>I've been asking myself the same question as Ravi. I have all those VFP reports (over 200) all using cursors prepared in a prg or a frm before calling the report itself (no dtaenvironment in the reports).
>
>I wonder what is the easiest way to convert all those reports into Crystal. If I understand your answer correctly, it means I have to create new empty tables for each of my report in order to link them to Crystal?
No, just take the cursors and COPY TO .. TYPE FOX2X. Crystal can use those tables just fine. There is no conversion for the reports themselves. You'll have to rewrite them all.
>
>I've also been ask to evaluate the time to do that conversion, if you have any experience, would 2 hours per report seems fair to you? Assuming I know only the basic of Crystal from examples in another app, I'll learn along the way.
It really depends on the complexity of the reports. The first ones will take longer. A simple report should be maybe 15-30 minutes.
I am curious about why you want to move that many reports to Crystal Reports.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer