Performance Issues with crystal reports 11 - Critical

Post Author: DJ Gaba
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I have migrated from crystal reports version 8 to version 11.
I am experiencing some performance issues with reports when displayed in version 11
Reports that was taking 2 seconds in version 8 is now taking 4-5 seconds in versino 11
I am using vb6 to export my report file into pdf
Thanks

Post Author: synapsevampire
CA Forum: Exporting
Pleae don't multiple forums on the site with the same question.
I responded to your other post.
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