Basic XML as a crystal data source

Can someone point me at a step by step tutorial for crystal describing how to integrate a raw XML data source? I've stumbled across some things on the web but where is a good starting point?

Hi Eric,
Below are the stpes to cretae an XML connection with crystal reports.
Follow the example given step by step to create a Report off an XML ODBC DSN.
1.     Open the ODBC administrator on a Windows 2000 machine by going to Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Data Sources (ODBC)
2.     Create a System DSN by clicking on the System tab and then clicking Add on the right side as shown below
3.     This will bring up the list of available drivers. Please select the CR ODBC XML Driver 4.20 and click Finish.
4.     Under the general tab in the Data Source Name field please type XML
5.     In the description field type xml lesson.
6.     Now Click the Add button in the u201CLocation Namesu201D section. This will bring up the Configure Location window of the DSN.
7.     Now type C drive in the Location Name field.
8.     In the Location Type section, please choose XML Folder.
9.     In the Location field, browse to the C:\XML folder on your machine and double click the northwindorders.xml file.
10.     In the Configure Location window click Apply and then Click Close; this has saved the setting in this section.
11.     In the ODBC XML Driver Setup window click Apply, and then click Close.
12.     The DSN is ready!
13.     Open Crystal Reports 10 either from the shortcut on your desktop or by going to Start and scrolling up the list of programs and clicking the Crystal Reports Icon
14.     Choose a new report.
15.     Select u201CUsing the report Wizardu201D and then choose the Standard Wizard.
16.     In the Standard Report Wizard window expand Create New connection
17.     Expand ODBC and scroll down to connect to your XML DSN. (They are listed alphabetically).
18.     Select the DSN and click Finish.
19.     Now expand the DSN and the list of tables.
                                              Just try to select the fields required and try to create report.
Let me know if you have any queries.
Regards,
Naveen.

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     at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.startApplicationAndWait(DeployServiceImpl.java:3375)
     at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.startApplicationAndWait(DeployServiceImpl.java:3278)
     at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.startApplicationAndWait(DeployServiceImpl.java:3251)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dc.lcm.impl.J2EELCMProcessor.doStart(J2EELCMProcessor.java:99)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dc.lcm.impl.LifeCycleManagerImpl.start(LifeCycleManagerImpl.java:62)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.LifeCycleManagerStartVisitor.visit(LifeCycleManagerStartVisitor.java:34)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeploymentItemImpl.accept(DeploymentItemImpl.java:83)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DefaultDeployPostProcessor.postProcessLCMDeplItem(DefaultDeployPostProcessor.java:80)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DefaultDeployPostProcessor.postProcess(DefaultDeployPostProcessor.java:56)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployerImpl.doPostProcessing(DeployerImpl.java:741)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployerImpl.performDeploy(DeployerImpl.java:732)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployerImpl.doDeploy(DeployerImpl.java:576)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployerImpl.deploy(DeployerImpl.java:270)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployerImpl.deploy(DeployerImpl.java:192)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployerImplp4_Skel.dispatch(DeployerImplp4_Skel.java:875)
     at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.DispatchImpl._runInternal(DispatchImpl.java:351)
     at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.server.ServerDispatchImpl.run(ServerDispatchImpl.java:70)
     at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.P4Message.process(P4Message.java:62)
     at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.P4Message.execute(P4Message.java:37)
     at com.sap.engine.services.cross.fca.FCAConnectorImpl.executeRequest(FCAConnectorImpl.java:877)
     at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.P4Message.process(P4Message.java:53)
     at com.sap.engine.services.cross.fca.MessageReader.run(MessageReader.java:58)
     at com.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:108)
     at com.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.CentralExecutor$SingleThread.run(CentralExecutor.java:304)
Caused by: com.sap.engine.services.dbpool.exceptions.BaseDeploymentException: Cannot create DataSource "DataSource/SCP".
     at com.sap.engine.services.dbpool.deploy.ContainerImpl.startDataSources(ContainerImpl.java:1467)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dbpool.deploy.ContainerImpl.prepareStart(ContainerImpl.java:468)
     at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.StartTransaction.prepareCommon(StartTransaction.java:219)
     at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.StartTransaction.prepare(StartTransaction.java:179)
     at com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ApplicationTransaction.makeAllPhasesOnOneServer(ApplicationTransaction.java:420)
     ... 30 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
     at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
     at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:164)
     at com.sap.engine.services.dbpool.deploy.ContainerImpl.startDataSources(ContainerImpl.java:1394)
     ... 34 more
When I'm looking at the \usr\sap\EE5\J00\exe\mssjdbc\sqljdbc.jar file, I can see both these classes (SQLServerXADataSource and SQLServerDataSourceObjectFactory), so the problem is probably somewhere else. As the exception comes from the native method - does it mean, that the XA extension is not installed correctly on the server (as described [here|http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa342335(SQL.90).aspx])?
Thanks for any help!
Best Regards,
-Milosz

Ok, just to share - the solution was as follows:
remove the object-factory element
change property name "port" to "portNumber"
So, the correct data-sources.xml is as follows:
<data-source>
     <data-source-name>DataSource/SCP</data-source-name>
     <driver-name>SYSTEM_DRIVER</driver-name>
     <init-connections>5</init-connections>
     <max-connections>25</max-connections>
     <sql-engine>Vendor_SQL</sql-engine>
     <jdbc-2.0>
         <xads-class-name>com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerXADataSource</xads-class-name>
         <properties>
             <property>
                 <property-name>serverName</property-name>
                 <property-value>localhost</property-value>
             </property>
             <property>
                 <property-name>databaseName</property-name>
                 <property-value>SCP</property-value>
             </property>
             <property>
                 <property-name>portNumber</property-name>
                 <property-value>1433</property-value>
             </property>
             <property>
                 <property-name>user</property-name>
                 <property-value>myUser</property-value>
             </property>
             <property>
                 <property-name>password</property-name>
                 <property-value>myPassword<property-value>
              </property>
         </properties>
     </jdbc-2.0>
</data-source>
And this works.

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