
- Load the report in Crystal Reports 9, or a custom application using Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005 (v 10.2)
Resolution
- It is not recommended, nor supported, to load a report from a newer version of Crystal Reports in an older report engine.
- The internal report format has changed over the years as the product has been developed.
- There are instances where an older report engine will not render a new report correctly because of the format changes, such as:
- Missing pages.
- Dropped fields.
- Incorrect field placement.
- Database connection errors.
- Incorrect parameter prompts.
- In some product releases there were only minor changes to the report structure and backwards compatability is supported. The supportability is outlined in the table below.
- We do support forward report compatability, where an report from an old report engine can be opened in a newer version of Crystal Reports.
Report Engine | Crystal Report Designer | |||||||||
Crystal Reports 8.5 | Crystal Reports 9 |
Crystal Reports for VS 2003 |
Crystal Reports 10 |
Crystal Reports for VS 2005 |
Crystal Reports for VS 2008 |
Crystal Reports XI R1 | Crystal Reports XI R2 |
Crystal Reports 2008 |
Crystal Reports for VS 2010 |
|
Crystal Reports 8.5 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Crystal Reports 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Crystal Reports for VS 2003 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Crystal Reports 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Crystal Reports for VS 2005 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Crystal Reports for VS 2008 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Crystal Reports XI R1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Crystal Reports XI R2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Crystal Reports 2008 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Crystal Reports for VS 2010 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Product Name | Version Number |
Crystal Reports 9 |
9.2 |
Crystal Reports for VS 2003 | 9.1 |
Crystal Reports 10 | 10.0 |
Crystal Reports for VS 2005 | 10.2 |
Crystal Reports for VS 2008 | 10.5 |
Crystal Reports XI R1 | 11.0 |
Crystal Reports XI R2 | 11.5 |
Crystal Reports 2008 | 12.0 |
Crystal Reports for VS 2010 | 13.0 |
Keywords
supportability assist compatable , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , BI-DEV , Business Intelligence Software Development Kits (SDKs) , Problem
Product
Crystal Reports 2008 V0 ; Crystal Reports 2008 V1 ; SAP Crystal Reports 10.0 ; SAP Crystal Reports 8.5 ; SAP Crystal Reports 9.0 ; SAP Crystal Reports XI ; SAP Crystal Reports XI R2 ; SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio ; SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio .NET 2005 ; SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio .NET 2008 ; SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio .NET 9.1