Cant get Parameter prompting in Report Viewer XI

Post Author: jt327
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
Hi All,
I am relatively new to crystal, so this may be a stupid question..
I have created a report in Crystal Reports 10, and it all works fine in Crystal itself. However, when I try to run the report in Reports Viewer XI, I dont get the parameter prompts. Instead it just uses the default values.
Anybody know how I can get this working?
Thanks.

Post Author: bchu
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
If you are referring to Crystal Reports Viewer XI, then it only supports viewing saved data report only, so there will be no database logon prompting and no parameter prompting.
- Ben

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