Hi Jay

>How does it handle things like shaded boxes and vertical lines that need to cover over multiple detail and group bands? What about things like the features of the native report writer?

If you need features of native FRX, then you take existing FRX and simply import it into RS.
In cases when you cannot build your report with what FRX has to offer, then RS gives you fair opportunity to handle non-standard
reporti requests on your own. You can build your own OOP report pattern. Grouped reports, multiband reports, Simple lists
complex non-standard repots , totally dynamic data-driven reports etc.

>>Is "Print when" simply setting the Visible property?

When building RS report a FOxPro Form then report is driven somewhere in code, so asking parallel for 'print when' is kind of understatement. {g} You no longer deal with closed up report engine behaviour pattern, but as a matter of fact create your own ad-hoc dataflow/report pattern. So it is no longer 'print when' but more more like 'print-when-what-how' I tell you to.
If you need trully dynamic content then you simply resolve such thing in code. So it can be if/endif , do case/end case , or whatever.


>>What about data that spans multiple pages and repeating page/group headers?

It is quiet automated in this respect.
When report flow reaches specific page-break point, RS automatically executes PageFooter (event) and then 'ejects' page.
(btw You can issue .Eject() method yourself at any time!)
On new page, RS engine atomatically flashes pageheader (again event) . PageHeader content can be eighter default one (which you can customize) or you can directly plug-inn some container to supply content.
Have look at that blogpost, it explains basic motions/behaviour of RS engine.

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>UPDATE: Maybe even a more important question, can it take an FRX and convert it to the SCX? Now, that would be worth paying for.>

I personally would not pay for simple conversion of FRX to SCX, if it remained closed up to black box
as it used to be prior to VFP9. FRX works very well for what is has been designed for. Howeve having this thing copletely
open is entirely different matter.

I got my own set of ideas how it should all work, and will be working on some form of OOP report designer in the future ;)
Chk on RS from time to time in the future.

Cheers :)
Sergio