Indrojeet_Bhattacharya wrote: so I wanted to know the exact method with full detail as to how can we make use of crystal reports through VB6.0 for the creation of reports. If you want that much detail, read the documentation on Crystal Reports. Though I think all support has been dropped for VB6 in the lastest versions. A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007