>>This is the exact same reason I switched to Crystal in my one application. There was no way to do the required report in the native VFP report writer.
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>Yes:
>- 10 .FRX files + 10 REPORT FORM TO PRINTER
>- A system to control pages than sometimes don´t work well
>- Hours and hours hard working
>... all for worst results... but result at last.
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>> Since then, I did figure out a way that it could be done in pure VFP, but the complexity of the solution still makes Crystal the better choice. I could generate each section of my report seperately and combine it into a text file and then print out only the final result. Way too complicated, if you ask me.
>> My latest app is using SQL Server for the data store (the other one was native VFP tables), and again I am using Crystal with great success. This time I am repalcing a proprietary labelling software package with simple Crystal reports.
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>All working with VFP? Foxpro 2.6 tables or ODBC+SQL Server, of course.
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>You can do preview any page, go to any page and show number page in "n of n-total" format?
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>Regards,
>José Luis.