>I have heard good things about Crystal Reports. Who owns this product anyway? Any links so that we could download copy for evaluation if any?
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Seagate - if it'sa there, the web site is www.seagate.com (the same people who do disk drives and backup software.)

>>I think that entirely depends on the nature of the reports, Jess.
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>>Most reports are more easily handled within VFP itself. Crystal Reports is a great, fairly intuitive reporting tool. For a user to be able to customize a report in, say, Word requires a high degree of Word expertise unless it's something simple like a boilerplate form ......
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>>>VFP is quite better now with Office automation (EXCEL, WORD, etc.) Is it fair enough to say that it is much better to concentrate on harnessing it rather than considering 3rd party Report Wizards. We just wanted to address the clamor of our clients regarding Report Customization which is now becoming a necessity because not all the reports integrated with our system meets their needs especifically when it comes to report formats.