Crystal Reports 9 & VB6 help required

Hi , I am in a deep mess. I need help with VB6 . I want to use Crystal Reports 9 with VB 6 , but have no clue how to use it and how to call the report in VB6.I know how to use data reports , but crystal reports is new to me.

Please can anyone suggest me the steps in doing so , or a tutorial for the steps.

PLEASE I NEED HELP ASAP.

Thanks ,
Muneer

Welcome to the Forums.

After you have created your report you can view it using the CR Viewer control on a form in VB6. I have a small example in my signature. ;)

Thanks dude, u saved my valuable time . God Bless u

Thanks :) If you have any other questions on this just post back.

Dude i have another problem , i just installed crystal reports 9 on my home pc (i installed crystal reports9 on my office pc in the morning).when i add a data enviroment and set the properties for a connection(e.g. connection1) i get a message stating "MISSING MICROSOFT DATA SOURCE LOCATOR"

Do you have MDAC installed? What OS are you running? I dont use the DE as its old and cumbersome.

I am using Wiondows XP Professional Sp1(version 2002).

The VB6 i am using was working perfectly fine before i installed crystal reports 9.

I am just scared that this factor about the message"MISSING MICROSOFT DATA SOURCE LOCATOR" shouldnt affect my ADO, RDO ,etc connections or files

I couldnt find anything on it either at CR's website - businessobjects.com or via google search.

Thanks anyways --- i tried to do a google search but coudlnt find anything .

Thanks for all the help

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Originally Posted by Muneer_B

Hi , I am in a deep mess. I need help with VB6 . I want to use Crystal Reports 9 with VB 6 , but have no clue how to use it and how to call the report in VB6.I know how to use data reports , but crystal reports is new to me.

Please can anyone suggest me the steps in doing so , or a tutorial for the steps.

PLEASE I NEED HELP ASAP.

Thanks ,
Muneer

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Lots of examples here..

http://support.businessobjects.com/f...ch/default.asp

ETA: I had this once and had to reinstall the latest MDAC. When I went to the latest version the error went away. I think it's 2.8 now. Download it and install it from the MS website.

When searched for the error message I get - "No results were found." for "MISSING MICROSOFT DATA SOURCE LOCATOR".

Perhaps you could link to a page with an exact solution?

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

When searched for the error message I get - "No results were found." for "MISSING MICROSOFT DATA SOURCE LOCATOR".

Perhaps you could link to a page with an exact solution?

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I wish I could. I simply took a stab at doing something and it apparently did the trick for me. I have no idea why.

I searched everywhere and I never found an answer either. :(

Yes, I was also thinking MDAC as the culprit as in post #6 but depending on how the connection is being setup its probably missing either MDAC, reference to MDAC, or ????

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Originally Posted by RobDog888

Yes, I was also thinking MDAC as the culprit as in post #6 but depending on how the connection is being setup its probably missing either MDAC, reference to MDAC, or ????

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Perhaps the OP could post the connection string??? :wave: