Evan
Are you kiddin' me? CR 8 is for me, today, the only way to integrate reports in my VFP apps, since the reports created with the VFP report builder still do not work properly with Hebrew Enabled Windows, and more generally speaking, does not provide the right support for Bidirectional text. It's true that SP4 and SP5 fixed some of this issues, but still, can you imagine that, for instance, my clients cannot preview a report if it has any true-type hebrew font in it ? I either have to use a fixed font or use CR. I opted for the latter...



>What would you guys think about integrating a light or express version of crystal reports into VFP7/8 instead of living with the VFP report designer? Currently, I think the report designer is the weak link in the IDE.
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>Advantages of Crystal over VFP reporter designer
>- free up the Foxteam to improve other aspects of the IDE
>- multi-band reports
>- drill down reports
>- export to Word, Excel, HTML and PDF