I'm working on a Crystal Reports project that involves several subreports. Now, I need to track where a specific subreport is being used across different reports.
I've tried to open the file in an IDE so I can search for the filename. Sadly, CR uses a different format that can't be open and in the text-editor just are binaries.
Is there a built-in function of CR that allows me to check this? Do you have suggestions how to check which reports include a particular subreport. Are there any strategies or tools for achieving this?
You can export a Crystal report to a format called 'ReportDefinition'.
Or you can use 3rd-party tools to document, search, and even modify multiple reports. Ken Hamady maintains a listing of such tools here.
Here is an example of one of these 3rd-party utilities, searching for subreport properties related to whether the subreport reimport path is valid:
You can use the Search & Filter dialogs to find all cases where a particular subreport is used within multiple reports.