[VB6] Crystal Report API

Some of the Crystal report API functions are exposed here. I was searching for something like this but found little help. And finally I came up with this. Advantages are :

• Print Preview can be output to any window
• Faster than ActiveX component as much overload is handled by API calls.
• Can control the DEVMODE structure to handle Number of Copies , Print Quality, Orientation, Paper Size etc.
• Can connect to MSACESS or SQL Server by a given Connection String
• Parameters can be passed dynamically
• Can create new Paper/Forms on the fly or update the dimensions dynamically.

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For us Scottish/pensioners/tight VB6 Pro owners, I believe the last 'free' (gift to us by MS) was ver 4.6
Will this work with that ?

Crystal Report API has 16 bit support. The API is taken from Crystal Reports 9.22 Setup \Tools\Developers\global32.bas. If you need 16bit support then use functions from crwrap.bas.

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Originally Posted by joshyfrancis

Crystal Report API has 16 bit support. The API is taken from Crystal Reports 9.22 Setup \Tools\Developers\global32.bas. If you need 16bit support then use functions from crwrap.bas.

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I am fairly sure that 4.6 was 32 bit
Let me rephrase my question then -
Does your offering work with any version of Crystal Reports, that wil not cost VB6 Pro programmers any money ?

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Originally Posted by Bobbles

Does your offering work with any version of Crystal Reports, that wil not cost VB6 Pro programmers any money ?

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Yes if Crystal Reports 9.22 costs any money.

Hopefully someone else might make sense of the answers (I'm not)
Rob

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Originally Posted by Bobbles

Does your offering work with any version of Crystal Reports, that wil not cost VB6 Pro programmers any money ?

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Yes if Crystal Reports (I am using version 9.22) costs any money.