Crystal Reports seems to have an 80 section per group limit - c++

Question

Crystal Reports seems to have an 80 section per group limit
Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 3
Crystal Reports XI (Release 1)
Calling the Crystal Reports Engine crpe32.dll version 11.0.0.1445
Via Crystal VCL 11 libraries
Via Borland C++Builder 6 Enterprise Suite Version 6.0 (Build 10.166)
I found the report containing 86 sections (in one group)
ran just fine using the Crystal Reports XI exe found at
C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Crystal Reports 11\crw32.exe
However, when I called the same report from an executable compiled
using Borland C++Builder -> VCL calls -> crpe32.dll
IT DID NOT PRINT.
I spent many frustrating hours debugging the exe.
I used the divide and conquer debugging approach and devised
a state machine that would do the following while logging every
state along the way:
Load the Engine via LoadEngine;
Open the Engine via OpenEngine;
Open the PrintJob via OpenJob;
Close the PrintJob via CloseJob;
Close the Engine via CloseEngine;
Unload the Engine via UnloadEngine;
I found that the report errored out at OpenJob
with Crpe1->Status() status crsJobFailed
Crpe1->LastErrorNumber() was "505: No print destination specified"
Here's the play by play (I output this to a file):
LoadEngine() started
LoadEngine() completed. The handle to CRPE32.DLL is: 728956928
EngineOpen() started
EngineOpen() completed. Engine is already opened.
JobIsOpen() started.
JobIsOpen() completed. The PrintJob is open.
Execute() started
Status() crsJobFailed
Execute() failed.
Error state.
LastErrorNumber 505: No print destination specified.
C:\REPORTS\ProblemReport.rpt
Please first call PEOutputToWindow or PEOutputToPrinter!
Execute <PEStartPrintJob>
Finished state.
Back to the report:
Deleting some /*comment*/ sections from the report brought the number of
sections down to 78 and voila ... the report printed out just fine from the
executable compiled on Borland C++Builder -> VCL calls -> crpe32.dll
My conclusion:
Avoid creating over 80 sections in a group.
As a workaround, you can add another group having
the same GROUP BY column (essentially, repeat the
same group) and create all the extra sections needed
in the new group (the repeated group).
It's the equivalent of writing the following SQL
SELECT
column1
column1
FROM table
GROUP BY
column1,
column1;
Has anyone else had this problem?
If yes, what solution have you devised?