>>>Wonders never do cease - I just came across a copy of CR 4.5. However, it doesn't seem to want to work with VFP, at first try. It looks suspiciously like the same trouble I've had in other 16-bit apps. I'll look at it some more when I have time...
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>>it won't do anything with the 16bit version of CR4.5. it thinks it will with the 32-bit (using ODBC), but fails when it tries to execute the SQL.
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>Yep, you're right, I was just working on that. I discovered I needed to add the 32-bit ODBC, which I did. But I got an error when I ran a report, so I looked at the SQL, and it was a MESS! Extra quotes all over, the wrong DBC/table symbol, an extra table name... I modified it, and it ran, but I see your point, users definitely would not like this...

funny thing is that CR people say that the beta ODBC drivers M$ gave them worked fine...