Hi Randy,

It's a good product that works as advertised. As far as I can tell - its about the only product this powerful that allows unlimited free distribution, and is written in 100% VFP code.

It has a few drawbacks. It hasn't been changed in a few years - so it doesn't seem like the developer is updating it any longer. I have not been able to get an email technical responce from him with any questions for a year - but even this is not a big issue as the source code is so well documented (in fairness, my only question was going to be "are you ever going to upgrade it again?").

Good things about QueryMaker are 1) You get a full royalty free license. 2) you get full source code - so I just updated the product my self - and continue to do that. 3) Its extremely easy to integrate in your VFP app. 4) Its pretty much bug free cause its been around so long (I think I have used one version or another for nearly 10 years).

You can also get a end user's Query Guide with it that will teach your end users how to use it - and you can distribute this Guide to them. I found that I have to step a person through the use of it the first time if they are building their own report, then they are usually OK on their own. I am finding out they can build their own filters without any assistance.

Mel Cummings