Hi:
I need to modify a static text (few words) in 3 rpt files. But I dont have Crystal Reports. How i can do it?
existes some free editor or software to be able to modify a simple text of the report?
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A:
I wouldn't have thought so.
If you have Visual Studio you could edit them through that. Some versions of Visual Studio has Crystal Reports shipped with them.
If not, you will have to find someone who has Crystal Reports and ask then nicely to amend them for you. Or buy Crystal Reports!
Barry
2010-09-17 16:35:40
my visual studio versions does not include CR. I am using other reports suite. To buy CR for modifying 2 words?! With this money I have to change 20 softwares!!
yae
2010-09-17 16:48:31
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A:
If this is something you are only going to need to do once, have you considered downloading a demo version of Crystal? There's a 30-day trial version available here: http://www.developers.net/businessobjectsshowcase/view/3154
Of course, if you need to edit these files after the 30 day period is over, you would be better off buying Crystal.
Alternatively, if all you need to do is replace a few static literal words, have you tried doing a search and replace in a text editor? (Don't forget to save the original files somewhere safe first!)
Mark Bannister
2010-09-20 09:58:05
+1 for suggesting the demo. I suggested a hex editor earlier, but Yae said they couldn't find anything. ***shrug***
LittleBobbyTables
2010-09-20 11:28:00
But this report is "old". I believe that of 2002 or something like that. If I modify it with a current TRIAL version will not it give problems on having read it with the program? In the text Editor only apperas numbers and symbols. I can not modify from Editor
yae
2010-09-20 16:34:08
@yae, if you modify a report from an old version of Crystal with a newer version, it should ask you if you want to update the report to the newer version when you save it - if you answer "no", it should still save the modified version in the old format. So no, this should not be an issue, as long as you save it in the correct format.
Mark Bannister
2010-09-20 17:03:35
@yae, have you tried **searching** the file in the text editor for the words in question? Crystal normally saves literal strings as themselves, but tokenises everything else in a .rpt file, so it should be possible to find the words in question.
Mark Bannister
2010-09-20 17:06:20
Yes. I have tried to search text in the file rpt (someone already suggested it and I answered that it was not working, but he eliminated the message). If I open the file only appears numbers and symbols, and if I search: 0 results. have you tried to open a file RPT with an editor? What editor you uses?
yae
2010-09-21 11:16:32
@yae, I have done previously with older versions of Crystal (version 8, in particular), but when I try the same with files created in a more recent version of Crystal (version 10) I cannot find text that I know is in the report. It seems that this solution is only viable with files created in old versions of Crystal.
Mark Bannister
2010-09-21 12:41:04
A:
This may be a long shot, but Crystal Reports for Eclipse is free. I'm not sure if it will work, but if all you need is to edit some static text, you could get that version of CR and get the job done.
Remus
2010-10-28 17:28:06