James,

You should definately be using the RDC. Shoot me an email and I'll send you a copy of my Crystal Reports whitepaper from Whilfest last year. It'll give you what you need to know.


>Hello Sanjay,
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
>Can you tell me the diffrence between the Crystal Report Control(CRC) and the Crystal Report Viewer Control(CRVC).
>
>I was using the CRVC initially and after getting your help I was able to preview the report succesfully (thanks).
>
>Then I went back and noticed that there is a CRC in the VFP6.0 list of ActiveX controls.
>
>Here's the two sections of code.
>
>***use with CRC
>public CRApplication
>public CRReport
>CRApplication = createobject("crystalruntime.application")
>CRReport = createobject("crystalruntime.report")
>CRReport = CRApplication.openreport("c:\foxdat\locationcdrive.rpt")
>Thisform.Olecontrol1.ReportFileName="c:\foxdat\locationcdrive.rpt"
>Thisform.OleControl1.Action=1
>
>
>***use with CRVC
>public CRApplication
>public CRReport
>CRApplication = createobject("crystalruntime.application")
>CRReport = createobject("crystalruntime.report")
>CRReport = CRApplication.openreport("c:\foxdat\locationcdrive.rpt")
>ThisForm.OLECONTROL1.reportsource = CRReport
>ThisForm.OLECONTROL1.viewreport
>
>
>Which control would be better to use and what are the differences.
>
>I also noticed that Crystal Report Dev, Edition Ver 8.0 mentions a Report Designer Control which they recommend using but I can't seem to locate it.
>
>Thanks for your help and advice.
>
>Jim