Conversion of crystal reports to oracle 9i reports

hi there..
We have existing applications developed in crystal reports 8, we want to migrate these to oracle 9i reports.Is there a direct way of migrating the same?
how can I make use of oracle 9i reports -web publishing features to publish the reports on web?
Please help,
Thanks a lot,
Rohit

Rohit,
About how to publish reports to the web, please see document "Publishing Reports to the Web with Oracle9iAS Reports Services" on OTN:
http://otn.oracle.com/docs/products/reports/htdocs/doc_library/getstart/docs/a92102_01.pdf
-Jeff

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