Crystal 10 Vs Crystal 2008

[Crystalboy1]

HI, i am a crystal reports developer. My manager asked to write to him, why should we upgrade from crystal reports 10 to crystal reports 2008? we are using crystal entriprise as well.
and with the same thing he ask me to write why we should not upgrade it as well ? he wana know both sides of this upgrade? can anyone help please

 

[chelseatech]

If your Crystal is embedded in an application then I would say to NOT upgrade until the application is upgraded. Cr 2008 requires a .Net application so it's not a minor change to a VB application.

Big improvements from Cr 9/10 to CR 2008. Too many to iterate here. Download the back issues of our newsletter where we show some of the key new features in each version.

Big improvements to parameters: Can have dynamic pick lists, and now optional parameters.

Big improvements to crosstabs with embedded summaries and calculated members inside the crosstab.

Dynamic Image locations are also a cool new feature.

Can now have different sections landscape and portrait in the same report.

Any one of these could be a critical reason to upgrade.

Editor and Publisher of Crystal Clear

http://www.chelseatech.co.nz/pubs.htm

 

[kenhamady]

The front page of my site has a link for each of the past 4 versions. They list the main new features introduced in each version.

Ken Hamady, On-site Custom Crystal Reports Training & Consulting
Public classes and individual training.
Guides to Formulas, Parameters, Subreports, Cross-tabs, VB, Tips and Tricks

http://www.kenhamady.com/

 

[MJRBIM]

Another key item is that CR/CE 8/9/10 are no longer supported by SAP/BOBJ - and there are no more security-patches or hot-fixes being released for those products.

If you have any IT Mgmt, Security or Compliance standards in place, they usually require you to remain on "vendor supported" platforms.

Senior Business Intelligence Consultant
Toronto, Canada

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