Supporting Corel as an export format in an advertising/marketing environment

We're onboarding a new client and one of their needs is for their final art to be available in a wide range of formats, .CDR being one. Our environment is all OSX and nearly all Adobe; source files will be built primarily in Illustrator, some in InDesign, both with flattened placed images from PS (typically EPS, sometimes flat TIF). Except in very specific instances we avoid the use of transparency in released artwork. As a rule, we use OpenType fonts.
We'll be getting a PC set up with CDR to QC conversions that are done.
It's been 15 years since I used CDR. What issues can I expect? Have any tips?

The same as with any feature that is implemented differently across different apps - gradients, blends, symbols, parametric shapes, data driven graphics, transparency stuff. Anything that can't be expanded to a simple fill or stroke... Or more to the point: Anything that looks awful when exported to EPS or a strict PDF/X will look awful when converted to a CDR as well.
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In response to Barbara's point:
It is serious. At an early stage in my magazine project I lost a client because the background colour in his ad had changed after CMYK separation, and when I noticed it was too late. The client is with us now and very happy with the quality of his ad.
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"Invalid export DLL or export format" with Crystal Reports 2008
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I've included this sticky because we are seeing many posts in this forum regarding the error Invalid export DLL or export format when exporting to Excel and RTF in .NET applications using the Crystal Reports 2008 .NET SDK.
Issue
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The error invalid export DLL or export format may occur when exporting to Excel and RTF formats in .NET applications utilizing the Crystal Reports 2008 runtime (v 12.0)
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