ActiveReports 18 .NET Edition
DevOps / ActiveReports Features / Report Import and Migration / Crystal
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    Importing Crystal reports in the ActiveReports Import Wizard

    1. Run the ActiveReports Import Wizard. The wizard can be run from the start menu or by executing ActiveReports.Imports.Win.exe from C:\Program Files (x86)\MESCIUS\ActiveReports 18\Tools location.
    2. In the ActiveReports Import Wizard that appears, click Next.
      ActiveReports Import Wizard screen
    3. Choose Crystal Reports (rpt) as the input format and click Next.
      Select the input format, from which to import reports
    4. Click the ellipsis button to browse to the location that contains the files that you want to import. A list of files that you can import appears.
    5. Select the reports to import, click Open, and then click Next to analyze them.
      Select the reports to import
    6. Use the ellipsis button to select a destination folder to store the converted reports. Also select an output format (Section Report, Page report or RDLX report or Both) for each report in the Output Format column.
      Select the Output Format for each report
    7. Click Next to start the conversion.
      ActiveReports Imports Wizard screen
    8. Once the conversion process is complete, click Finish to close the wizard and go the destination folder to view the converted reports. You may optionally leave the check on for the Open Log file checkbox to see the results log.
      Click Finish to close

    The import wizard converts reports to the closest possible ActiveReports format, but due to differences between products and versions, the extent to which your reports are converted depends on your specific report layout. You may have to partially redesign the report and add script or code to get the same output as Crystal Reports.

    When converting to Page Reports or RDLX Reports, whether a report is imported as a Page report or RDLX report, depends on the following factors:

    Note: Sections in a report appear as BandedList.

    Please refer to the additional information below, to understand the conversion process in detail.

    Importing Crystal Reports

    To import Crystal Reports in ActiveReports, you need to install Visual Studio and Crystal Reports for Visual Studio on your machine. The supported versions of Visual Studio and corresponding Crystal Reports are as follows:

    Visual Studio version for Crystal Reports Editions Crystal Reports Assembly Version
    2008 Professional, Team System Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2008 10.5.3700.0
    2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 ... SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio 13.x.x.x

    Crystal Report controls are converted in ActiveReports as follows:

    Crystal Report Section Report Page report/RDLX report Note
    Box Shape Container The LineWidth property and rounded boxes are not imported. If the Box control extends to multiple sections, the box is imported as line controls.
    CrossTab Empty SubReport Empty Tablix CrossTab control is not imported as it is.
    Line Line Line The size of Dot and Dash (the LineStyle property) is not the same as the original report.
    Subreport SubReport Subreport Set the subreport in code after conversion.
    TextObject TextBox Textbox Only page number, total page, page n of m in Special Fields are imported.
    FieldObject TextBox Textbox Only page number, total page, page n of m in Special Fields are imported.
    Picture Picture Image Picture object is not converted.

    Limitations in Crystal Report conversion