1531955 - Are reports created in a new version supported in older versions of Crystal Reports?

• Will reports created in new versions of Crystal Reports work in older versions/report engines?

1. Design a new report in Crystal Reports 2008.
2. Load the report in Crystal Reports 9, or a custom application using Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005 (v 10.2)

• 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

supportability assist compatable , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , BI-DEV , Business Intelligence Software Development Kits (SDKs) , Problem

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