Some of this depends on the version of Crystal Reports you are using. There is an article on my web site that shows how to do it with CR 8.0 and 8.5 using the RDC. The code is in Visual FoxPro, but it isn't that much different in VB.
>Hi....everyone,
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>Can anyone tell me how to use or call crystal report in visual basic application. e.g. when user wants to print a report, the system will display the dialog form to let user to enter the selection criteria and print the selected record by using crystal report.
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>Thank you.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer