Crystal Reports Versions
Crystal Reports Versions
May 25, 2009 - For some reason, this is pretty difficult information to find and I cannot seem to locate any information for older versions of Crystal Reports. Which Crystal Reports assembly versions are supported in which versions of Visual Studio.NET Crystal Reports 2008 - Version and Download information for SPs and FPs 1215826 - How to deploy an application that uses Crystal Reports and Visual Studio.NET? 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.
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/...”
Crystal Reports Versions History
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
- Integration with Visual Studio 2017
- .NET Framework 4.7
- FireFox ESR 52
- 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.
3. For VS2017 integration, user needs use “run as Administrator” by right-clicking setup.exe, even if you are already log on by using Administrator account
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
- HANA 2.0 SPS01
- Addressed 5+ customer Incidents.
New In SP19 Release
- Windows Server 2016
- IIS 10 on Windows Server 2016
- 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
- Addressed 9 customer Incidents
- Visual Studio 2019
- Certified Oracle JDK 8 for CRDB XML driver
- Certified Oracle JDK 11 / Open JDK 11 for CRDB XML driver
- Win10 1809
- Security updates
New In SP24 Release - read the above info for SP 21 if upgrading from lower version
Crystal Reports Download
- Addressed 10+ customer Incidents
- Visual Studio 2017 Update 9
- Oracle 18c
- SQL Server 2017
- Chrome 70
- Flash Player 31
New In SP23 Release - read the above info for SP 21 if upgrading from lower version
- Addressed 10+ customer Incidents
- Security improvements
- .NET Framework 4.7.2
- Firefox ESR 60
- Microsoft Edge HTML 17.1713
New In SP22 Release - read the above info for SP 21 if upgrading from lower version
- 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.
Related Content
Related Documents
End of Life references ( Note: Crystal Reports for VS matches Crystal Reports Designer end of life )
Crystal Reports for Visual Studio Licensing
SAP Crystal Reports, Developer Version for Microsoft Visual Studio – Supported Platforms
Report Application Server .NET SDK API Reference Guide
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Printing Crystal Reports in .NET
Related Notes
1544708 – What are the runtime dependencies for CRVS2010?
1531409 – How to deploy the CRVS2010 runtime when using merge modules?
1606608 – Where is the SDK for VS .NET in Crystal Reports 2011?
1606663 – Does Crystal Reports SDK for VS .NET work with Delphi Prism?
1606621 – What .NET frameworks does CRVS2010 support?
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