Crystal reports 5.2 client?

Question

I've received the source code of an old vb6.0 app that uses Crystal Reports.

The original project file shows:

Object={00025600-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}#5.2#0; Crystl32.OCX

In my old visual basic 6.0 installation CDs I only have crystal reports version 4.6.

When I try to open one of the rpt files from the source code using the Crystal Report Pro (version 4.6) it raises a cannot open rpt error. I suspect the rpt were saved using a "Crystal Report Pro version 5.2" or something similar.

Do you know if this version (5.2) exists? And how can I get a working copy of this version of crystal reports pro for editing the rpts?

Upgrade to a newer crystal version is an option as long as it works in visual basic 6.0 the same way, ie with Crystl32.ocx, same APIs, etc.....

Answer 1

I had a project where I had to take some old 4.6 reports and regenerate them with version 8. I was able to use it, but as I recall (it's been about 10 years) I had to regenerate the rpt files before they would work. I had to do something like open them and resave them as a new file. A little googling suggests that CR only supports forward migration of older reports (can't save in old format), so your last paragraph is probably not going to happen.