How To Set Up CR 8.5 Report With VB6

[LeonX]

Hi guys ...
I using VB6 and CR8.5.
Now I try to open a pre-design report which made using CR8.5 and saved as report file with .rpt extension.

What references i should use to open this report? For your note, i don't want to use Crystal 8.5 Designer.

Thanks in advance.

[Hack]

rpt files can only be opened and modified by using the Crystal Report Designer.

[GaryMazzone]

Are you asking about what references to add to allow the user to print or view the report from your application using the Crystal APIs?

[LeonX]

I want to view the report on a new window using CR viewer.

[GaryMazzone]

If using the CR Viewer OCX then Select Project--> Components --> Controls and select the Crystal report control (crystal32.ocx). This will add the view control to the tools. If you want to do it on your own then the API selections I use add the following references to the project: Crystal Report 7 ActiveX Designer Design Time Library (Internal) (craxddt.dll), Crystal Report 8.5 ActiveX Designer Design Time (craxdrt.dll), Crystal Reprot Engine 7 Object Library (cpeaut32.dll).

[LeonX]

Well, a little confused about that. Can you give me an example project for this? Thanks.

[GaryMazzone]

I will generate a small app using both methods later today and post.

[GaryMazzone]

Here is an example using and OCX and API to display or print using CR 8.5, VB6 with an MSAccess 2000 DB backend. Hope it helps.

[LeonX]

thanks for the code sample.

i also try different way using craxdrt.dll, crviewer.dll, crviewer.oca.
What the difference between using crystal report activex designer runtime library and crystal report engine object library?

here is my code:

Dim crApp As New CRAXDRT.Application
Dim crReport As New CRAXDRT.Report
        
Set crReport = crApp.OpenReport(App.Path & "\Reports\ICPShipment.rpt")
frmViewer.crView.ReportSource = crReport
frmViewer.crView.ViewReport
frmViewer.Show vbModeless, Me
 
Set crReport = Nothing
Set crApp = Nothing

But i have problem with that code, why everytime i run that code always give me an error "server has not yet been opened"?
But when i try to open an empty report, it just work fine.