Importing Crystal Reports
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The C1ReportDesigner application can import Crystal report definition files (.rpt files).
To import reports from a Crystal report definition file:
- Click the File menu and select Import. The Import Report Definition dialog box opens and prompts you for the name of the file you want to import.
- Select a Crystal report definition file (.rpt). The C1ReportDesigner application converts the report into the C1Report format.
The C1ReportDesigner application supports some of the following conversions on import of Crystal Reports:
- Reports bound to internal or external data sources can be imported and run without any changes required to the original data source path.
- Date, time, and number formats are retained during conversion.
- Expressions with percentage aggregates are sucessfully imported.
- RAS API is supported for TextObject conversion of some expressions such as those where a single Textbox containing combination of text and other expressions (Text + [Expression]) are to be interpreted.
Note: Before you import the report, please ensure that you have compatible versions of Crystal Reports and Visual Studio installed on your system. Also note that if you have Crystal Reports 2013 installed on the system, then on conversion of Crystal Report to C1Report, the database path to xtreme.mdb will have to be changed manually in order to run the report.
The import process handles most elements of the source reports, with a few exceptions for elements that are not exposed by the Crystal object model or not supported by C1Report. The exceptions include image fields, charts, and cross-tab fields.
