report is not viewing correctly, connection issue to DB believed.

fresh install of vs2010 ultimate

fresh install of crystal reports (v. 13?)

Issue: I was given a .rpt file to build a crystal report for. My boss is having me build an app which will view various .rpt files which will load. As per the setup of just 1 report, i am building it around 1, the first file he gave me. When i run it, it seems to not connect to the db correctly as it shows, and wants me to choose teachers, but there should be a list of teachers, not an empty textbox, so i immediately knew something was wrong. I checked to make sure that the .rpt file was logged into to the correct db, and the tables were all up-to-date via "verify database".

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What shows:

the viewer opens, and then an option box appears showing dates in which there will be the use of db to be X between Y and Z, and a text box where a list of teachers appears in which you can click on and then click the right arrow to put it on the selection stuff. List of teachers does not appear.

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If you have ideas, let me know. Sort of stumped, and i thought i covered everything before i checked this site. 😊