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Alternatives to Fox Reporting
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25/04/2002 16:20:44
Al Doman (Online)
M3 Enterprises Inc.
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00649304
Message ID:
00649318
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17
>One of the reasons I love fox is that it does it all - database, forms, reports! However my users are complaining that previews aren't readable and they'd like more control which we can't give with vfp5. They are mostly home users so don't want to be printing constantly.
>
>So we have to look for alternatives:
>* see if vfp7 has enhanced reporting features
>* crystal (but we'd rather not)
>* html (does anyone do this, do they get good feedback?)
>* or something else.
>
>I'd really appreciate finding out how others have tackled this issue.

If preview readability is the main issue, you could look at generating .PDF files, either with the genuine Adobe Distiller or a clone like Amyuni.
Regards. Al

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