Bill,

It really was a pleasure to speak to the Chicago User Group. There really are a lot cool things that people in your group are doing. I'm just glad that after almost 2 1/2 hours of speaking that no one fell asleep. <bg> As you could probably tell, I really enjoy giving presentations and getting feedback and ideas from other developer as to how to help improve the Report Engine as well as improve my skills. And, Rick did an excellent presentation on the INNO Setup which I will be checking out as well. I currently use Wise and it is not as easy as the INNO Setup. I was pretty tired after coding till about 1AM and then getting up at 5:15AM to catch the train and then having to stop by 2 clients as soon as I got off the plane. I didn't make it back home until after 4PM. And tomorrow it's off to Dallas.

You definitely have a great User Group and keep up the great work.

Thanks again for inviting me and for the pizza!


> Rich,
> I think I can speak for our group in saying it was a real privilege to get a peek at
> what you do and how you do it.
> Day to day programmers have had to devise workarounds for long running deficiencies
> in the report writer. We don't have the time or the tools to go straight at the
> problem and write alternatives as you have done. Your Minds Eye Report Engine does
> great previews and sends FRX straight to PDF format. It really turned some heads.
> Really gave a vision of how flexible Fox reporting could/should be. Thanks Rich for
> making Chicago a stop on your tour. Hope that we showed some warmth in this cold
> season and that your tool gets the exposure and broad acceptance that it deserves.