Delphi 1 CR7 VCL?

rich...@tortoise.demon.co.uk (Richard Hayward)

Delphi Developer

Wed, 20 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Delphi 1 CR7 VCL?

I am just starting to use Crystal reports with Delphi 1.
I have CR version 7.
Is it correct that there is no VCL component for this combination?
Could anyone advise me on what options I have?

regards
Richard

Terry Swier

Delphi Developer

Sat, 23 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Delphi 1 CR7 VCL?

Richard,

Quote

> I am just starting to use Crystal reports with Delphi 1.
> I have CR version 7.
> Is it correct that there is no VCL component for this combination?
> Could anyone advise me on what options I have?

D1 is quite old and Seagate is not supporting CR 7 for D1. You will need to
use D2 or higher to use the new VCLs.

If you are planning on using dBase or Paradox files, I would recommend that
you find another reporting product. There are some serious bugs in the
xBase and Paradox drivers that will result in incorrect reporting results.
I've been trying to get these corrected for almost two years, but it does
not appear that Seagate has any interest in fixing these bugs.

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Terry Swiers
Millennium Software, LLC
http://www.1000years.com

Atrex Inventory Control/POS -
'99 Shareware Industry Awards Nominee
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Richard Haywa

Delphi Developer

Sun, 24 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Delphi 1 CR7 VCL?

Thanks for your reply Terry,

I now have a copy of CR version 6 which I hope will be ok.
I am using an MSSQL 6.5 back end.

Could you tell me, when I have a crpe component, can I get it to
retreive its data from the TDatabase component already in my project,
and hence via the BDE? Looking at the docs, it seems as though the
crystal engine has to establish its own connection.

regards
Richard

On Tue, 7 Sep 1999 08:20:51 -0700, "Terry Swiers"

Quote

<millenn...@1000years.com> wrote:
>Richard,

>> I am just starting to use Crystal reports with Delphi 1.
>> I have CR version 7.
>> Is it correct that there is no VCL component for this combination?
>> Could anyone advise me on what options I have?

>D1 is quite old and Seagate is not supporting CR 7 for D1. You will need to
>use D2 or higher to use the new VCLs.

>If you are planning on using dBase or Paradox files, I would recommend that
>you find another reporting product. There are some serious bugs in the
>xBase and Paradox drivers that will result in incorrect reporting results.
>I've been trying to get these corrected for almost two years, but it does
>not appear that Seagate has any interest in fixing these bugs.

Terry Swier

Delphi Developer

Sun, 24 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Delphi 1 CR7 VCL?

Richard,

Quote

> Could you tell me, when I have a crpe component, can I get it to
> retreive its data from the TDatabase component already in my project,
> and hence via the BDE? Looking at the docs, it seems as though the
> crystal engine has to establish its own connection.

CR does open it's own connection and I don't think that there is a way to
change that.

---------------------------------------
Terry Swiers
Millennium Software, LLC
http://www.1000years.com

Atrex Inventory Control/POS -
'99 Shareware Industry Awards Nominee
'96, '97, '98 - Ziff-Davis/PC Magazine Shareware Award Finalist
---------------------------------------

Richard Haywa

Delphi Developer

Mon, 25 Feb 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Delphi 1 CR7 VCL?

Thanks Terry,

I've tried to start a new thread on this.

regards
Richard

On Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:24:25 -0700, "Terry Swiers"

Quote

<millenn...@1000years.com> wrote:
>Richard,

>> Could you tell me, when I have a crpe component, can I get it to
>> retreive its data from the TDatabase component already in my project,
>> and hence via the BDE? Looking at the docs, it seems as though the
>> crystal engine has to establish its own connection.

>CR does open it's own connection and I don't think that there is a way to
>change that.

rich...@tortoise.demon.co.uk

Ross Trusle

Delphi Developer

Sun, 10 Mar 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Re:Delphi 1 CR7 VCL?

I know this is getting off the topic, but could you elaborate on the
issues that you've come across? We have a D1/CR5 project that we're
updating to D4/CR7 that uses Paradox files. We had no problems with
CR5. Also, have you tried using the BDE drivers instead of the XBASE
drivers?

<<If you are planning on using dBase or Paradox files, I would recommend
that you find another reporting product. There are some serious bugs in
the xBase and Paradox drivers that will result in incorrect reporting
results.>>

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