[DUG] Delphi XE2 and Crystal reports

[Jolyon Smith]

Delphi Prism isn't dead.  It lives on in it's original and untainted form:
 RemObjects Oxygene

Not only is it great for .NET development (including WinRT and WinPhone)
but it also rocks for Java/Android and iOS / OS X development.  That is,
100% platform native development, not relying on Mono or the such like.


On 28 January 2014 21:23, Robo <robo555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Might not be what you want to hear, similar situation as you several years
> ago, we ended up writing a small .NET app to run the reports (using Delphi
> Prism, which is also now dead :rolleyes:).
>
> We had hundreds of Crystal reports as well, we tested each one and
> upgraded them to latest version, and they're still being used now.
>
> Robo
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Robert Martin <rob at chreos.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> We are long time Crystal users and have hundreds of reports in Crystal
>> 8.5 format.  This is a very old version of Crystal which we are looking
>> at updating.  Unfortunately Crystal ditched the ActiveX / Com runtime
>> components, which we currently use, in version 11.5 (Crystal XI R2).
>> The only supported runtime is now .net.  My understanding is that we
>> should be able to import the .net libraries and access Crystal using it
>> from Delphi XE2.  However I have read that this is not easily possible.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience with running versions of Crystal newer
>> than XI R2 with Delphi (XE2)?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Rob
>>
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