SAP Crystal Reports Read-Only (RPTR) reports are
Crystal reports that can be viewed with report viewer applications, but cannot
be modified with the SDK or opened by report designer applications. This lets
you protect your intellectual property by preventing users from modifying the
report or obtaining information about proprietary business logic stored in the
report definition.
SAP Crystal Reports Read-Only format reports use
the RPTR file extension instead of the RPT file extension used by Crystal
reports. You can create an RPTR report by exporting an RPT report to RPTR
format. However, there is no supported way to convert an RPTR report to an RPT
report.
Because the definition of an RPTR report cannot be
modified, you cannot use this SDK to set the data source location of an RPTR
report through the database controller. However, you can refresh the data of an
RPTR report at run time.
You can use this SDK to perform the following
tasks:
Create
an RPTR report by exporting a Crystal report (RPT) to RPTR format.
Note: Only reports created by SAP Crystal Reports 2011 can be
exported to RPTR format.
View
an RPTR report by obtaining its report source and passing the report source to
a viewer.
Refresh the data of an RPTR report at run time.
Open
an RPTR report, and export it to formats other than RPT.
You cannot use this SDK to perform the following
tasks:
Modify
the report definition of an RPTR report.
Set
the data source location of the report.
Retrieve information about the report definition of an RPTR
report, including the formulas, fields, sections, and objects that make up the
report.
Export
an RPTR report to RPT format.
Add an
RPTR report as a subreport to an RPT report.