Using Crystal Reports with Visual Studio 2008

I have bin using visual studio 2008 for a while. I have just started using Crystal Report (which came with Visual studio) . I have an Access database connected with 3 tables, the first two table has two test fields and one index field, the third table has two text fields and two index field (of which one relates too one of the other tables).
I have generated a crystal report on one of the tables using the wizard. I have then placed the crystalreportviewer in a form (as a test). When I run the resulting form, all I get is the column heading label but no fields being displayed. There is data in the table. All I need to know is how do is make sure that the reports are accessing the data in the table, through the datasets???.

Hi,
[Here|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/80774579-b086-2b10-db91-ed58c4dda375 [original link is broken]] is the specific samples for you or [here|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/9043bbbc-ae66-2b10-ce96-b48f9e25a450]
And [here|http://help.sap.com/businessobject/product_guides/boexir31/en/crsdk_net_dg_12_en.chm] is the link for the dev library.
Hope this will work!!
Amit

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