I know this is an old thread, but when I googled this issue, it was the first thing to come up.
I was having the same problem inserting text object and it was driving me nuts!!! The problem was that I have 2 monitors and wasn't using my main screen. For some reason I can add objects just fine...
Someone suggested that putting the value in quotes in the .csv file will force Crystal Reports to define it as a string even if it has a numeric value. I'm working on testing that now...
The zip codes are in the same column. When the spreadsheet is sent with US zip codes (eg. 90210) in the Zip column crystal reports defines it as a number. When it is sent with Canadian zip codes (eg. T9E 7R3) it defines zip as a string.
I am having an issue with crystal reports changing the data field type based on the information in my .csv file. The field is for zip codes and when the report is generated for addresses in the US it defines the field as a number and Canadian zip codes result in a String[255] definition.
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