Crystal Reports Toolkit Release Notes

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Release notes

1.0 Limitations
   1.1 Installation
   1.2 Restrictions
   1.3 Crystal Reports Designer
   1.4.InfoView
   1.5 Java reporting
2.0 Known problems and workarounds
   2.1 InfoView
   2.2 Publishing
   2.3 Java reporting
   2.4 Report functionality
   2.5 Platform specific issues
   2.6 Formatting and rendering
   2.7 Relational databases and SQL statements
   2.8 Language specific issues
   2.9 Accessibility

1.0 Limitations

1.1 Installation

On Linux®, Crystal Reports must be installed by a user that is not logged in as "root".

1.2 Restrictions

1.3 Crystal Reports Designer

1.4 InfoView

When logging off BusinessObjects Enterprise, you must clear all the session variables that contain cached report sources to ensure that the report viewer will use updated credentials to connect to BusinessObjects Enterprise.

1.5 Java Reporting

2.0 Known problems and workarounds

2.1InfoView

2.2 Publishing

2.3 Java reporting

2.4 Report functionality

2.5 Platform specific issues

2.6 Formatting and rendering

The following table describes how the JRC behaves when opening and saving reports at runtime with the following unsupported features.

Feature JRC behavior when opening report with this feature JRC behavior when saving report with this feature
Report alerts
 
Alerts are not triggered. Alerting information in the report definition is preserved. However, alerting views are not preserved.
Geographic maps Appear as blank objects. Preserved in the report definition.
Crystal Reports 9 report charts with textures and pictures Not shown. Preserved in the report definition.
Chart label placement If labels are moved, they are reset to their default positions. Preserved in the report definition.
Special fields with Crystal Enterprise context: Current CE User ID. Mapped to Vertical Page Number. Special fields are preserved.
Dynamic images Not supported. Full support.
Parameterized sorting Supported. Full support.
Hierarchical group sorting Supported. Full support.
Formula function additions Supported (except Crystal Enterprise time zone). Full support.
Dynamic prompts Not supported. Not preserved.
Grid enhancements Supports flattening column headings for crosstabs. Flattened column headings are preserved. Drill-through view is not preserved.

2.7 Relational databases and SQL statements

2.8 Language specific issues

2.9 Accessibility