

SAP Crystal Products - End of Mainstream Maintenance Dates Here are the Life Cycle Dates for Crystal Reports which is what CR for VS follows. What this means is we only support the latest release with the understanding for bugs use the latest patch. We do not create patches for previous versions, if an issue is found, test it using the latest release, if it's still an issue we can escalate it to R&D for a fix. NOTE: Be aware that Crystal Reports for Visual Studio are full builds only. 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. NOTE: CR Redist packages are 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. Note: All SP's are supported in all versions of Visual Studio 2010 and above. VS 2022 - SP 32 and higher - NEW - 64 bit installer for VS 2022 only.

VS 2019 - SP 26 and higher ( issues resolved ).VS 2019 - SP 25 and higher ( note - some issues reported with embedded Report Designer ).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 supports the following versions of Visual Studio: Formulas can be evaluated at several phases during report generation as specified by the developer.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. Fields from these tables can be placed on the report design surface, and can also be used in custom formulas, using either BASIC or Crystal's own syntax, which are then placed on the design surface. In the Database Expert, users can select and link tables from a wide variety of data sources, including Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, Oracle databases, Business Objects Enterprise business views, and local file system information.

Crystal Reports allows users to graphically design data connection(s) and report layout. Crystal Reports is a popular report writer, especially when Microsoft bundled it with Visual Studio 2008. Several other applications, including Microsoft Visual Studio, at one time bundled an OEM version of Crystal Reports as a general purpose reporting tool. Crystal Reports is a business intelligence application used to design and generate reports from a wide range of data sources.
