>Naomi, if I understand your question correctly, here's a common routine I've used for years.
>
>Let's say you build a CR report against a dataset (or an XML schema representation of a typed dataset), you can "push" the data into the CR report object.
>
>I wrote a generate push method that would take any report object and any dataset - here were the 2 main functions:
>
>

>
>      public ReportDocument PushReportData
>              (DataSet DsReportData, ReportDocument oReport)
>      {
>      // Call when a report is generated
>      //   Calls SetData for the main report object
>      //   Also calls SetData for any subreport objects
>
>         this.SetData(DsReportData,oReport);
>
>         foreach(ReportDocument oSubReport in  oReport.Subreports) 
>            this.SetData(DsReportData,oSubReport);
> 
>         return oReport;
>
>      }
>
>        private void SetData
>                   (DataSet DsReportData, ReportDocument oReport)
>        {
>        // receives a DataSet and a report object (could be the 
>                                       // main object, could be a subreport object)
>
>        // loops through the report object's tables collection, 
>        // matches up the table name with the corresponding table
>        // name in the dataset, and sets the datasource accordingly
>
>        // This function eliminates the need for a developer to 
>        // know the specific table order in the report
>
>            foreach (Table oTable in oReport.Database.Tables)
>               oTable.SetDataSource
>             (DsReportData.Tables[oTable.Name.ToString()]);
>
>        } 
>

>
>
>And then here's an example that would create an instance of a new report (e.g. a TimeSheet report), and then push a dataset called dsData into the report.
>
>Obviously, dsData needs to have the same structure as the original dataset structure that was used when the report was created.
>
>

>ccCrystalManager oCrystalManager = new ccCrystalManager();
>RPT_TimeSheet oTimeSheetReport = new RPT_TimeSheet();
>
>oTimeSheetReport = oCrystalManager.PushReportData(dsData, 
>                                   oTimeSheetReport);
>
>// and then use the report object to preview or print or export
>
>

>
>Let me know if this helps...

Kevin, This was very timely for me. I tried your push method out and it worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing.