Hi All,

I am writing a C# code to generate a Microsoft Reporting Service fie format i.e RDL(Report Definition Language) file from Crystal Report file(RPT), i have converted many features from the crystal to RDL but i have stuck at a point.

I am able to extract the Items from the rpt, i m getting a CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.PictureObje ct but i m not able to convert it to standard picture object so that i can take it to RDL.

Please tell me if u know how to do it. If u can save the extracted image to a disk file even that ll do.

Your reply is appriciated in advance.

hi,
Pls reply in detail and with references to the e-mail id [email protected] about the ways to develop an application to convert Crystal Report files to SQL Reports in C#.

Thanks,
Viswanathan V

Hi,
I assume you have solved your problem by now, two years later.
Why I am contacting you, is because I want to do exactly the same as Viswanathan V, namely converting reports from Crystal to MS Reporting Services.
But I lack information of rpt file format. I am not asking for your source code, but if you could tell me where to find the necessary documentation, I will certainly be happy.
My e-mail is : [email protected].

Regards,
Johnny

Hi,

I am writing back after 4 years now and unfortunately i couldnot not conver the image. I contacted Crystal and according to their reply Crystal APIS doesnt allow us to capture the image. However after alot of R&D i could some how trick it. This is waht you can do.

Requirement
1. You have to have the data source username and password of the crystal file otherwise it wont work.

Procedure:
1. add a selection formula to crystal file from code. like 1= 2 (this will always be false).
2. run the crystal file.
3. export the output to a html file
4. when you export the report in html it will save the image file to the same location with the smame name as image object name in crystal(you can access image object name using crystal API).
5. take the fiel which is saved on the disk.

you need the data source credentials to run the crystal report.

:)

hope this works for you.