[Follow up from my previous post]
OK, more info....
A quick call to Business Objects lead to this:
- CR 2008 Basic is NOT a scaled down version of CR 2008 "Full". It is in fact version 10 + some features from version 11
- There are NO versions (9,10,11,2008) of CR that are compatible with VS 2008
- BO will release an update to CR 2008 that will make it compatible with VS 2008
- It will be possible to load the reports created with the "Basic" version in the "Full" updated version. I must say that the person at the end of the line was very vague about this.
After that call, I did a little research and found that CR 2008 SP0 was released just a couple of days ago. That version is now compatible with VS 2008.
http://technicalsupport.businessobjects.com/cs/forums/thread/19171.aspx
http://support.businessobjects.com/communityCS/TechnicalPapers/cr_2008_supported_platforms_windows_sp0.pdf.asp
http://support.businessobjects.com/downloads/service_packs/crystal_reports_en.asp