CR 2008 and Dynamic Parameters

I have a report that has been "upgraded" over a number of years and thus a number of versions of Crystal Reports. The basic issue is that it has 2 dynamic parameters that are showing up as plain textboxes in CR 2008 SP3 instead of a dropdown. This same report works fine in CR XIR2 and has worked fine in versions prior to that.
I have created a test report that accesses a couple of table with a dynamic parameter using the same database field and it works correctly. I also tried deleting the parameter and recreating it and lastly I created an additional field with the same database field, all with the same results. This is not isolated to a single machine.

hi Rob,
can you please elaborate on what you mean by the 2 prompts showing up as text boxes.
are you using an application or just the crystal reports designer?
are you using embedded html?...if so, pass-through html has to be reactivated after each service pack or fix pack.
jamie

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