Pie-Chart legend formatting different for CR versions 8.5 & 13

[Former Member]

We have a VB6 desktop application which is being migrated from Crystal Reports 8.5 to 13.

The same RPT file when viewed in CR V8.5 Designer shows different formatting from the one in V13 designer.

Issue 1: Single line above "total" in legend is not there in V13

Issue 2: A single space between the numbers and "%" symbol is missing in V13.

I had a look at the formatting settings in V13, but could not find any which would display the pie chart in the exact same formatting as V8.5.

Please let me know if these 2 issues can be done in achieved in V13 through any settings or manipulation in code. The screenshots of the 2 pie charts are attached.

Thanks

Ujwal

[former_member11696 · Accepted solution]

Are you viewing this in the Windows or WEB viewer or within the VS IDE?

When you say V13, do you mean CR for Visual Studio or CR 2013?

What Service Pack are you using?

Lots of updates since CR 8.5, you will likely find minor differences.

Also, the embedded report designer in VS should not be used for the final outcome, it's ActiveX viewer and not the same as the Windows or WEB form viewers.

Don

[DellSC]

Crystal 2013 is 5 versions newer than Crystal 8.5.  With Crystal 9, the underlying internal structure of the .rpt file changed dramatically.  As far as I know, there is no way to get the older formatting into the newer report.

-Dell