>Hello all,
>
>The situation is as follows:
>I have a VFP app used by roughly 150 people across the country. These 150 users would like to provide reports to hundreds of THEIR users (who do NOT have my app).
>
>Currently, they print the reports and fax them out. VFP's print to ASCII file feature results in barren, unattractive and incomplete reports.
>
>I am interested in a much smoother (electronic) way:
>
>1- Reports can be output to a rich-text format (PDF or HTML)
>2- User picks addresses of recipients
>3- A product like IDS-Mail can attach the output file to an email message and send it out.
>4- Non-app Users can view/print reports using FREE tools (Acrobat, I-Explorer, Navigator)
>
>Questions:
>1- I'm trying to find a couple of products that can do this. Royalty-free distribution is a must.
>2- Is there a totally different angle I should be considering?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Henry

How difficult would it to be to rewrite the reports using Crystal Reports? You can then give the user a choice of Word, Excel, RTF, HTML, or other formats.