>hi all,
>
>i've been wondering. Have any of you worked with Crystal Reports 5/6? I created a report in 6 (5 too), that we are using in our product through an activeX control. In the process, i found that it was very 'buggy'. I was wondering of you have had the same experience. For instance :
>
>1.aligning fields proved to be close to impossible. Fields seem to have a will of their own, and sometimes they refuse to move (using the arrow keys). The report looks nice from a distance, but that's it.
>2.Furthermore, you can't use cursors, so you need to store tables.
>3. It's not OO
>
>As far as i can see, its multipass (and therefore subreports) feature, is the only reason to use it. Do you know of any other 3rd party products that would enable me to:
>-create subreports
>-OOP-ify my reports
>
>I am curious of your findings...
>
>greetings,
>derk


I've heard good things about actuate (www.actuate.com). I just got the demo today. Won't be able to look at it until after DevCon.

As for the "problems" with Crystal, it aligns things a different way. You can "snap" to lines. The Active-X control was written in VB and has the same problems in VFP as all VB activeX controls. We are using it and things are working.