Crystal Reports 2008 - IsNull Problem

Hello all. Hope this is the correct forum for this. I have searched but not not find it previously reported.
Or users can amend existing reports, which are maintained and executed by a VB.NET 2005 program.
We have discovered an issue in using Crystal 2008. Some selection formulas that worked fine in Crystal XI donu2019t seem to work in Crystal 2008.
The issue that we have found is mainly with the ISNULL function. A report has the function
Not Isnull({EeAEOs.AEOID})
But when it our code gets the formula from the report the Not part is removed thus producing incorrect results.
The syntax
Isnull({EeAEOs.AEOID})=false
works fine
The relevant dll version is
CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll
File Version 12.0.2000.549

Hello Tom
I dont really have experience of running reports from VB but i know that in CR 2008 parameters can be tested with hasvalue
eg
if hasvalue(({EeAEOs.AEOID}) then
or
if not hasvalue(({EeAEOs.AEOID}) then
It may be that these come into play, but i am fairly certain that you would also need to set the parameter as an Optional parameter to invoke the hasvalue property
I hope this helps you somehow (probably not the answer but...)
Best regards
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