Hi, Stan!

The main problem for MOST report writers is that data from VFP database could be used only through ODBC. This cause a lot of limitations, like you cannot use VFP programs and functions in report, VFP variables in report etc. This is not a problem for Crystal Reports, but you will need to make some tricks for many things that are easy to do with built-in VFP report writer.

There are many report writers for VFP reports, but of course, they are not so powerful as Crystal Reports.

>I would like some input regarding the best report writer to use with VFP6. I would appreciate hearing from those who have used two or more different products and have a good basis from which to compare them. I have heard that there are some problems with using Crystal Reports with VFP and would be interested in knowing what these are. TIA