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>order, desc, jan, feb, mar, apr, ....
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>from these 2 files :-
>order which is having order no. and description
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>delivery which is having order no., delivery date and qty.
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>the records in delivery will be shown in jan, feb.. columns, Pls advs, is it possible and if it is, which of the 2 methods is easy and fast.

I have only used Crystal Reports for true cross-tabular reports. It has a nice interface and will perform the task that you have defined. Provided your data in a simple format. In my case, I needed to use VFP code since the client specified no other software. Also, my header section is slightly more involved that just month. I have Date, Time, Site Location, & Chemical Category in my header. I knew that I would always have 4 columns of data. I have a complex program, around 500 lines of code with various loop routines to populate THead and TBody.

Let me know if you want a copy of the code. I also have a friend who uses OLE/DDE with MS Excel to print his cross-tabular reports. It works, but is glitchy some of the time. htwh Steve...