This tutorial shows, step-by-step, how you may generate a cross-tab report using the built-in support for Crystal Reports in VS 2005.  The database used for the report is the Northwind database, a sample database in Office 11 (MS Access 2003).  The window based report uses the crystal reports controls available in VS 2005 IDE Toolbox.  The readers will benefit reading the other articles by the author on Crystal Reports and related materials, Crystal Reports with OLAP data, Publishing Crystal Report as Web Service, and On Accessing Data From An OLAP Server Using MS Excel (1,2,3).