What are you having trouble with? I've had many people get hung up on the first sample report with MS Access. People try to use it for SQL Server and it doesn't work b/c SQL requires a lot more code to enter user authentication. That example is meant to be very simplistic since it is in the first chapter. It only works with Access. To learn about SQL Server you have to go to the database related chapters to get all the details.

Re the addendum, I don't have one b/c I'm working on the CR XI book. But everything in Chapter 1 should be fine. Can you tell me the page/area you are confused about?

Yes, create a new web site (File | New Web Site) so that you exit the windows application. And then use the blank web page that it creates by default. Follow the steps from there and let me know if how it goes.

The ReportDocument component is no longer there. I went ahead and walked through that sample report and here are the changes you'll need to note:

There is no ReportDocument component. Instead, in the top right-hand corner of the CrystalReportsViewer click on the small triangle to open the task list. In the dropdown list select New Report Source.

On the Create Report Source dialog box, enter a report name and then click the dropdown box to select New Report or Browse for an existing report. You can click Browse to open a report from the Crystal Reports samples found in the VS folders. (You can also create a new report, but clearly that will take longer to get through this demo).

Click the OK button when you have the report selected.

This returns you to the designer where you see the report on the screen.

Click the Run button to start your web application and see it in the IE browser.

There you go! This is actually fewer steps than VS 2003 because they do data binding for you automatically now.

Yeah, they changed a few things around and it can make it tough when you're brand new to CR. But the majority of the book should work for you. Are you going to be doing Windows or ASP.NET development?