Crystal Report Tutorial

Hi friends
Apart from Java project, I've been assign to a VB 6.0 , Crystal Report 7.0 embedded project. Some of the report s are not working.
I am pretty new to this.
Can someone tell me where can I get a complete VB code to display a Crystal report ? or a tutorial site at least?
Thanks a bunch

try : http://www.find.com.au/tutorials/software/
last time there were a few examples using Crystal Rep.

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_______ src
_______ crystalreportviewers115
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This is so wrong, I don't even know which forum this would belong to ( I think I'll move it to the SAP Crystal Reports, version for Eclipse topic Space...
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I have taken this file from an older version of Crystal,
Don't mix versions. It will not work. Period
Next re:
I don't see any JavaPlugin folder,
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SAP BusinessObjects - SAP Crystal Reports, Version For Eclipse Download
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CRJ SDK
Developer Help File is here:
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Post Author: ZugDav
CA Forum: Deployment
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