</ iframe > </noscript> <!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> <div id="BeforeHeaderContent"> </div> <div id="HeaderContent"> <div id="ProjectTitle">FlexReport for WinForms </div> <div id="PageTitle"><div id="PageTitleText">Importing Crystal Reports</div></div> </div> <div id="AfterHeaderContent"> <!-- Spacing --> <span id="ToggleAllSectionsLink" class="FunctionLink"> <label id="CollapseAllLabel">Collapse All</label> <label id="ExpandAllLabel" style="display: none;">Expand All</label> </span> </div> <div class="BreadcrumbsContainer"><table><tr><td> <a href="WorkingwithFlexReportDesigner.html">Working with FlexReportDesigner </a> > <a href="ImportingReportsinFlexReport.html">Importing Reports in FlexReportDesigner </a> > Importing Crystal Reports</td></tr></table></div> <div id="BodyContent"> To import reports from a Crystal report definition file (.rpt): <ol> <li>Click the <b>File</b> menu and select <b>Import</b>. The <b>Import Report Definition</b> dialog box opens and prompts you for the name of the file you want to import.</li> <li>Select a Crystal report definition file (.rpt). The <b>FlexReportDesigner</b> application converts the report into the FlexReport format.</li> <li>Save the report. Your Crystal Report is now converted to FlexReport.</li> </ol> <p>Reports bound to internal or external data sources can be imported and run without any changes required to the original data source path.</p> <p>The <b>FlexReportDesigner</b> application supports the following conversions on import of Crystal Reports:</p> <p><strong>Sections/SubSections</strong></p> <ul> <li>Report Header</li> <li>Page Header</li> <li>Group Header</li> <li>Detail</li> <li>Group Footer</li> <li>Page Footer</li> <li>Report Footer</li> </ul> <p><strong>Fields</strong></p> <ul> <li>Textbox</li> <li>Chart</li> <li>Box</li> <li>Line</li> <li>Picture</li> <li>Checkbox</li> <li>Subreport (needs manual correction of path)</li> <li>Image Fields - BLOBField (Picture) OLEObject (Picture)</li> <li>Database Field</li> <li>Cross-section box control</li> </ul> <p><strong>Special Fields</strong></p> <ul> <li>Time Formats</li> <li>Page Numbers</li> </ul> <p><strong>Features</strong></p> <ul> <li>Complex expressions combining Text+Database Fields (<strong>"Text" + [Expression]</strong>), and Aggregates</li> <li>Grouping</li> <li>Parameters</li> <li>Summary Fields</li> <li>Percentage Aggregate</li> <li>Textbox Formats (Currency, Date etc)</li> <li>KeepTogether (Fields, Sections, Subsections, Groups)</li> <li>Multiple join queries</li> <li>Hyperlinks</li> <li>Text Rotation</li> <li>Special order grouping</li> </ul> <p><strong>Formatting</strong></p> <ul> <li>Text Formatting</li> <li>Borders</li> <li>Backgrounds</li> </ul> <p>The following image shows a Crystal Report imported in FlexReportDesigner:</p> <p><img border="0" alt="Crystal Report Import in FlexReportDesigner" src="ImagesExt/CrystalReportImportInFlexReportDesigner.png"></p> <p>The following image shows a crystal report imported in CRReportDesigner:</p> <p><img border="0" alt="Crystal Report Import in CRDesigner" src="ImagesExt/CrystalReportInCRDesigner.png"></p> <div style="WIDTH: 100%"> <table class="hs-box"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="hs-box-icon" valign="top"><img src="images/hs-note.gif"></td> <td class="hs-box-content" valign="top">Note: Before you import the report, please ensure that you have Crystal Reports version 13.0.14.xxxx or later. This version of Crystal Reports should be compatible with Visual Studio installed on your system. Also note that if you have Crystal Reports 2013 version installed on the system, then on conversion of Crystal Report to C1FlexReport, the database path to xtreme.mdb will have to be changed manually in order to run the report.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p>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 C1FlexReport. The conversions that are not yet supported in <b>C1FlexReportDesigner</b> application are as follows, however, these features are expected to be incorporated in upcoming 2016 releases.</p> <ul> <li>Fields: Table, CrossTab, OLAPGrid, Map, Flash, and Formula Fields.</li> <li>Scripts: Suppress property scripts, complex script expressions, and custom functions.</li> <li>Features: Alerts, complex expressions (text and parameter Fields), and hierarchical grouping.</li> <li>Properties: Drop Shadow.<br></li> </ul> <a name="seealsobookmark"></a> </div> <div id="FooterContent"> <p> </p><p> </p><hr style="height: 1px"><p>Copyright © <script type="text/javascript"> var theDate=new Date() document.write(theDate.getFullYear()) </script> GrapeCity, inc. 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