Update DataSet Schema On Crystal Reports for VS2008

Question

I\'m creating a report using the built-in module of Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2008, and for that I have added a DataSet containing multiple DataTables. As for now, th

Answer 1

After having a conversation with a friend, we both figured out how to overcome this problem but the solution is not very elegant:

1. Add columns to your DataTable
2. Close Visual Studio
3. re-open Visual Studio
4. right click the DataTable to update
5. click Set Datasource Location
6. add your DataSet connection again and update your DataTable against the one present in the new connection

Note: if you try to update again, you must close visual studio again and repeat everything.

Hope this can help someone with the same problem.