We currently use Delphi 2005, and import Crystal 10 ActiveX controls as a Type Library to generate crystal reports.
From what I've gathered, Crystal 2008 no longer supports ActiveX, so even if we upgrade to Delphi 2009/2010, it still won't be able to generate Crystal 2008 reports, is this correct?
That is, there's no way for a Win32 application to generate Crystal 2008 reports. Need to use Delphi Prism, Visual Studio, etc?
Robo, unfortunately Crystal Reports does not include Delphi as one of its supported platforms. you need to read this articles
"Crystal Reports Support for Delphi – History and Present".
Crystal Reports Visual Component Library for Delphi SDK
Crystal Reports Visual Component Library for Delphi was retired in version 11.0 (XI Release 1) of Crystal Reports. For developers who prefer to use the VCL, it is possible to update the VCL supplied by SAP BusinessObjects for Crystal Reports XI to work with more recent versions of Crystal Reports such as Crystal Reports XI Release 2 and Crystal Reports 2008. Please refer to the article Updating the Crystal Reports VCL. Version 11.0 of the VCL can be downloaded from here. The Crystal Reports VCL has not been updated since version 11.0 of Crystal Reports and thus new functionality in latter versions of Crystal Reports may not work. In particular, starting with Crystal Reports XI release 2, dynamic and cascading parameters will be an issue and in Crystal Reports 2008, reports using Flash Objects and Xcelsius will most certainly fail. For more details, see Note 1219099, “VCL component does not support prompting for dynamic/cascading parameter fields” and Note 1323599, “Is it possible to use reports created in Crystal Reports 2008 in previous versions of Crystal Reports?” in our Notes database.
Note: There are no plans to update the VCL.
....Technical Support Disclaimer Delphi 2007 (Read as Delphi) is not on the list of supported platforms for any version of Crystal Reports. Since Delphi 2007 is not on the supported platforms list, no issues with the Crystal Reports SDK can be escalated for a resolution with R&D, unless these are duplicated in a supported environment. E.g.; Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
Thread: Crystal Reports 2008 and Delphi 2007
Using the trial version of Delphi Prism which installed into a Visual Studio 2008 shell, on install of our Crystal 2008 product it automatically updated the shell to include our SDK. Everything just works as you expect. Please note that Crystal Reports does have to be the last product to be installed.
The best choice you have is to use visual studio integration with Crystal Report.
Bye.