Report Designer
The Crystal Reports ActiveX Designer
This is a feature-limited report designer that is embedded into the RAD and RSA development environments. It allows developers to create, update, and edit reports without leaving their development environment.
Note: Although the embedded designer is embedded into the development environment, it is not limited to the embedded reporting scenario.
A Crystal Reports External Designer
An external designer is a stand-alone application available as an upgrade (Standard/Professional/Developer Editions). Within RAD and RSA, you can set the .rpt file association to point to the external designer, so that when you choose to create a new report, RAD and RSA launches the external designer rather than the embedded designer.