>Hello,
>
>I'm using Visual FoxPro 6.0 and I want to use Crystal Reports 6.0 for the reporting part of my program. I want to make an executable of the program where the Crystalreport and all necessary files are included and the user isn't bothered with starting up Crystal Reports to see the report.
>How can I easilly acces the FoxPro-databases and use Crystal Reports, from within FoxPro, and make a ready-to-go executable?
>What are your experiences with Seagate's Crystal Reports?
>
>Thank you for your time.
>
>Regards,
>
>Remco Terpstra


Crystal Reports can be used as either an ActiveX Control or an Automation Server. One of the CR help files lists the files needed for distribution. CR needs ODBC to access VFP files. The best way to get around this is to have your program create a FPX2X table then use it for the report.