SAP CRYSTAL REPORTS 2008 Release notes
Crystal Reports 2008 SP0 Release
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Crystal Reports 2008 SP0
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Contents
Introduction 7Chapter 1
About these Release Notes.........................................................................8
About Crystal Reports 2008.........................................................................9
Installation Issues 11Chapter 2
Unable to load Java UFLs.........................................................................12
Oracle on 64 bit systems...........................................................................12
Windows XP security update conflict.........................................................12
Unhelpful error message when installing without sufficient privileges.......13
Error message during silent install............................................................13
Repair option does not fix the Crystal Reports 2008 for Visual Studio
components...............................................................................................13
Mapping is not supported on Vista............................................................14
Workflow Issues 15Chapter 3
Cannot refresh Oracle reports in .Net viewer............................................16
Advanced dialog box does not open.........................................................16
CrystalReports.com does not support embedded Flash...........................16
Charts based on cross-tabs.......................................................................16
Date and time format separators...............................................................16
DHTML response times.............................................................................17
Older versions of Crystal Reports cannot open reports with Flash objects.17
Options to Create Blank and Selection for Calculation not available........18
No Upper Bound and No Lower Bound options display as 0....................18
'Not HasValue or' clause not appended.....................................................18
Optional parameters appear the same as mandatory parameters............19
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Prompting for parameters during save......................................................19
Search controls in Safari............................................................................19
Reports do not appear in local language...................................................19
Smart Measures not supported.................................................................20
Sort control does not work in sub-reports..................................................20
Cannot save reports with special characters to CrystalReports.com........20
Sub-report views close..............................................................................20
OLAP reports created in previous Crystal Reports versions.....................20
Winform printing limitations........................................................................21
Display Issues 23Chapter 4
Limited barcode field width........................................................................24
Boolean groups are not supported in Interactive Parameter panel...........24
Flash on Safari and MAC OS....................................................................24
Disabled OK button in Bind Sort dialog.....................................................24
Missing toolbar and group tree..................................................................24
Range values parameters..........................................................................25
Software Update dialog not translated when using Unicode languages....25
SWF content is not editable.......................................................................25
Calendar dialog language..........................................................................25
Changing Product Locale or Preferred Viewing Locale.............................25
Data Issues 27Chapter 5
Access 2007 files not recognized..............................................................28
Cannot enter empty strings in optional parameters...................................28
Netezza ODBC connection returns invalid data........................................28
Dynamic LOVs without error messages, or with unhelpful error
messages..................................................................................................28
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Developer Issues 29Chapter 6
Class not registered - DTSConnection error may occur when running Crystal
Reports 2008 ASP.NET Web applications side-by-side with previous
versions.....................................................................................................30
CrystalReportsViewer Web control is not supported inside an ASP.NET AJAX
UpdatePanel control..................................................................................30
Windows applications built with the Crystal Reports 2008 SDK under the
.NET Framework 2.0 SP1 or .NET Framework 3.5 may encounter problems
on systems with Data Execution Prevention (DEP) enabled.....................30
Parameters set programmatically do not always cause a database
refresh........................................................................................................31
Using ADO .NET as a datasource in Visual Studio 2003 may cause
crashes......................................................................................................31
Postback actions from the CrystalReportViewer Web control will fail if a
CrystalDecisions.Web.CrystalReportSource object is bound in the Page_Load
event with a PostBack check.....................................................................31
Data Execution Prevention (DEP) must be disabled before opening a Crystal
Report project in Visual Studio 2008 under Windows Vista.......................32
Optional and interactive parameter prompts do not always function correctly
when a Web Services report source is used.............................................32
Web projects with embedded reports migrated to Crystal Reports 2008 will
not contain new configuration settings in the Web.config file....................33
User paper sizes not displayed correctly...................................................34
Setting Bin and BinName properties to invalid values does not cause an
exception...................................................................................................34
Printer may select incorrect print tray........................................................35
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Introduction
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Introduction
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About these Release Notes
About these Release Notes
The notes contained in this document cover important information about this
product release, including: installation issues, workflow (usage) issues,
display issues, and data-related issues. This includes, when relevant,
workarounds.
Please read this document in its entirety before installing your Business
Objects software. Be sure to visit the Business Objects support web site for
additional notes and information that may become available following the
release of this document.
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About Crystal Reports 2008
Crystal Reports is designed to work with your database to help you analyze
and interpret important information. Crystal Reports makes it easy to create
simple reports, and, it also has the comprehensive tools you need to produce
complex or specialized reports.
Create any report you can imagine
Crystal Reports is designed to produce the report you want from virtually
any data source. Built-in report experts guide you step by step through
building reports and completing common reporting tasks. Formulas,
cross-tabs, subreports, and conditional formatting help make sense of data
and uncover important relationships that might otherwise be hidden.
Geographic maps and graphs communicate information visually when words
and numbers are simply not enough.
Extend reporting to the Web
The flexibility of Crystal Reports doesn't end with creating reports — your
reports can be published in a variety of formats including Microsoft Word
and Excel, E-mail and even over the Web. Advanced Web reporting lets
other members of your workgroup view and update shared reports inside
their web browser.
Introduction
About Crystal Reports 2008
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Incorporate reports into applications
Application and web developers can save time and meet their users needs
by integrating the report processing power of Crystal Reports into their
database applications. Support for most popular development languages
makes it easy to add reporting to any application.
Whether it's the web master in IT, the promotion manager in marketing, the
database administrator in finance or the CEO, Crystal Reports is a powerful
tool designed to help everyone analyze and interpret the information that's
important to them.
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Introduction
About Crystal Reports 2008
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Installation Issues
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