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Data loss in REPORT TO FILE ASCII
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From
21/01/2003 14:48:19
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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21/01/2003 14:31:14
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00743134
Message ID:
00743872
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18
>Is this VFP bug ?

I didn't pay close attention to your specific problems; the problems I had were that it was simply difficult to control the exact position of elements.

>I have a lot of complex reports which I use to generate txt files in such
>way.
>I need that end-users can modify reports.
>Currently they use report designer to make modifications. Your solution
>requires programming experience which end-users do'nt have.

That's right. My solution also requires the VFP compiler. My solution is basically for the programmer, not for the user.

>I havent find any download as flexible as report designer to perform this.

>Any idea ?

What I have seen in the past that works, is to design the reports in the FoxPro/DOS version - and then run the report without converting it to the Windows format.

However, once again, this requires the FoxPro license for the end-user.

Look at the other download(s) for text-mode reports: perhaps it is more appropriate for the end-user. It seems you have to design some sort of template for the report. I haven't tested it, so I don't know how flexible it is, or how appropriate for the end-user.

In case you decide to test it, I would be interested in the results.

Hilmar.
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