> Hi group,

> Im brand new to Crystal Reports but have inhereted a few .rpt files
> that need minor modifications for a quicksell 2000 pos application.

> if anyone could help me with a few general questions before i plunge
> into a crash learning session with CR.

> a.   is it possible to open a CR6 .rpt file in CR8.5, then save it as
> back as a CR6 .rpt file?        Since the reports currently working
> with the POS system are version 6, i assume i have to save them that
> way too, after making mods to them, so they remain compatable.
> is this possible to do with version 8.5?       or do i need to scare
> up a copy of CR6 to open the .rpt files?

> b.  on one of the reports all i have to do is add a new windows font
> to the system and get the report to use it.      i assume this should
> be rather trivial and easy to do.     is this a fair assumption?

> c.   another new report needs to be set up to print on pre-fab Avery
> mailing address labels.     are their "templates" available  for CR to
> handle this anywhere?      or will i need to tackle the formatting on
> my own and have to make calls to the windows API to get printer
> margins and such?

> thanks for ANY insight you might have,
> david

>Hi David,
>    a.  I've only briefly looked at CR8.5  All of our reports were designed
>with CR7.  I can only save reports as version 7 or 8.5 when I open them in
>CR8.5
>    b.  You are correct.  It should be easy to change the font.  You might
>have to tweak some of the object sizes, etc.
>    c.  I have created a few label reports in CR7.  There is a label report
>wizard that will help.  There are a number of Avery standard labels to
>choose from or you can modify any of them and create your own dimensions.
>Note:  I found that I had to add a small vertical gap between labels in
>order for them to print correctly.  The labels really don't have a gap
>between them, but the starting point for each label changed as I went down
>the sheet.  Also, get the positioning correct before doing a lot of work on
>the label data.  I created my labels, created formulas for displaying
>information the way I wanted it, positioned everything, etc.  After doing
>this, I found that I needed to change the gap between labels and I went back
>to the wizard.  After fixing the dimensions I returned to the label to find
>that the entire label was rearranged.

>Bob Holmes

>> Hi group,

>> Im brand new to Crystal Reports but have inhereted a few .rpt files
>> that need minor modifications for a quicksell 2000 pos application.

>> if anyone could help me with a few general questions before i plunge
>> into a crash learning session with CR.

>> a.   is it possible to open a CR6 .rpt file in CR8.5, then save it as
>> back as a CR6 .rpt file?        Since the reports currently working
>> with the POS system are version 6, i assume i have to save them that
>> way too, after making mods to them, so they remain compatable.
>> is this possible to do with version 8.5?       or do i need to scare
>> up a copy of CR6 to open the .rpt files?

>> b.  on one of the reports all i have to do is add a new windows font
>> to the system and get the report to use it.      i assume this should
>> be rather trivial and easy to do.     is this a fair assumption?

>> c.   another new report needs to be set up to print on pre-fab Avery
>> mailing address labels.     are their "templates" available  for CR to
>> handle this anywhere?      or will i need to tackle the formatting on
>> my own and have to make calls to the windows API to get printer
>> margins and such?

>> thanks for ANY insight you might have,
>> david

> Thanks for your input/experience, Bob!

> This should be a very simple project, but my biggest worry is that
> while using CR 8.5 i cant save the .rpt files to be downwardly
> compatable to version 6 of CR, so i will then have to then load the
> 8.5 CR engine to get the new reports working properly.

> this seems like overkill to have to load the whole CR 8.5 engine to
> just change a font and add a "mailing label" report....

> ...do you know if there are any other options?    Im really afraid
> that upgrading/loading  to the 8.5 engine  *MAY*  break all the other
> v6.0 reports.     anyone have any experience with along these lines?

> Thanks again for your response Bob.

> David

> >Hi David,
> >    a.  I've only briefly looked at CR8.5  All of our reports were
designed
> >with CR7.  I can only save reports as version 7 or 8.5 when I open them
in
> >CR8.5
> >    b.  You are correct.  It should be easy to change the font.  You
might
> >have to tweak some of the object sizes, etc.
> >    c.  I have created a few label reports in CR7.  There is a label
report
> >wizard that will help.  There are a number of Avery standard labels to
> >choose from or you can modify any of them and create your own dimensions.
> >Note:  I found that I had to add a small vertical gap between labels in
> >order for them to print correctly.  The labels really don't have a gap
> >between them, but the starting point for each label changed as I went
down
> >the sheet.  Also, get the positioning correct before doing a lot of work
on
> >the label data.  I created my labels, created formulas for displaying
> >information the way I wanted it, positioned everything, etc.  After doing
> >this, I found that I needed to change the gap between labels and I went
back
> >to the wizard.  After fixing the dimensions I returned to the label to
find
> >that the entire label was rearranged.

> >Bob Holmes

> >> Hi group,

> >> Im brand new to Crystal Reports but have inhereted a few .rpt files
> >> that need minor modifications for a quicksell 2000 pos application.

> >> if anyone could help me with a few general questions before i plunge
> >> into a crash learning session with CR.

> >> a.   is it possible to open a CR6 .rpt file in CR8.5, then save it as
> >> back as a CR6 .rpt file?        Since the reports currently working
> >> with the POS system are version 6, i assume i have to save them that
> >> way too, after making mods to them, so they remain compatable.
> >> is this possible to do with version 8.5?       or do i need to scare
> >> up a copy of CR6 to open the .rpt files?

> >> b.  on one of the reports all i have to do is add a new windows font
> >> to the system and get the report to use it.      i assume this should
> >> be rather trivial and easy to do.     is this a fair assumption?

> >> c.   another new report needs to be set up to print on pre-fab Avery
> >> mailing address labels.     are their "templates" available  for CR to
> >> handle this anywhere?      or will i need to tackle the formatting on
> >> my own and have to make calls to the windows API to get printer
> >> margins and such?

> >> thanks for ANY insight you might have,
> >> david