Crystal Reports versions and DSR files

Hi,
I am working with an ancient VB6 application that has 25 or so reports attached to it. These files are .dsr files. I am having a problem opening them in the VB6 IDE and when I investigate (through talking to people here or researching on line - via CodeGuru,VBForums,StackOverflow etc.), I get conflicting reports of what I should be looking for and doing.
My question to anyone who can answer me quasi-intelligently is this: Has Crystal Reports, in ANY of its previous versions, ever produced a DSR file as a report. I know the versions since v8, I think, use the .RPT suffix. I have been searching and talking to people and some say no, some say yes. I figured someone here would definitively know. I have tried to convert one of the dsr files to a Crystal Report file using VS 2008 (assuming it was Data Report file), but received the error that the file was not a Data Report file.
If you need any more information I will be glad to fill in any blanks necessary....
For the current application, the following is true:
XP Platform
VB6
Crystal Reports 8.5 installed, but I have Crystal Reports 7 dlls (Library and ActiveX Designer Runtime) available but not the full application.
Anything you can tell me would be greatly appreciated....
Thank you,
Gene Bonfiglo
Software Engineer

Hi Don,
Sorry to be so vague. I think my newbie-ness is shining through a bit.
I think the closest scenario is the third one. I am trying to resurrect this "Jurassic:" application in order to see what it does, so that it can be rewritten. The problem is, or was, that it was not compiling and the problem was seen as Crystal Reports. I removed Crystal from the equation and it turns out Crystal was not the only problem. I, howevver, fixed the other issues and have gone back to the Crystal issue.
I cannot effectively use anything associated with CR7. It causes errors and crashes the app and generally that's not acceptable. Since I am working remotely, I am waiting to hear back from the server guy who set this up to see if he installed or even has the 8.5 Developer edition (I am fairly sure he did not install it even if he had it). Assuming that it is or gets installed, I will implement it in the app and upgrade the DSR files as you suggested.
For 8.5 I currently have the following dlls:
Crystal Reports 8.5 ActiveX Designer Run Time Library (craxdrt.dll)
Crystal Reports 8.5 Standard Wizard Component (crystalwizard.dll)
Crystal Reports Viewer 8.5 (crviewer.dll)
These have been included in my application, but at the present time I cannot run my application with an older DSR file because the application shuts down with an "Unexpected Error - 50057"
If I may, can I leave this open for now, and get back to you when I have more results? I have a feeling that I am missing some things (ie Developer edition and associated support files) and that I need to go hunting for them.
I appreciate the information you have given and would appreciate anything further you can tell me, which I understand due to the age of this app may be very little.
Thank you once again, Don,
Gene

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