>I was a subscription member for a long time. But I became a subscription member because the search results would not show the full thread. But you could search.

Right, a long time ago it did show search result but w/o links to the messages.

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>OK .... nobody searches for free. I will just have to ask really obvious and dumb questions. I have no shame.

Ask away. Somebody may do search for you. :)

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>How do I even get to the Crystal Reports forum? I have it listed in my Account Setup, but it does not show at the top. Is it because there has been no activity for the last 4 days?

I don't think there were any activity in the Crystal Reports forum ever.