Q. What’s the difference between the free Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio, and Crystal Reports
2008?
The free version in Microsoft Visual Studio is version 10.5 of Crystal Reports; Crystal Reports 2008 is version 12.
Crystal Reports 2008 provides the following key new features:

• Editable preview allows report designers to edit reports with data to save time switching between a design view and read-only preview.
  

• Embedding Flash objects in the report

• Dynamic, cascading parameters

• XML export with embeddable XSL transforms

• Calculated members in crosstabs

• Interactive parameters to enable parameters to change without forcing a database refresh

• Optional parameters

• Additional data drivers and OLAP data access

• Report creation and modification API

View the detailed comparison on our Web site at
http://www.sap.com/solutions/sapbusinessobjects/sme/reporting/visualstudio/comparisonmatrix/index.epx.
Learn more about upgrading to Crystal Reports 2008 by visiting our Web site at
http://www.businessobjects.com/product/catalog/crystalreports_visualstudio/upgrade.asp.