>one of my clients purchased Crystal Reports 8(Professional Edition, NOT developer edition). They use VFP 6.
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>Is it possible to use Crystal Reports 8 Professional Active X controls on a VFP 6 form in a VFP 6 application using the professional edition?
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>They want a VFP 6 application to act as a 'wrapper' to log all report printing activities and do not want the print operators using Crystal Reports in any way. Is this possible with Crystal Reports Professsional Edition and its installed Active X controls.
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> OR
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>must i purchase Crystal Reports 8 DEVELOPER.
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>Does Crystal Reports 8 Professional Edition contain adequate documentation of its Active X controls that building such a VFP 'Crystal Report Logging Application' is possible?
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>ps... i wish Stonefield Reports were still on the market...

I don't know what features are in the Professional version. You should call Seagate Software for that, but you can create reporting applications using Crystal Reports.