Does anyone know of a good source of information on how to use the VB6
datareport designer. It looks alot like the Access tool for reporting and if
it can be used the same way then I can dump the painfully slow Crystal
Reports....

Dave

The way I use it, and to my understanding the way is  it supposed to
be used, it to create a connection to a database using the Project >
Add Microsoft User Connection from there you can select your database,
ODBC, MDB, etc, then I create commands and use the SQL query builder
if you like, I prefer to type them  by hand. Once you have created the
command or SQLScript you can then add a Data Report and select the
DataSource to the Connection Name you created and DataMember binds to
the SQL or Command you created. Then you drag RTFTextBox into the data
report, Section 3 I think is the only area that will accept them, and
the just select the datafield you would like from the drop down list
and whala that is it. Right Click and you will see that you can add
other nice things like current data, # pages in report, current page,
and also do aggregate function. IMHO, I prefer this over Crystal and
also over Access, it is very similar to Active Reports from
DataDynamics... Henry

On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:21:04 -0700, "Dave Winter"