try it -- ReportDocument *rptdoc = new ReportDocument(); rptdoc->Load("c:\temp\1.rpt"); //crystal report template filename rptdoc->SetDatabaseLogon("userid", "password", "server", "database"); this->crystalReportViewer->ReportSource = rptdoc; -- hoping this help.

tks for the reply... ok i tried that...I'm guessing i could use the number property to specify the error that i need to process..Also, there's one thing that puzzle me. There is a ConnectionState.Broken...when will this state occur? i tried have a connection open..then pluck off the cable..so i thought this is suppose to be connection broken. However the state of the connection is still open. Is there anything that i can refer to as to detect a break in connection from an open connect?

Tks. I resolved it using pic control and defining a WM_action message instead. Thought this would be neater. :-O

Try posting some code. Weiye Chen Life is hard, yet we are made of flesh...

Tks man it works.

The C/C++ float data type is equivalent to a VB6 Single. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Not true, you can set the "sharing" parameters so another application can read from a file while you write to it. 8bc7c0ec02c0e404c0cc0680f7018827ebee