I have a appllication using a reports build in 8.5-9 version.I wanted to change these reports wit ver. 11, but the appllication won't open them, beacuse the saving text message:

Owerwriting the file will prevent it from being open by any version of Crystal Reports prior to version 9.

I don't have verision 9, is there some option in version 11 to save reports to older version, or is there a translator?

There were MAJOR changes to the structure of the actual .rpt file with version 9.  9, 10, and XI do not have any way of saving files so that they are readable by earlier versions.  So, you'll need to either make your report changes in 8.5, update the application to use the new report controls (they'll read/run earlier report versions), or use a different viewer for the updated reports.

-Dell

I think that VB6 came with a version of CR 8.5 or 7.x. I forget. It is buried on the installation CD in a folder somewhere. It's not part of the main install (going off memory here from a long time ago). You also needed the pro version of VB, the basic edition doesn't have CR on the CD. If you only have 1 CD, then you might not have the pro version and thus won't have CR on the disc. But dig through the folders on the CD to double check.