Crviewer and Crystal XI and VB6

I have installed CR Professional XI (ver 11.0.0.1994).
Previously installed is ver 8.5 and 9.
In my VB6 app I expected to see a component 'Crystal Report Viewer Control'.
This does not exist!
Looking in the directory \Program Files\Common Files\Business Objects\3.0\crystalreportviewers11 there is no ActiveXControls directory.
Which I believe (from the doco) should exist???
Why is it missing?
I have tried reinstalling crystal, lastest SP, hot fix etc but nothing has helped.
What am I missing?

You need to add the new control to your toolbox pallet by selecting "Crystal ActiveX Report Viewer Library 11.0" in the Components section of your project (CTRL + t)

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