Sorry guys - I've had this confirmed by a contact at Crystal. The RDC will stop being developed further in 10 and will be phased out at some time in a future release. Using the example of the old OCX and CRPEAUTO, we can probably expect to say farewell around CR12.
Sorry, my mistake but don't shoot the messenger![noevil]
The RDC has been around since CR6 (as a late add on). It became useful round about CR8 (CR7 version was limited)
The presence of the free runtime used to be a marketing USP for Crystal, now they never mention it. They've recently changed...
Crystal 9 has documentation explaining how to migrate from the RDC to RAS.
RAS has the ability to modify reports without needing to pay for additional licenses.
Forget RAS8 - RAS9 has everything the RDC has.
I heard the rumour - I'm just seeing if anyone else had heard anything similar. The...
You can still use RAS in windows development.
I heard it from a Crystal Partner in the US.
Don't forget Automation Server was CR5-7, my first thoughts were that by dropping the RDC it would sort out their current nonsensical licensing.
I've heard a rumour that Crystal are going to drop support for the RDC in Crystal 10. I guess that would force everyone to go down the RAS route ($25K for more than 3 concurrent!).
Has anybody heard anything more definite?
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