>>just curious... do people still use crystal?
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>I haven't seen any polls in years.
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>Back around 2005/2006, there was a developer poll that had Crystal at about 50-55% of the developer market (for reporting), and SSRS was somewhere around 20%.
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>But since then SSRS has picked up huge ground. SSRS got better, and Crystal lost fans with their licensing and their overall customer relationship model.
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>I haven't touched Crystal since around 2009.
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>My 2 cents - places with a long history of .NET/VB development are probably more likely continuing with Crystal, because they have such a huge investment in it. I still see job ads that list Crystal as a requirement
>Newer .NET/SQL development is much more likely going with SSRS.

So.. the application in question uses .NET framework 3.5.
Some research showed me that .NET framework 4.5 has some awesome classes that make multithreading child's play (very attractive!)
I tried running the app with .NET framework 4.5 and all was perfect except for CR.
It just died.
So I can go through the agony of figuring out why CR and .NET 4.5 don't get along, or used the more cumbersome multithreading methods of earlier frameworks.
So, do I want a broken arm or a broken leg?
Yet another reason to use SSRS.