CDO vs. the Crystal Data Source Type Library
While CDO and the Crystal Data Source Type Library have some similarities, they have been designed as solutions to different data access problems:
- If you need to implement a complete data source in your application that allows runtime movement through records and fields, or if you intend to implement your data source as a separate ActiveX component, consider using the Crystal Data Source Type Library.
- If you need to create a quick and simple means of storing a large amount of data in a convenient package for reporting on, and the data will remain inside the same application as the reporting functionality, then use Crystal Data Objects.