Integrating Xcelsius into Crystal 2008

Post Author: Treznor
CA Forum: Xcelsius and Live Office
Hi there,
I'm trying out Crystal 2008 and Xcelsius but seem to have run into a problem... When I go into the Flash Data Expert I only seem to have the tab for creating variables... Not for binding fields from my existing report.
Could someone tell me if the beta is in some way restricted in this sense or (much more likely) that I don't know what I'm doing.
Cheers in advance for any help you can offer.
Mat

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