Upgradation of Crystal reports from 7.0 to 11.0

Upgradation of Crystal reports from 7.0 to 11.0I have reports created in CR 7.0 which need to upgraded to CR XI. These upgraded reports are accessed though an application developed in VC++. To view the report created in CR 7.0, i have used PDSODBC.DLL and CRPE32.DLL. What DLLs should be used for the upgraded reports.Thanks in advanceRajkumar S

It will take more than just the .dll files - there are MAJOR changes in the object model when you move to XI.Â You'll want to check the samples in the Developer Library (the link is in the menu above...)Â
Click on "Viewers SDK", "Developer Guides and API Reference", and "COMÂ developerÂ guideÂ andÂ APIÂ reference" for documentation.Â There is also a "Samples" link.Â I haven't found specific C++ examples, but there are ASP and Java examples that you can work from.
-Dell
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Ingo,
Apologies for the delayed response. We've spent a few days poking around with this issue, and had even opened a customer message for it (13641).
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