Hi John
The MS resources are quite old and probably refer to VS 2005. Considering that MS is n o on VS 2013, I am not sure that those apply anymore. And even in the VS 2005 days, I don't remember any issues with CR and ADO .NET datasets. There are limits, but that is about it (e.g.; keep your dataset of a reasonable size - a few thousand records at most).
For more info see:
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-21967
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-21953
Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005 Walkthro... | SCN
SAP Crystal Reports .NET SDK Developer Guide
SAP Crystal Reports .NET API Guide
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- Ludek
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