>I need a complex report writer for use with VFP 5.0. The main requirement is to be able to define the entire report programmatically. Once the report has been defined, it should be able to run off a data file/cursor that I would provide. Is there any product which would allow this?
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>FoxFire! is probably not a good choice simply because you lose control on (1) definition of the report via your program, and (2) how and where the output is sent.
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>Please email me too... that way I am sure to get your reply!
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>Thanks in advance,
>Rishabh
>mailto:rishabh@tailored.com

We use Crystal Reports alot! The new version has an ActiveX control that is fully controllable. You can use it with VFP or VB, or even in a web page. They even include an ActiveX design time control for Visual InterDev. You have object-oriented access to the entire Crystal Reports engine. Crystal is an extremely powerful report writer!