>>>Has anybody used the new Report Designer Component (craxdrt.dll) in Crytal Reports 8.0?
>>>
>>>If so, how do you create the object in FoxPro?
>>>
>>>I used:
>>>THISFORM.oCrystal=CreateObject("Crystal.CRPE.Application")
>>>in Crystal 7.0
>>>
>>>but, this does not work.
>>>
>>>THISFORM.oCrystal=CreateObject("Crystal.CRAXDRT.Application")
>>
>>Actually, I just wrote a report engine class and viewer for this. :)
>>
>>Try 'CrystalRuntime.Application'
>>
>>BOb
>
>The CRPE in Crystal 7 had a preview object.
>oReport.Preview
>
>How do you preview using the RDC?

You have to create a form (class) with the CRViewer active x control on it. Then you set ReportSource of the viewer to the report object that was returned when you used OpenReport() of the runtime.

BOb