>>>>What would be the best way to send reports as mail attachments?
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>>>I've doine this by either creating pure ASCII output, or using Word or Excel automation to create word documents or spreadsheets, and then use Outlook to create a message and attach the needed files.
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>>>>Is it possible to generate rich text document from reports?
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>>>>Thanks
>>>>Eric.
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>>I would say the easiest is to use PDF.
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>PDF is certainly a ubiquitous format, but I've got users who want spreadsheets that they can plgg into their sales models each month, and others who insist on integrating the Sales report into a word document that's used to pass up to their managment. it'd be much easier if I just had to print a report that could be viewed in lots of different environments...
I have had good success using foxword from Bel Consulting. I supplies a printer driver that converts the VFP report to RTF.
The only downside has been support. None of the emails or phone messsages I left were answered.
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Good Luck
John
John Campbell