The Report Designer Component (RDC) is a reporting solution that allows Visual Basic developers to quickly integrate report editing and viewing into their applications. The RDC allows you to open, design, and customize reports both programmatically with the SDK and manually with the built-in user interface.

Notice of Deprecation: The Report Design Component (RDC) is deprecated, and will not be available in future releases of Crystal Reports. It is supported in Crystal Reports XI Release 2 and earlier. For migration resources and more information, please see this statement of direction: http://support.businessobjects.com/communityCS/TechnicalPapers/RDC_Statement_of_Direction.pdf.asp

Developer guide and API reference

Contains key concepts, tutorials, and API reference information (classes, methods, properties, syntax).

Deployment Guide

Contains deployment information for the RDC.