Pascal,

>I have Crystal reports, and though I didn't work for more than an hour with it, it seems indeed a very powerfull reportingtool. But the question is : can you integrate it in VFP so the user doesn't even see he actually printing (or viewing) a CR report ?

Yes, You can intergrate it fully with VFP. Some tips for CR 7.0:

- Use the automation server approach
- Use foxhwnd control to intergrate the preview within a VFP form.
- Save the cursors used to report the record in FPW 2.6 format
- During runtime save the cursors in the temp dir and change the location in the reports to these files.
- When using indexes for one to many relations, use IDX formats, (CDX indexes doesnt' seem to work when changing locations)
- When distributing the app make sure you have all the required DLL files within your setup.

Some features:
- You can zoom from 25 - 400 %
- You can export the reports to various formats including Word, Excell, HTML, RTF
- You can make your own toolbar to navigate through the pages.
- You can search for text within the reports
- You can use reports within reports (subreports)

Walter,