>>
>> >I develop applications mainly in FoxPro 2.6 for MS-DOS that
>> >are finally distributed as standalone .exes. I have had a
>> >barrage of requests from users who want to build their own reports.
>> >
>> >Any decent clue out there how to best achieve that?
>> >
>> >Secondly I have noticed that user defined windows do not GROW
>> >once that application is in standalone form though every readable
>> >text insists they should. Or is it a buggy documentation?
>> >
>> >Mathias Banda
>>
>> Report Writer is distributable, isn't it? So you can include CREATE/MODIFY
>> REPORT command into your app.
>
>Yes, but it's certainly not for most users. I gave a training course
>awhile ago in Foxfire! and a couple of students complained that I didn't
>touch at all on the Report Designer. So I gave a supplemental class in
>that and, about half way through, they admitted that it was more
>complicated than they wanted to deal with. I then joked that that's why
>they hired us outside consultants.
>
>And there are some users that I just wouldn't trust with SQL.
>
>/Paul

Actually, project developer can suggest 'on-line' usage of Report Writer just to convince people not to ask for this feature at all and this is normal, I think.