[ale] OT: Crystal Reports

tew at wiencko.com tew at wiencko.com
Mon Jan 20 15:00:12 EST 2003


.rpt is their native report layout format.  I believe you have to have the
Crystal Reports product to do anything intelligent with it.

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:58:53 -0800 (PST), "John Wells" wrote:

> 
> The app I'm converting to Linux uses crystal reports.  The client provided
> along with the vb source code a number of .rpt files.
> 
> They are unreadable with a text editor, so my guess is that they're
> actually compiled reports, but I have no experience with Crystal Reports. 
> Am I wrong?  Are these .rpt files crystal reports source files, or are
> they compiled reports?
> 
> Additionally, is Crystal source readable with a text editor, or do you
> have to have some sort of proprietary development tool to read them?  Is
> there a standard file extension for the source?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> John
> 
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