Crystal Report 12 and VB6

[dirs]

Hi,
I am quite new to VB and crystal report. Have been searching many forums to find info about how to display a Crystal report using VB. I found some examples in the codebanks but none of them are working for me. ANy help would be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[crystalkiwibruce]

There was a nice diagram showing what versions of VB work with what versions of Crystal Reports. I've published the Dot Net version of that here:

http://www.crystalkiwi.com/versions.htm

VB 6 originally used the OCX from Crystal 4 to process report objects. That continued until Crystal 8.0

VB 6 could use the RDC to work with Crystal 7 to 11, but as with Dot Net, the RDC is no longer available.

Could use Dot Net components with Crystal 10 and later. Must use it for version 12, 13 and 14 (2008, 2010 and 2011). But you need to match the correct dot net run time with the appropriate version of Crystal.

You need to either update from VB6 to Dot Net or downgrade your Crystal Run time to 11 or earlier.

The good news is that the rpt format for Crystal 9-14 seems relatively interchangable. As long as you don't use new features, the older run time will process reports in a later format.

Bruce Ferguson

http://www.crystalkiwi.com/nlog.htm

 

[IdoMillet]

As an alternative, consider using one of the 3rd-party Crystal report viewers listed at

http://www.kenhamady.com/bookmarks.html

hth,
- Ido

view, export, burst, email, and schedule Crystal Reports.

http://www.MilletSoftware.com