Were you expecting something as full featured as Crystal Reports? I sure wasn't. Crystal has introduced improvements in every version (now up to 10). I think it is unrealistic to expect VFP to go that far in one update and I don't think the VFP Team will ever get there. IMO, the team should put their efforts elsewhere rather than try to copy Crystal functionality that few need. How many reports need graphs, subreports, complex crosstabs, or data cubes? My guess is 5-10%. That means that the new enhancements solve 90-95% of the reporting needs.
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>Does anyone satisfied with VFP9 Report Designer? I find it not impressive. I think I have to dig more on it...
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>Only for the Report Designer, I'm expecting that it can catch up with Crystal Reports. I've seen a lot of reports created with Crystal Reports and very impressive. The rest of VFP its ok... a lot of improvement.
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>I notice no changes on VFP9 BETA like:
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>Import & Export ===> Still office 97, MS didn't bother to update to MS Office 2000 or the latest one..
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>Just started evaluating the VFP9 Beta... more comments and even BUGS to come....
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer