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Crystal Reports .NET 2005 FAQ

I've been seeing some confusion lately about the release of Visual Studio .NET 2005 and Crystal Reports. I wanted to provide a FAQ to clear things up.

Crystal Reports .NET 2005

First off, Crystal Reports WILL be in Visual Studio 2005. I've been hearing rumors that it won't ship with VS 2005 and this is definitely not the case. Makes me wonder who starts these rumors and if they have any knowledge whatsoever of what is really going on.

Secondly, Microsoft has announced that VS 2005 will have a “Go Live“ license. This means that even though the product is still in beta, MS is saying its okay to use it in production applications. Personally, I don't know how they can say that a product is in beta, but you can use it in production. Anyway, you will also be able to use Crystal Reports in your production applications b/c it has the same license. I've been working with a recent build of the CR.NET Beta 2 build and it is very stable. Although I don't have the list of bugs that are being worked on, I'm sure that there are things that might not work for you and it will be more stable when VS 2005 is officially released later in the year. But I assume that the same applies to VS 2005. Anyone willing to use a beta product in production has a tendency to be more on the “bleeding edge“ rather than “cutting edge“ of technology and they know the risks involved.

Crystal Reports XI

Crystal Reports XI (version 11) was recently released and people are asking how this effects CR.NET 2005 with respect to features and compatibility. The first thing you need to understand is that CR.NET 2005 is built using a version of CR 10. It takes a long time to integrate a product into the .NET IDE and fully test it according Microsoft's policies. Thus, the customization and integration of CR into VS 2005 was started before CR XI was around. Crystal Reports XI has more and newer features than CR .NET 2005 has. Even though CR.NET 2005 is being released after CR XI, it should not be considered an upgrade over CR XI. The most powerful version of Crystal Reports will always be the latest full product release.

Since CR XI is available today and VS 2005 is still in development, CR XI will not be immediately compatible with VS 2005. Business Objects will issue an upgrade to CR XI to make it compatible with VS 2005 once MS ships it. The upgrade details have not been announced yet.

I hope this clears things up for everyone. If you have any questions please post them here and I will try to address them.

Brian Bischof

www.CrystalReportsBook.com

Sponsor

Published Monday, March 07, 2005 3:54 PM by crystal

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	crystal said: Is Crystal Reports available in Beta 2? If not, when will it be available for use/testing? April 23, 2005 6:37 PM
	crystal said: I cannot find the crystal components in VS2005 Beta2 .. My install went flawlessly, I have searched the DVD and find no references to Crystal or Business Objects!! Help Please.. Now that there is a Go-Live license I would like to put up some Demos for my customer!! I have converted my project to B2 save the Crystal!! May 4, 2005 3:06 PM
	crystal said: CR.NET is definitely in Beta 2. Do a custom install and expand the CR node to make sure all its components are being installed. May 6, 2005 1:42 PM
	crystal said: Brian, I installed Team Services it is NOT in VS2005 Beta Standard.. Still have a BIG issue.. They did not include the Merge Modules for x86.. only X64 and IA64 what is my solution here? I appreciate your response... Stephen steph_AT_steph-n-wendy_DOT_com May 9, 2005 4:07 PM
	crystal said: I don't know what to tell you about the merge modules. My guess is that since this is beta then the merge modules aren't ready yet. But I haven't researched this to know whether this is the case or not. May 14, 2005 4:00 PM
	crystal said: I have tried to create a new crystal report using VS2005 but I am getting the error "External Component has thrown an exception". I have tried this on a few machines with the same result. June 3, 2005 2:17 AM
	crystal said: Sir, I'm using VB.Net and uses the Crystal Reports in VB.NET.I'm having problems In crystal reports , is there is any way to insert a subreport within a subreport. If not possible how can i achive this in coding. I need the output in the following format. e.g., Order ID ProductID Quantity Product ID ProductName Unit SupplierID Supplier ID Supplier Name The first two line can be get easily using subreports. But i'm not able to add a subreport within a subreport. How can i achieve this pls help me thanks and regards Manivannan.V C1.Win.C1TrueDBGrid.C1DisplayColumn dc = this._c1DataGrid.Splits[0].DisplayColumns[ColumnId]; int nIndex = this._c1DataGrid.Splits[0].DisplayColumns.IndexOf(dc); this._c1DataGrid.Splits[0].DisplayColumns.RemoveAt(nIndex); this._c1DataGrid.Splits[0].DisplayColumns.Insert(insertAt, dc); June 8, 2005 4:34 AM
	crystal said: Sir I'm using ASP.Net (2005 beta 2) and uses the Crystal Reports in it. I try to use the crystal report and subreport. I found some code which told pass a stored procedure parameter to a report. The link is: http://support.businessobjects.com/library/kbase/articles/c2011787.asp When I code, there is a problem of there: 'Access the specified parameter from the collection crParameterFieldDefinition = crParameterFieldDefinitions.Item("@percentage") My computer could not include the "Item" property of ParameterFieldDefinitions, always show me an error: Error 2 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ParameterFieldDefinitions' does not contain a definition for 'Item' C:\WebSites\LexAccount\AccountInfo.aspx.cs 64 70 C:\WebSites\LexAccount\ How can I do? If I lost something when I install the software? If so, how can I update my software? June 10, 2005 12:13 PM
	crystal said: We run Crystal Reports 9.0 and are experiencing dithered graphics when remote desktopping to a Win 2000 Server. Color quality through remote desktop is fixed at 256 colors unless we upgraded to Win 2003 Server. Any ideas on how to correct this w/o changing graphics to color safe colors, or upgrading to Win 2003 Server? June 14, 2005 6:08 PM
	crystal said: Hi, I have some questions about CR and .NET 2005. We are in the process of building a new app from scratch based on a current application (ERP. We are using .NET 2005 and will like to use CR for reports. Have not used before but rather have done Office Automation. These are my Questions 1. Does CR interacts with office docs in order to use it as one of its output (Excel at least) 2. Will not want to "Embeed" the report in the app since it is a large app and reports do change, will like to work it apart is that a good approach? Can it be done in an app but have the reports out in order just to change when needed? 3. What is the CR product for my needs..? Thanks for your answers.. Regards Norman August 3, 2005 7:28 AM
	crystal said: Sir, I want to know whether VS.net 2003 has fully integrated Crystal Reports 9 version or the standard Crystal Reports 9 version hsa some extra features. regards, Karim August 15, 2005 10:39 PM
	crystal said: Sir, I want to know whether VS.net 2003 has fully integrated cersion od Crystal Reports 9 or the satndard edition of Crystal Reports has some extra features that are not integrated in VS.net 2003. Same is for Crystal Reports 10 in Vs.Net 2005. reagrds, Karim August 15, 2005 10:42 PM
	crystal said: Hello, I have question regarding dynamic formating in crystal report .net 2005. As i know the static formating is possible through the formating formulas but it is possible to format the field shown in the crystal report as per requirement.for example we have two tables one is data table in which name and address two fields that are displayed on the report and second table is the format table in which the formating information is stored like font size and color .In crystal report font size and color of the data table fields shown as given in the format table. If size or color changes inthe format table the effect will reflect on the report display on refreshing. If it is possible please let me know the steps needed Thanking You, Pooja August 31, 2005 3:01 AM
	vivian2 said: Hi there, I am using VS 2005. using this environment, I created couple of crystal reports. When I run the report on my development machine with http://localhostname/webappname, everything works fine. But when I deploy the web application to another machine, the data on the report shows fine. But the images of the menu bar of the crystal report disappeared. If I click on export button, Export the Report pop up window did not appear like it would on my local (development) machine, also I got this error message at the bottom of the browser "Done, but with erros on page." Does anyone know how to fix this problem? May 22, 2006 7:42 AM
	Kalpna said: Hi, I am using crystal reports in windows application. My problem is it works from my local machine. But it doesnt work from a client computer. Even the correct user id and password fails to open the report. What can be the problem? Thanks, Kalpna June 14, 2006 5:02 PM
	pablojag said: Hi Does anyone knows if Crystal Reports generated on Crystal for VS 2005 will run over Crystal X? Thxs in advance June 21, 2007 6:00 PM
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