>What is the best way to create/distribute new reports for existing app for remote clients? I have a client who constantly asks me to create new reports for an app I developed. When the report gets little complicated with table joins etc., I try to create local views to use in the reports. However, after I finish creating the report, I have to remotely upload the report files AND recreate the local view on the clients computer.
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>The second step is getting laborious. Is there a better way?
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>TIA
>John.


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Hi John,
This may not be a "better" or "best" way to create/distribute new reports for
remote clients, but it can be a cheap and quick way.
Your menu system in the Compiled App calls the various reports.
Normally, in your Project Manager the Forms (SCX) that call the Reports
as well as the Reports (FRX) are "included" into the Compiled EXE.
However, you can "right-click" on these files and mark them as
"excluded". That way, your EXE do not contain them. You must
supply them along with your EXE. Now, those Forms and Reports
that are external to the EXE can be replaced with "newer" or
"updated" Forms and Reports without having to re-compile the EXE.

With some extra code in the Compiled EXE, you could even create
a Report Menu System to call up new external Reports.

Hope this helps.

Terry Harris
Harris Software