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It seems there is a lot in VFP9 to do with reporting..
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Yeah...

and the beta is free, although I'm sure a hefty download...

Heck, just download the release notes.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/b/9/cb9e93aa-b83d-41e7-bc8e-f51527169f63/VFP9RELNOTES.EXE

It doesn't make a lot of sense to talk about details of implementation and how they "should" be constructed to avoid a "glaring omission" without some context. In this case, the context is an idea of how they actually *are* <s>.

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