You can convert Crystal Reports reports into ActiveReports format by running the Crystal Reports to ActiveReports Converter Wizard. Due to differences between products, the extent to which your reports are converted depends on your specific report layout.

To run the Crystal Reports to ActiveReports Converter Wizard, you need to install Visual Studio and Crystal Reports for Visual Studio on your machine. The versions of Visual Studio and corresponding Crystal Reports are as follows:

Visual Studio	Edition	Crystal Reports
2005	Professional, Team System	Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005
2008	Professional, Team System	Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2008
2010	Professional, Premium, Ultimate System	Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010

When the Crystal Reports to ActiveReports Converter Wizard is completed, an .rpx file (the ActiveReports layout file) is created. To learn how to add the .rpx file to the existing project, please see Save and Load Report Layout Files (RPX).

To convert a Crystal Reports report into an ActiveReport

Note: The Crystal Reports to ActiveReports Converter converts XML, SQL and OLE DB (Access, Oracle, SyBase) data sources from Crystal Reports to ActiveReports. As for other data sources that the Crystal Reports to ActiveReports Converter does not support, you should manually set up these data sources after the conversion is complete - see DataSource Icon for more information.

General Limitations

The controls, functions, and text formats, which are not supported by ActiveReports, are not converted.
The shadow property of a control is not imported.
The OLE object is not imported as it is treated as PictureObject in the Crystal Reports object structure.

Converted Report Items

Crystal Reports	ActiveReports	Note
BoxObject	Shape	The LineWidth property is not imported. If the box extends to multiple sections, the box is imported as line controls. The control's z-index is not imported. The ExtendToBottomOfSection property is not imported.
ChartObject	ChartControl	The settings and data are not imported.
CrossTabObject	SubReport	Cross tabs are not imported.
LineObject	Line	The size of Dot and Dash (the Line Style property) is not exactly the same. The ExtendToBottomOfSection property is not imported.
PictureObject	Picture	Image data is not imported.
SubreportObject	SubReport	You need to set the SubReport in code after the conversion.
TextObject	Label	Only the functions PageNumber, TotalPageCount and PageNofM are supported. The functions PrintDate, PrintTime, ModificationDate, ModificationTime, DataDate, DataTime display System.DateTime.Now.ToString() The default Alignment is imported as Left. Some properties like CanGrow, CharacterSpacing, TextRotationAngle and HyperLinkText are not supported.
FieldObject	TextBox	Only the functions PageNumber, TotalPageCount and PageNofM are supported. The functions PrintDate, PrintTime, ModificationDate, ModificationTime, DataDate, DataTime display System.DateTime.Now.ToString() The default Alignment is imported as Left. Some properties like CanGrow, CharacterSpacing, TextRotationAngle and HyperLinkText are not supported.
PageHeader/PageFooter	PageHeader/PageFooter	The FieldHeadingObject class is not imported.

Getting Started

ActiveReports Toolbox Controls

DataSource Icon

How To

Save and Load Report Layout Files (RPX)