Crystal Reports Migration

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• gpi

  November 2014 edited 7:11AM

  wrote:

  can we open .rpt files and convert them to fastreports?

  No, there are no CR to FR VCL converter
• dougwoodrow

  February 2015 edited 7:11AM

  gpi wrote: »

  No, there are no CR to FR VCL converter

  
  So what does the following from the FastReport 5 VCL FAQ mean?
  

  gpi wrote: »

  Question: Is there a convertor to the FastReport 5 VCL format from other popular report generators?
  
  Answer:
  
  Yes:
  from FastReport.Net
  from Microsoft Reporting Services
  from Crystal Reports (you need Crystal Reports installed)
• jpl

  March 2015 edited 7:11AM

  dougwoodrow wrote: »

  dougwoodrow wrote: »

  No, there are no CR to FR VCL converter

  
  So what does the following from the FastReport 5 VCL FAQ mean?
  

  dougwoodrow wrote: »

  Question: Is there a convertor to the FastReport 5 VCL format from other popular report generators?
  
  Answer:
  
  Yes:
  from FastReport.Net
  from Microsoft Reporting Services
  from Crystal Reports (you need Crystal Reports installed)

  
  You need last version of converters RptTpFr3.exe that let you choose shared dll's location(change ini or clear it), (Crystall Reports must be installed and NET framework 3.5 too).
  There is still a bug:
  ************** Exception Text **************
  System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'FastReport.GroupHeaderBand' to type 'FastReport.DataBand'.
  at FastReport.Design.ExportPlugins.FR3.FR3ExportPlugin.WriteDataBands(BandCollection bands)
  ******************************************
  to avoid this problem you must delete all groups (headers and footers) on your Crystal rpt file before converting. So you will obtain a skeleton of your old rpt file in fr3 format.
  you will loose all groups, all formulas, all references to database fields, that you must create manualy after conversion.
  Database link can be easly recreated copying Crystal SQL query to a TQuery.strings, then you can start filling blank generated memofields in fr3 file with something like:
  [SUM(<frxDBDataset1."XXXXX">,MasterData1)]
  
  
  
• kittyanne

  March 2015 edited 7:11AM

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