It makes since to me to use a dataset and not connect to the database with the report. That defeats the purpose of framework that utilizes XML the way .Net has the ability to.

Thanks for the help.

Jim

>Jim,
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>I've never had to set a connection when I use datasets - I open/load the report, go through my setdatasource loop, and then print/show it.
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>I've used this approach with CR.NET and am using the same approach with the .NET assemblies that come with CR10.
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>Kevin