>>Tried it but if could not handle overlapping fields.
>>I get an invalid RTF document when i open it in MSWord,
>>MSWord just crashes. Guess my report is too complex.
>>
>>Genrepox will not convert vertical lines (as said in
>>their attached readme file).
>>
>>My last option is to output as an Acrobat PDF file.
>>I just don't know where to get an evaluation version of
>>the printer driver. Someone said there used to be one
>>without buying the Acrobat PDF Writer.
>>
>>I'm still evaluating options so I don't want to spend
>>money on something that we may not use anyway.
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>My main experience with .RTF is using Access97 office links to make .RTF reports. I believe that the task of converting a graphic thing like a report into any kind of text format is fundamentally tricky and requires compromises. The overlapping fields you mention seem likely to screw up even a good converter, which Foxword probably isn't. (I've never tried it, but if they can't get it together to support Win NT and if it can make files that actually crash Word, I'd look for something else). When I test my Access reports for .RTF output, I have to make sure that controls are exactly lined up horizontally and that they aren't crowding each other too much. The same care should be taken when using REPORT FORM...TO FILE ASCII.


I have build my own report generator: I translate meta tags in an rtf file (created with word). You create a file in word for the layout with meta tags: <~date()~> is translated to the date.

Easy: even users can change their reports/output. I'm using this now to create letters, but you can even create reports with it...

In the download area there is/was an letter program from Jeremy Pointer, doing the same... My program is not yet stable to come out in public!!!