Hi folks,
We're working on a product that has C-style calls to the Crystal Reports Print Engine ( CRPE ) dating from back in the Crystal Reports 6/7/8 era ...and we'd like to upgrade to Crystal 2008 deployment if possible. But we're concerned that a Crystal 2008 upgrade would force us to rewrite ( not just modify ) older C++ code that uses CRPE calls.
1) I don't see any reference ( so far ) in Crystal 2008 development materials about the CRPE ...has the CRPE been deprecated? eliminated? Is it dead and gone?
2) Is there any way to produce reports from code using CRPE API calls when Crystal 2008 has been deployed? ...Or, if the CRPE is completely gone, do we have to use an entirely different method to call reports in Crystal 2008?
3) If we must scrap all legacy CRPE-related code, what's the simplest way to generate Crystal 2008 reports from ( non .Net ) C++ code?
4) whichever direction is most prudent, are there white papers/help/etc we can visit that describes a suitable upgrade path for us?
Thanks for you help...!