using crytal reports

[Wendy Elizabeth]

I am working with visual studio.net 1.1 version that has crystal reports 9.0
bundled into the visual studio.net 1.1 framework.
I have a Visual basic.NET windows form application running that need to
display information from various data source in crystal reports. I need to
have data obtained from excel spreadsheets, an access database, and a sql
server 2000 database.
It seems like anytime I need to change the source where the data is coming
from, I need to setup a new crystal report in the Visual Basic.NET windows
form application. Also when I setup the new crystal report, it seems like I
can only work with the report wizard to setup the new connections. I would
think I should be able to use the "blank report" feature of crystal reports
and still be able to connect and utilize whatever data source I want to.
Thus can you answer the following:
1. Is there a way to change data sources that access a specific crystal
report in the dotnet framework, without needing to setup a new crystal report
each time?
If so, can you tell me how to do this?
2. Is there a way a way in the dotnet framework where I use the "blank
report" option of crystal reports without having to access the report wizard
all the time?
If so, would you let me know how to do this?

[Bob Butler]

Post by Wendy Elizabeth
I am working with visual studio.net 1.1 version that has crystal

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