Crystal 8.5 to Crystal XI conversion question

Trying to convert report from Crystal 8.5 to XI. Report uses ttx file field deffinition and I pass recordset to reports/subreports.
To convert from 8.5 I opened report in version XI, selected :Verify Database" and saved report in a new XI environment.
In 8.5 version you could define field name in ttx file as a placeholder for ADO recordset column.
I have ttx file:
Field1 Number
Field2 Number
For version XI running repoprt I do not see result of my recordset on the report unless I specifically name columns in my recordset as Field1 and Field2. In Crystal 8.5 as long as my recordset contains two number columns, I was fine. Name of the recordset column did not had to match name for the ttx column in Crystal 8.5.
In order to conver from 8.5 to XI p680567
Please help
Thanks
Leonard

See if this note: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/oss_notes/sdn_oss_boj_erq/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/scn_bosap/notes.do
helps.
You can also search for note number 1215926 here:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-notes
Ludek
Edited by: Ludek Uher on Oct 29, 2008 6:26 AM
Edited by: Ludek Uher on Oct 29, 2008 6:29 AM

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