Report backwards compatability

[Former Member]

Hi, One important question I need to ask before I purchase a copy of Crystal reports 2008 is with respect to the matter of backwards compatability. If a report is written in CR 2008, will it work in a Crystal Reports XI environment? Cheers, Tim

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Tim

Please find the note on Backward compatibilty of Crystal Reports at

[https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/advancedsearch?cat=sdn_ossnotes&query=isCrystalReportsXIbackward+compatible&adv=true&note_number=&component=&sdn_updated_on_comparator=GE&sdn_updated_on=].

You would be able to access this link if you have the user name and password for the Service Market Place.

If you do not have the login credentilas then you can find the Note at [http://technicalsupport.businessobjects.com/KanisaSupportSite/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=c2018057&sliceId=&dialogID=25552238&stateId=1%200%2025526746]

Hope this helps

Shraddha

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi, just as I suspected of not being able to save to a previous version. The last time this happened was eight years ago where 8.0 and 8.5 could save as a 7.0 format.

[Former Member]

Hi,

This information could be useful to you

1) Crystal Reports should be the same version of the Enterprise: for instance if reports are created with CR XI R2, the Enterprise version should be BOE XI R2; CR2008 will not be compatible with BOXI R2 Enterprise.

2) More versions of CR can be installed in the same machines; please note that the versions should be installed following the order from the oldest version to the latest one in order to avoid conflicts. For instance, you may install CR X first, then CR XI, then XI R2 and then CR 2008;

3) The reports created with CR XI can be opened with CR 2008.

4) And the reports created with CR 2008 can be opened with CR XI; however if the reports contain any features which are not available with the previous version, these may not be supported; For instance Flash objects which can be used with CR2008 would not be supported by CR XI R2.

5) The report definition defines the version with witch the report is created. The report definition information is available from u2018Reportu2019 menu/u2019Performance Information

6) If a report is created and saved with CR 2008, this report can be opened and saved with CR XI;

7) The report definition should be 11.0 if the reports are created with CR XI and published into Enterprise XI R3.

Regards,

Aditya Joshi

Edited by: Aditya Joshi on Oct 3, 2008 11:36 AM

[Former Member]

Hi, just as I suspected of not being able to save to a previous version. The last time this happened was eight years ago where 8.0 and 8.5 could save as a 7.0 format. But your answer was very thorough and went beyond what was already publish on the web.