Old Crystal Reports vs. CR9 and CR10

[MrsPie]

I just found the Crystal Reports on my Visual Basic 6.0 CD - after playing with it, it looks easy to operate.

Is it worth upgrading to the current Crystal Reports 10 version? It will be for a redistributed application, so it needs to be as bullet-proof as possible.

It looks like I can also still get Crystal Reports 9 - I would like opinions on whether Version 9 could be better than Version 10.

Any and all opinions would be appreciated!

 

[Golom]

I believe that the version of CR included with VB was version 4.0 which is now pretty limited as compared to the latest and greatest (V 10.0).

As to 9.0 Vs. 10.0

My impression is (check the Seagate site) that V 10.0 added a lot of Web-related functionality. Either version however does an excellent job of preparing reports that can be used in VB. If you need to added web capabilities of V 10.0 then that's obviously where you need to be. If not, and you can find a good deal on V 9.0 then it will probably be fine for your purposes.

 

[MrsPie]

Thank you very much!

I'll upgrade, but since web capability doesn't matter I'll see if I can save a few bucks and find v 9.0.

I appreciate the help!