>>>Is there a way to convert my existing canned reports into Crystal, which would
>>>then allow the users to customize them to their needs?
>>No, you can't do it programatically. They need to be rewritten.
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>That would have been my answer too, but is that actually the case? Can you write a Crystal Report programmatically, or do you have to use the designer? If CR gives you enough control, I'll bet a converter could be written...


I heard today that there is someway to create a datamap that CR will pull in and create your report from that. Apparently it is barely mentioned in the docs, but there is more on their website (www.seagatesoftware.com). Our Crystal Reports guy will be looking into this somtime the next few weeks.