Edit Crystal report file without Crystal Report software

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I need to modify a static text  few words  in 3 rpt files  But I dont have Crystal Reports  How can I do it    Is there a free editor or software to be able to modify a simple text of the report

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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

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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

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In case anyone else is looking for this    as of April 2013  you can still get the free Visual Studio edition of Crystal Reports from this web site  SAP Crystal Reports - Downloads  updated url    It installs into Visual Studio 2010 or VS 2012  and you can edit and save RPT files with as much capability as the standard Crystal Reports editor

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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

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My dad moved his office after 30 year and they need to update the address in the header of their Crystal Reports 7  1997   based billing system   After buying old copies of Access 97 and Visual Studio 2003 Pro  I found out that both programs were too new - they could open the RPT files  but they saved them with an updated version that would not open in the billing system   I ended up being able to make the changes using this life-saver program     http   www softwareforces com Products rpt-inspector-professional-suite-for-crystal-reports  It was available with a 10 day free trial  and I only needed about 10 minutes to make my changes  That said  I would have happily paid whatever they asked for it      Some hints    When I opened my RPT files  I got an error saving the database could not be found  I ignored this error and everything worked fine  Because my RPT files were Crystal Reports version 7  I had to go into Options- Misc and tell the program to save in the old format

[crystal-reports] Edit Crystal report file without Crystal Report software

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