>Funny you should mention Crystal. Of course Crystal will do reports on VFP tables, SQL, etc. and a mix of the two. But also note that Crystal is installed when you install the Visual Studio .NET beta1, along with a copy of Mapx, and some neat samples as well.
I have been using Word as the 'reporter' in some cases. VBA a word table, and then x,y the output to cells. Some of my projects still calculate on the way to the output device, and it seems more controlled slewing to a coordinate, than slecting, and reselecting to a final version cursor for band output.

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>The Integrated Development Environment is fascinating, you can mix in some VB script, Javascript, HTMl, C++, VB, and, of course VFP all in one application. For this elderly type, learning all this is going to be a challenge, in order to get something productive out of it other than the "Hello World" sample.
Challenges will keep us young.
>Is MS trying to please everyone?