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Importing Earlier Versions of Crystal Reports

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Earlier versions of Crystal reports (.rpt files) retain their functionality when opened in later versions of the Crystal Reports designer. However, the following limitations apply when opening a report in Crystal Reports for Visual Studio:

Maps Map objects are not supported in Crystal Reports for Visual Studio. Map objects will appear blank in the report.
OLAP Grids OLAP grid objects are not supported in Crystal Reports for Visual Studio. Reports designed with OLAP grids will not open.
Dictionaries, InfoViews and QRY files Reports based off of Crystal Dictionaries, InfoViews, and QRY files are not supported in Crystal Reports for Visual Studio and will not open.

Saving Reports

Crystal reports from versions 9 and earlier will be upgraded to the latest version when you save the file.

Note

Once a report is saved in Crystal Reports, this report cannot be opened in previous versions of Crystal Reports. Keep a copy of the report if you wish to open it in a previous version.