Crystal 8.5 / Delphi 7

Post Author: tisri
CA Forum: Older Products
Hello,
I'm trying to find a VCL component to allow me to use Crystal 8.5 Developer within Delphi 7 Professional.Google searches suggest that a component exists but I can't find it anywhere. I know both products are way behind the times - I'm trying to support a legacy product and if I can't find the components I'll have to revert back to Delphi 5.Any help or pointers appreciated!

Hi Andrew,
Unfortunately CR 8.5 is 10+ years old and the distribution Wizard no longer exists as of CR 8.5.
For platforms on what version supports which OS always refer to this link:
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/support?rid=/webcontent/uuid/e01d4e05-6ea5-2c10-1bb6-a8904ca76411
If you upgrade you will need to get a Developer to build you a simply report Viewer and distribution Package, it's relatively easy to do. You can find SDK samples here:
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/CrystalReportsSDKSampleApplications
Distribution is much larger now due to OS and platform updates and lots of other reasons.
You may want to look at third party Tools also.
Don

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