Crystal 7 to crystal 10 conversion

I currently have 20 or more Crystal 7 reports that have both .rpt and .qry files. When I attempt to open these in Crystal X I am warned that the Query file is no longer supported. I create a command in the Database and add it to the report. As soon as I try to remove the old Query, Crystal X dies. Is there a better way of doing this?

Hi Guna
When you create a Data Foundation, you need to specify your data source,
whether it be one or more Data Connections or one or more Dynamic Data
Connections. You can have any number or combination of Data Connections
and Dynamic Data Connections for your Data Foundation.
Data Foundations are flexible as they contain the physical database
properties for tables and fields. Using Data Foundations, you can link different
data tables. You can also insert additional data tables, and create formulas,
SQL expressions, filters, parameters, and custom functions. In addition, you
can set specific rights on all of these objects for your users and groups.
When you create a new Data Foundation, you first need to specify the tables
you want to use (tables which are taken from the data source specified by a
Data Connection or a Dynamic Data Connection). After you create the Data
Foundation, you can link different tables. You can insert additional tables,
formulas, SQL expressions, filters, parameters, and custom functions to your
Data Foundation.
You can build multiple Business Views from a single Data Foundation. At the same time you may also create a separate Data Foundation for each distinct Business View. Make a choice based on what suits your requirement best.
Hope this information is useful to you.
Regards
Girish.

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