Crystal Converter

The Crystal Converter is windows application developed by KTL Solutions that helps users of Crystal Reports convert their reports to Microsoft SQL Reporting Services. The application is completely user driven and can convert most reports in seconds. To convert a crystal report using the Crystal Converter you would simply:

• Make sure your report uses Windows Authentication
• Make sure you have access to the database server
• Browse to the location of your crystal report and select the report to convert
• Save the RDL format of the report to disk
• Upload the RDL format to SQL Reporting Services
• Test your report
   

It is that simple!

Crystal Report Fields

• Database Fields
• Formula Fields
• SQL Expression Fields
• Parameter Fields
• Running Total Fields
• Group Name Fields
• Special Fields (Note: Not all special fields are converted)

Crystal Report Sections

• Report Header
• Page Header
• Group Header
• Details
• Group Footer
• Page Footer
• Report Footer (The converter does support groups and will convert the groups as defined in the crystal report)

Crystal Report Layout Objects

• Text
• Hyperlink (Text appears but hyperlink does not)
• Summary
• Line
• Box
• Picture (The place holder will appear and the picture will have to be added)
• Chart