Upgrading to an external Crystal Reports Designer

A Crystal reports external designer is a stand-alone application that is available as an upgrade. If you're unsure which version you require for your design needs, a comparison of features across all versions of Crystal report designers is available at the following Business Objects website: http://www.businessobjects.com/ipl/default.asp?destination=features_version&language=EN&product=crystalreports&version=11.0

Within Rational Application Developer and Rational Software Architect, you can set your .rpt file association to point to the external designer, so that when you choose to create a new report, Rational Application Developer and Rational Software Architect launches the external designer rather than the embedded designer. Crystal Reports report (.rpt) files created with an external designer can be saved directly to the enterprise repository from within this designer.

To set your .rpt file association to point to the external designer
  1. Select the Window option from the Rational Application Developer and Rational Software Architect toolbar.
  2. In the Preferences window, select Workbench > Editors > File Associations.
  3. Select *.rpt in the File types list.
  4. Select Crystal Reports External Designer from the Associated editors list and click Default.


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