PRB: Report Designer Menu Item Is Missing (297531)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows 6.0
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q297531

SYMPTOMS

The Report Designer menu item is missing from the Add-Ins menu. Furthermore, you cannot use the Customize feature to add the menu item back onto the Add-Ins menu.

CAUSE

If Crystal Reports, which is included on the Visual Basic 6.0 CD-ROM, is not installed, the Report Designer menu item is not available on the Add-Ins menu.

NOTE: In Visual Basic version 5.0, the Report Designer menu item is available on the Add-Ins menu, regardless if Crystal Reports is installed.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, install Crystal Reports (Crystl32.exe) from the Visual Basic version 6.0 CD-ROM. For information about Crystal Reports for use in Visual Basic, see the "References" section.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. If Crystal Reports is installed on the system, use the Add/Remove Programs option in Control Panel to uninstall it.
  2. Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic.
  3. In the Add-Ins drop-down list box, notice that the Report Designer menu item is missing.

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

193336 HOWTO: Install Crystal Reports for Use in Visual Basic 6.0

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/12/2001
Keywords:kbAddin kbDSupport kbIDEProject kbprb kbReport KB297531
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