Viewing the Crystal Report Engine Object Library

The Visual Basic Object Browser allows you examine the classes, methods, and properties exposed by any ActiveX component available to your project. If you have selected the Crystal Report Engine Object Library using the References dialog box (see Adding the Automation Server to your Visual Basic Project), then you can browse through the Object Library using the Visual Basic Object Browser:

  1. With your project open in Visual Basic, choose Object Browser from the View menu. The Object Browser appears.
  2. From the Libraries/Projects drop-down list, select the Crystal Report Engine Object Library. Classes, methods, and properties exposed by the Object Library will appear in the Object Browser.
  3. Select a class in the Classes/Modules list box to view its methods and properties in the Methods/Properties list box.

Note:     While viewing the Crystal Report Engine Object Library in the Visual Basic Object Browser, you may notice several classes, methods, and properties that are not documented in the Crystal Reports Technical Reference. There are several features in the Crystal Report Engine Automation Server that are not available with Crystal Reports, and are protected by a security feature built into the Object Library. These features will become available in future Seagate Software products. Contact Seagate Software's Sales department for further information.

Crystal Reports also provides the Crystal Report Engine Object Library Browser Application as a convenient utility for accessing online information about the Crystal Report Engine Object Library. Simply choose the Xtreme Mountain Bike option in the Sample Files when installing, or choose an automatic installation (the files will be installed by default) to install the utility, then browse through the Object Library using the tree control. Select a class, method, or property for more information on how to use it.



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