>>Jim, I'm not sure what you are driving at here. One of the specific requests for the new reservation system that I produced was that users not have to print to paper in order to get information from the report writer. Both the VFP report capability and FoxFire do a good job in this regard. They use this feature regularly.
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>I am getting at the fact that a much more rich and useful report on screen can be created with the form designer than with the report designer. If a developer decides to try and get the report designer to produce a readable screen diaplay they should at least be aware that they have decided to misuse the tool.


The client wants the reports in any case. So I put in X hours to create the reports. With no additional time on my part they get on-screen preview. The client is happy with the result. Why should they pay me for another X hours (approximately) and add many kilobytes to the application to display the same information on a form?

BTW, I assume you are talking about the use of grids since the client certainly wants to see more than one record at a time.

Peter