intellogo 0 Newbie Poster

Hi..
I have a new situation here...with CR 11 and VB6

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CRYSTAL REPORT 11 Report Designer part
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I have designed my report in Crystal Report 11 product using the Report Designer. And i have NOT used the standard wizard that pops up for designing the reports.

STEP 1:
I have opened a blank report and used the Database Expert tool for connecting my MS ACCESS (.MDB) database file and also selected the tables that would be used in report generation.

STEP 2:
Dragged & dropped the fields from the Feild Explorer's database tables and placed it on the Report Designer window. Like this i have designed my reports.

STEP 3: Saved the report as .RPT extension

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Visual Basic 6 Code View part
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STEP 1:
In VB6 code, i have used the ".SQLQueryString" property
SYNTAX: ".SQLQueryString <string_variable>"
NOTE: the string variable contains the SQL query statement.

STEP 2:
setting report location:
SYNTAX: ".OpenReport(App.Path & "\ABC.rpt")"

STEP 3:
setting .MDB database location:
SYNTAX: ".Database.SetDataSource (App.Path & "\XYZ.mdb")"

STEP 4: There is some other code also. Main thing is that now my reports are being generated perfectly using the user selected item from a combo box's dropdownlist on a vb form window.

QUESTIONS:
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1. I will be adding the CR11 Merge Modules to my setup builder, as given on the Business Objects site.
Now, if i do the things as stated above. Then will i be able to deploy & view my reports at the client's end/end-user's computer without
installing the Crystal Report 11 product there ??

Awaiting reply...

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