Crystal Reports with fxopro 9

[psvialli]

Hi,

I am fairly new to Fox but want to use crystal reports with FoxPro 9 is this possible if so how do i go about setting this up.

Many thanks

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Take a look at the article

http://www.craigberntson.com/Articles/kb013.htm

And if back up one link you see a few more articles, and Craig has also written a book on the subject.

http://www.craigberntson.com/articles.htm

Mike Gagnon

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[Mike Lewis]

Hi Psvialli,

I am fairly new to Fox

Welcome

want to use crystal reports with FoxPro 9 is this possible if so how do i go about setting this up.

Depends what you meant by "use". If you want to create reports against VFP data, you can do this via ODBC or OLE DB. Also, CR can natively access Fox tables, provided they were saved in FOX2X format.

If you want to integrate reports into your VFP app (for example, to open reports programmatically, to customise them and to let the user view or print them), this is certainly possible, but you need the Developers Edition of CR. You use a component called the Report Design Component (RDC), which is an Automation server.

As well as Craig Bernston's site, you can read my article, Using Crystal Reports with Visual FoxPro, at

http://www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk/foxst-19.htm

Mike


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