Adding a column to a DataSet (xsd) for a Crystal Report

Question

I am working on a report and need to add a column to one of my datasets and to the RPT file, but when I try to modify the Data Set, I get an error that the specified table d

Answer 1

After several days of digging, and finding a lot of information that was not helpful, I finally managed to find the answer to my issue in a post from 2006 here:

http://sstjean.blogspot.com/2006/12/xsdexe-and-msdatasetgenerator-operate.html

What I did to fix my problem:

• Manually edit the XSD file in a text editor and add the columns that I needed. This made them appear in my XSD when viewed within Visual Studio.
• Run the specified Custom Tool for the XSD to regenerate the DataSet. In my case it was the MSDataSetGenerator. This was listed on the Properties tab in VS, and I could right click on the XSD in Solution Explorer and select Run Custom Tool.
• Open my RPT file and run Verify Databse. This finally indicated that the database had changed and it was updating the report, and I now saw my new field in the Report Designer.