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Crystal Reports is a business intelligence application, currently marketed to small businesses^[1] by SAP SE.

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History[edit]

Terry Cunningham and the Cunningham Group originated the software in 1991.^[2] Crystal Services Inc. marketed the product^[3] (originally called 'Quik Reports') when they couldn't find a suitable commercial report writer for their accounting software.^{[citation needed]} After producing versions 1.0 through 3.0, Crystal Services was acquired by Seagate Technology in 1994.^[4] Crystal Services was combined with Holistic Systems to form the Information Management Group of Seagate Software, which later rebranded as Crystal Decisions and produced versions 4.0 through 9.0. Crystal Decisions was acquired in December 2003 by BusinessObjects, which produced versions 10, 11 (XI) and version 12 (2008). SAP acquired BusinessObjects on October 8, 2007 and released Crystal Reports 2011 (version 14) on May 3, 2011.

Software Forces is the leading manufacturer of business intelligence / enterprise reporting tools and solutions for SAP Business Objects (formerly Crystal.

Several other applications, including Microsoft Visual Studio versions 2003 through 2008, and Borland Delphi, at one time bundled an OEM version of Crystal Reports as a general purpose reporting tool.^[5] Microsoft discontinued this practice and later released their own competing reporting tool, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).^{[6][verification needed]}

Versions and editions[edit]

• A=Advanced Developer, D=Developer, P=Professional, S=Standard^[8]

Features[edit]

Report designer[edit]

Crystal Reports allows users to graphically design data connection(s) and report layout. In the Database Expert, users can select and link tables from a wide variety of data sources, including Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, Oracle databases, Microsoft SQL Server databases, Microsoft Access databases, BusinessObjects Enterprise business views, and local file-system information. Report designers can place fields from these sources on the report design surface, and can also deploy them in custom formulas (using either BASIC or Crystal's own syntax), which are then placed on the design surface. Formulas can be evaluated at several phases during report generation as specified by the developer.

Both fields and formulas have a wide array of formatting options available, which designers can apply absolutely or conditionally. The data can be grouped into bands, each of which can be split further and conditionally suppressed as needed. Crystal Reports also supports subreports, graphing, and a limited amount of GIS functionality.

Central Management Server[edit]

The Central Management Server (CMS, formerly 'Crystal Management Server') operates as the main server for BusinessObjects XI.^[9]

Supported data sources[edit]

• Databases such as PostgreSQL, Sybase, IBM DB2, Ingres, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Interbase, Btrieve, Informix, Oracle and Salesforce.^[10]
• Spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel
• XML Files
• Groupware applications as Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange and Novell GroupWise
• APIs such as ODBC and OLE DB^[11]
• SAP: BW, Info Sets, Tables, and BusinessObjects Universes

Target audience[edit]

Crystal Reports came integrated with Visual Studio versions prior to 2010. Crystal Reports competes with several products in the Microsoft market, such as SQL Server Reporting Services, XtraReports, ActiveReports and List & Label. Users can also access Crystal Reports from outside of Microsoft environments; this allows (for instance) Java developers to build applications with Crystal Reports components.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Crystal Reports small business marketing website
2. ^'Meet the Team'. Indicee. Retrieved 2012-10-11. That's what initially motivated his family business, The Cunningham Group, and his brother Terry to begin building… Crystal Reports in 1991.
3. ^'Crystal Reports links dBASE and Paradox data'. Data Based Advisor. Access my library. September 1, 1992. Retrieved 2009-07-09. Crystal Services says that they will address both the installation problem and the documentation omission in the new version. …Crystal Reports is being marketed by them and Borland International…
4. ^'Seagate to acquire Crystal Services'. San Jose Mercury News. News bank. 1994-05-11. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
5. ^Peck, George (2008). Crystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference. McGraw-Hill Professional. p. 566. ISBN978-0-07-159098-3. Retrieved 2009-07-09. Not only was Crystal Reports bundled with earlier versions of Visual Basic…, but every Professional or higher version of VS.NET, up to and including Visual Studio 2008, includes an option to install Crystal Reports as well…
6. ^'Support for Crystal Reports for Visual Studio'. Support (knowledge base). Microsoft.
7. ^Short history and resources for Crystal Reports Software Developer Kits (SDK)
8. ^'Crystal Reports family of offerings. Features by edition comparison chart'(PDF). SAP. 2009.
9. ^Ganz, Carl (2006). Pro Crystal Enterprise / BusinessObjects XI Programming. Expert's voice in .NET. Apress. p. 22. ISBN9781430202776. Retrieved 2014-09-25. The aptly named Central Management Server (CMS) is the main server in the BO XI collection. Before the rebranding effort, it was known as the Crystal Management Server, and before that as the Automated Process Scheduler (APS).
10. ^Compare for example: 'Crystal Reports Server 2008 V1 Service Pack 4 for Windows: Supported Platforms'. SAP Community Network. SAP. 2012-02-15. pp. 8ff. Retrieved 2015-07-28. Supported Data Sources for Crystal Reports
11. ^Fitzgerald, Neil (2008). Crystal Reports 2008 Official Guide. Business Objects Press. Pearson Education. ISBN9780768685701. Retrieved 2015-07-27. The two major indirect access drivers provided are ODBC and OLE DB. [..] The Crystal Reports ODBC database driver communicates with an ODBC driver, which in turn communicates with the actual database. The database vendors generally develop the ODBC drivers, which often come bundled with the database software.

Bibliography[edit]

• G. Taylor, Allen (June 3, 2008). Crystal Reports 2008 For Dummies (1st ed.). For Dummies. p. 396. ISBN0-470-29077-3.
• Peck, George (June 19, 2008). Crystal Reports 2008: The Complete Reference (1st ed.). McGraw-Hill Osborne Media. p. 968. ISBN0-07-159098-6.
• McCoy, Cate; Maric, Gord (2002). Mastering Crystal Reports 9 (1st ed.). Sybex. p. 639. ISBN0-7821-4173-0.

External links[edit]

FYI - Download links have been updated and now look like this:

An example of the links that will no longer work - “http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/..”

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to provide a quick look-up of all Support Packs, Fixed Issues and Distribution File downloads available for SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio.

Overview

Support Packs for “SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio” (SAP Crystal Reports for Visual Studio) are scheduled on a quarterly bases and support the following versions of Visual Studio:

• VS 2010 – original release and higher
• VS 2012 – SP 7 and higher
• VS 2013 – SP 9 and higher
• VS 2015RC – SP14
• VS 2015 – SP 15 and higher
• VS 2017 - SP 21 and higher

NOTE: CR Redist packages for deploying the runtime only onto Work Stations and Application Servers are designed for the platform of your project and not for the Operating system. MSIExec will detect if the OS is 64 bit and install the 64 bit MSI, if your project is to be used in x86 mode there will be an error generated.

Support Packs, Fixed Issues and Distribution File downloads

Fixes for each Support Pack are prioritized and released on or about end of each yearly quarter. All support packs are full builds of Crystal Reports for Visual Studio, thus it is not necessary to update incrementally. The most recent Support Pack in the below table is listed first.
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Update: All Service Packs are cumulative so we are removing the links to previous patches and will be keeping 3 or 4 still active. Links still work if you have them.
❗ Please note:To integrate “SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio” you must run the Install Executable. Running the MSI will not fully integrate Crystal Reports into VS. MSI files by definition are for runtime distribution only.
By default Windows 10 does not install the 3.5 framework, CR for VS still needs it. Select it by “Turn Windows feature on or off” and choose both options.
❗ Note 2: SAP Crystal Reports, Developer Version for Visual Studio .NET does NOT support Express Editions of any version of Visual Studio .NET.
❗ WARNING: If you are using any third party applications that use the SDK package Please check with the makers of the software and ask if they have tested with the version you are downloading. If they do not support it at this time do not install the package on your PC, it could break their application.

Update: Crystal reports for VS did not support Dbase file types. Discussions with our Product team resulted in adding the Xbase driver back into the various packages.
See this KBA – to download the crdb_p2bxbse.dll and it’s supporting dependencies.
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2379612

New In SP21 Release

1. Integration with Visual Studio 2017
2. .NET Framework 4.7
3. FireFox ESR 52
4. Addressed 10+ customer Incidents.

We still support .Net Framework 3.5 SP1(except the ADO.NET case #5)

Below items should be highlight for SP21:

1. FlexNet and In-Place Upgrade does not work: Once user receive the update notification from FlexNet server and finish SP21 upgrade, the product will NOT work. User MUST repair CR4VS and CRRuntime64 in Control PanelPrograms. That’s a by design change to installer.

a. Please notice that we are still facing problems on configuring FlexNet upgrade server, so currently user will NOT receive SP21 notification

2. Microsoft Windows Update KB2999226 is a prerequisite for SP21 - Windows 7 only.

a. This is same as BI 4.2 SP4 and BI 4.1 SP10. Please refer to SAP Note 2451830.

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4. As most of CR/RAS .NET Assemblies are now re-versioned from 13.0.2000.0 to 13.0.3500.0, user MUST remove all old CR assemblies from Reference list and add the new version of CR assemblies, then rebuild the application.

a. For those customer/user who do not wanted to rebuilt their application, there’s workaround to use <dependentAssembly> in app.config/web.config, please see attachment.

For more info search for this Kbase article:

2719939 - Crystal Reports for Visual Studio Runtime versioning - side by side ability - what to do with WinFormCRViewer.zip from download WIKI

5. For reports using the ADO.Net DB connection, in previous SP's, you could only work under .Net Framework 2.0/3.5, so using <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy='true'> in app.config is required. Now in SP21, ADO.Net is only supported on .Net Framework 3.5 or above.

For Installation issues PLEASE see this KBA - 2536330 - In-place (FlexNet), MSI and Merge Modules upgrade from Crystal Reports for Visual Studio SP xx to SP 21 does not work

New In SP20 Release

1. HANA 2.0 SPS01
2. Addressed 5+ customer Incidents.

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New In SP19 Release

1. Windows Server 2016
2. IIS 10 on Windows Server 2016
3. Addressed over 10 customer Incidents.

UPDATE: As of June 13th, 2017 we are now redirecting the downloads to a new page. This page will prompt for a log in and allow you to get notifications regarding updates. It only requires your e-mail address.

MUST READ - New In SP21 Release

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THIS is a LINK to the download PAGE → Download Crystal Reports developer, for Microsoft Visual Studio

FYI - if you need a previous version of the EXE and Runtime packages go here, note only SP 18 and above are now available. If the package you are using is not listed please upgrade to the latest version, SP 20 for VC 2005 C++ runtime, SP 21 for the latest platform support:

New In SP25 Release - read the above info for SP 21 if upgrading from lower version

1. Addressed 9 customer Incidents
2. Visual Studio 2019
3. Certified Oracle JDK 8 for CRDB XML driver
4. Certified Oracle JDK 11 / Open JDK 11 for CRDB XML driver
5. Win10 1809
6. Security updates

Seagate Crystal Reports Versions

New In SP24 Release - read the above info for SP 21 if upgrading from lower version

1. Addressed 10+ customer Incidents
2. Visual Studio 2017 Update 9
3. Oracle 18c
4. SQL Server 2017
5. Chrome 70
6. Flash Player 31

New In SP23 Release - read the above info for SP 21 if upgrading from lower version

Crystal Reports

1. Addressed 10+ customer Incidents
2. Security improvements
3. .NET Framework 4.7.2
4. Firefox ESR 60
5. Microsoft Edge HTML 17.1713

New In SP22 Release - read the above info for SP 21 if upgrading from lower version

1. Addressed 10+ customer Incidents. See Fixed Issue link below

Fixed Issues:

Note: all links to previous fixed issues are in the Fixed Issues Document.

Release Notes
Installation Guide

WARNING: Please refer to Knowledge Base article 2007224 for more info on configuring WEB Applications in Visual Studio 2013.
Note: Manual deployment of crdb_xml drivers requires manually installing and deploying JRE/JDK
1871962 – How To manually deploy Service Pack 6, and above, crdb_XML data source driver for Crystal Reports Developer for Visual Studio
Note: Clickonce32/64 is managed by the xml file for which one is installed.
– CRVS2010 – Creating Click Once deployment
Note: Click Once “Homesite” is to tell your installer to go here for the runtime.

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