Running Crystal Reports from Access 2000

[almarni]

Does anybody know a way of calling a crystal report from an Access
Form.

I am using crystal Reports 9 and Access 2000.

Thanks.

 

[Larry Linson]

Does anybody know a way of calling a crystal report from an Access
Form.

I am using crystal Reports 9 and Access 2000.

I am sure it is possible, and that Crystal Reports tech support would have
the answer you need. The only _reason_ I can think of for doing so is if you
already have complex reports prepared using the Access data for some other
environment and want to use the identical reports. Otherwise, everyone I
know who has experience with both Crystal and Access advises me that Access
Reports are what they use when they have a choice.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

 

[almarni]

Larry Thanks for your reply.

Normally I would use Access Reports but I rather like the ability in
Crystal to do drill downs. If I could do the same in Access I would.

Thanks.

 

[Larry Linson]

Normally I would use Access Reports
but I rather like the ability in Crystal to
do drill downs. If I could do the same in
Access I would.

My personal view is that reports are for data to be printed, though I may
preview them on-screen, and that forms are for displaying data on-screen for
interaction, such as drill-down. It is not difficult to implement drill-down
with forms, and that is how I do it.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP