>>>>Hi all,
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>>>> I'm interested in updating some users from their long list of old R&R reports to an updated app accompanied by a reporting tool they could still manage for themselves, even with my help/tutelege when needed. The app will be VFP 9.0 and the back end will continue to be DBFs for the foreseeable future.
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>>>> So, out there... any experience, opinions, reviews with the two big contenders (to my knowledge): Stonefield Query .OR. FoxFire?
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>>>Based on the demos I've seen, Stonefield Query is more likely to be able to be used by end-users. They have a video you can watch on their site.
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>>>I added FoxFire! to SBT for a client years ago (Fox 2.x era). I found that they wanted me to do all the report-writing with it.
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>>Have you seen users create their own queries and reports with Stonefield Query?
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>>FWIW, if I were choosing now I would go with Stonefield just to give the business to Doug.
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>You can always download his demo and try it out!
>http://www.stonefieldquery.com/


And I will -- the next time I have the opportunity to develop a new piece of software in VFP.