Microsoft KB Archive/297531

= PRB: Report Designer Menu Item Is Missing =

Article ID: 297531

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q297531



SYMPTOMS
The Report Designer menu item is missing from the Add-Ins menu. Furthermore, you cannot use the Customize feature to add the menu item back onto the Add-Ins menu.



CAUSE
If Crystal Reports, which is included on the Visual Basic 6.0 CD-ROM, is not installed, the Report Designer menu item is not available on the Add-Ins menu.

NOTE: In Visual Basic version 5.0, the Report Designer menu item is available on the Add-Ins menu, regardless if Crystal Reports is installed.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, install Crystal Reports (Crystl32.exe) from the Visual Basic version 6.0 CD-ROM. For information about Crystal Reports for use in Visual Basic, see the &quot;References&quot; section.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) If Crystal Reports is installed on the system, use the Add/Remove Programs option in Control Panel to uninstall it.
 * 2) Create a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic.
 * 3) In the Add-Ins drop-down list box, notice that the Report Designer menu item is missing.

