Using Crystal Reports 8.5 in Visual Basic 6.0

[bidra]

Hi,
I am working with VB6 and have lately installed Crystal Reports 8.5.
To use a report created with CR 8.5 in an VB6 application I went to the VB Project menu/Components selecting Crystal Report Viewer Control.
Thus the Crystal Report Viewer was added to my
VB-toolbox and I placed the icon on the VB-form.
But how can I get it connected with my report? The ReportSource property doesn't accept the string with path and filename of the .rpt file.
Do I have too use a different property or am I totally wrong at all ?

Many Thanx in advance
Bidra

 

[balves]

The Viewer is used to display the report. You need a Report object defined in your VB code. Then you attach the Report object to the Viewer.

Check out the FAQ on Data Access and the whole directory of VB examples on the Crystal CD.