Thought I'd come back and say that I've gotten my copy of CR 7.0. Wow! It seems more like a lifestyle than a report program. If this software can't do it you don't need it. Very impressive

thanks
>>I've used Crystal Reports with VB, does it read VFP dbc's and tables?
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>>thanks
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>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I heard of Crystal Report long ago. But had not tried it before. The one in the Visual studio 97 had lot of features taken out.
>>>>
>>>> 1)Is it true that it is the best report third party program out there.
>>>> 2)Can it directly access Vfp dbf files and allow my customer to select the kind of report that they want like able to choose which
>>>>fields to include/ Sum data fields/ Do SQL command like Vfp report do without us to do it ourself.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestion or advise is very much appreciated. Thank you.
>>>Hello Virusim,
>>>
>>> I agree with Joy on Crystal. I've tried them all...Foxfire, Query Manager, R & R, etc. I strongly recommend Crystal to my clients. Accounting folks are usually impressed with the Drill-down capabilities. (among other features).
>>>
>>>Good Luck!
>>>Barry
> Absolutely!!!