VS.NET 2003 With Crystal Report Developer From XI R2 to 2013

[Former Member]

Hi,

My web application was developed a long time ago. It comes with VB.net (VS2003), ASP.net and Crystal Report XI R2, but Crystal Report XI R2 seems no longer supported by SAP, so I would like to use CR2013 instead of XI R2. However, after I install the CR2013, I cannot find the dll files which are the reference libraries added to my web application, and I try to install the "runtime for VS" to the production server, it returns the installation must works with the machine which has VS 2010 or later.

For the case I just want to update the CR in the production server (without VS installed), how can I to achieve this task?

Thanks!

[former_member188030 · Accepted solution]

A bit tricky scenario here.

CR upgrade process (to a new version) for a .NET app, needs the app to be recompiled with the newer CR references. So VS is a must.

Now, as you must have guessed, CR 2013 does not install any SDK assemblies. See below doc.

You could upgrade your rpt files with CR 2013 designer.

Use VS 2010 / 2012 / 2013 and for app upgrade.

Open the app with VS, remove old CR assembly references and add new 13.0 references. Recompile the redeploy the app.

Thanks,

Bhushan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Got it! Thanks for your reply!!