Despite its quirks, Crystal Reports 12 became the workhorse of:
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You installed Crystal Reports 12 but are using Visual Studio 2010 or newer (which expects a different runtime). Fix: You cannot use VS 2015+ with the original version 12 runtimes. You must install the SAP Crystal Reports runtime engine for .NET Framework 4.x (version 13.0.xx) even if your report file was created in version 12. The runtime is backward compatible. Despite its quirks, Crystal Reports 12 became the
Running a legacy reporting engine comes with headaches. Here are the top 3 problems users face with version 12 and how to solve them. Despite its quirks