I see what you mean. That means relying on Excel for ALL reporting needs (passing through ASCII just in case of fast printing). My application right now supports sending to Excel (with formatted results) any grid through automation, but I did base reports on the native report writer. I should now write the Excel formatting code for every report, but I have to consider first whether I want to leave out people without Excel (which I think is not a very polite move).

Thanks,
Javier.

>I was meaning, that YOU do the formatting, with Automation (from your reporting program). If you are new to Excel Automation, see my introductory article at http://www.levelextreme.com/Magazine/September2002/Page45.asp; also available in the Spanish version of the article.
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>The report class already has a "handle" to the current spreadsheet.
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>Of course, this will cause you additional work.
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>The other problem is quite valid, too: not all peaple have Excel.
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