[DUG] Delphi XE2 and Crystal reports

[Robo]

We hadn't run into trouble with XP. The computer needs to have .NET
framework and the Crystal runtime installed. You may wish to consider
upgrading the reports themselves from 8.5, we had some noticeable
performance boost.


On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Robert Martin <rob at chreos.co.nz> wrote:

>  Hi Robo
>
> Thanks, no its not what I wanted to hear!  Surprised the delphi .net
> wrapper does not work for this.
>
> Anyway I have another question you might be able to answer.  Crystal 2013
> lists Windows support as 7.1 and above.  This will be for the designer, any
> idea of whether the runtime still works on XP?  We email SAP but they
> couldn't answer the question and pointed us back to the web site (which
> doesn't say).  They don't seem overly keen to sell us their product!
>
> We have no problem with 7+ for report work but our clients often have XP
> machines (or Vista) floating around and we can't drop support for them.
>
> Thanks
> Rob
>
>
>  On 28/01/2014 9:23 p.m., Robo 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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