i have two problems / questions for the fine people of vbworld.com

1) i can't use data environment: "ActiveX cannot create object"
- help!!

2) i am creating a report in vb (not access if possible) and it's only purpose is for printing and i need to know:
i have two fields (fname and lname) and i want to join them for the textbox so its one field (but not change it in the database)

thanks a lot for any help