title: Mass migration of Crystal Reports from v10 to Visual Studio 2010
body: <p>I have been tasked with reviewing "SAP Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010" and the "SAP Crystal Reports 2011" standalone as potential upgrade paths from Crystal Reports v10.</p>
  
  <p>I've installed the extension to Visual Studio 2010 (and went through the common troubles of updating the runtime to get the viewer working) and can open report files and save them. Consequently, I get the "this report was saved in a previous version of CR, saving will upgrade the report file format" dialog. I've tested on a couple of reports and the conversion goes ahead smoothly and the resultant file remains compatible with our server software.</p>
  
  <p>My problem is I have over 1,500 reports. I'd like to avoid opening each one in turn and saving/converting individually. Is there a way to convert all the report files in one fell swoop? Some means of scripting Visual Studio to do it, maybe?</p>
  
  <p>Notes:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>I've added every report file to a project and attempted to Save All... no dice.</li>
  <li>I must convert every single report now. It's not an option to just convert those that need changes when they need changes.</li>
  <li>My work network access is locked down pretty tight. The bureaucratic process to get any utilities or tools installed on my machine is <strong>INTENSE</strong> and must be justified.</li>
  <li>We don't use any features of CR standalone that aren't shipped with VS.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>P.S. It's worth re-iterating that I'm also reviewing CR2011. I'll need to do the same thing with the standalone designer too.</p>