The line width property is not imported.There are some limitations in conversion of this item: BoxObject – is converted to a Shape control in ActiveReports.So the user needs to set the data source manually after the conversion process is completed, to make it work. The data sources which are not mentioned above are currently not imported. Once imported, you can view the imported data sources in the report definition file by clicking on the dataSource icon from the report. rpt files with data source set as SQL, OLEDB (Access, Oracle, Sybase), XML to ActiveReports with ease. DataSources – with the release of ActiveReports 6 Sp 2 Hotfix 1, ActiveReports 6 now supports importing of Crystal Reports.Now, lets go through how each Crystal Reports item is converted to ActiveReports and the corresponding limitations. You can find more information about the conversion in our documentation section – Converting Crystal Reports. To use this converter, ensure that Visual Studio and Crystal Reports are installed. This wizard is simple and straight forward, takes. ActiveReports has a conversion wizard – ‘ Crystal To ActiveReports Conversion Wizard‘. They want to know about the procedure, limitations, and tips to do the conversion.įirst let’s talk about converting Crystal Reports‘ report definition file (.rpt) to ActiveReports‘ report definition file (.rpx). And usually we hear request from customers using Crystal Reports about the possibility of converting report definition files (.rpt) to the report definition files of ActiveReports (.rpx). The smoothness of migration act totally depends on the structural compatibility or similarity between the two different tools. Usually we prefer to migrate our work artifacts when we switch from one tool to another, and would prefer to the upgraded tool to read the work artifacts generated in the previous version of the tool seamlessly.