Author: <kamcginnis@gmail.com>
Posted: 2011-10-13 11:42:42 Link
This user would not want to spend a lot of money. They only need some simple reports and probably would not access more
than 3 tables in the report.
Any suggestions?
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Author: Anthony J. Gundrum
Posted: 2011-10-13 12:15:36 Link
A report w/3 tables can be very complex depending on the user requirements. i'd recommend the user put together a requirement doc for the report(s) and provide a statement of what each report should accomplish along with a comprehensive mock up of what each report should look like.
The user created requrements doc will go a long way in shortening the report developer's time and expense.
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Subject: VFP9 SP2 I need a report writer recommendation for a non-programmer
From: <kamcginnis@gmail.com>
Date: 2011/10/13 11:42
This user would not want to spend a lot of money. They only need some simple reports and probably would not access more
than 3 tables in the report.
Any suggestions?
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Author: Dan Covill
Posted: 2011-10-13 13:40:29 Link
On 10/13/11 08:42, kamcginnis@gmail.com wrote:
> This user would not want to spend a lot of money. They only need some simple reports and probably would not access more
> than 3 tables in the report.
>
> Any suggestions?
We've had some success with Access. At least it's readily available,
supported, and has the MS imprimatur. It works, too.
Caveat: Like all schemes for writing programs without programming,
success depends on the attitude of the person using it.
Dan Covill
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Author: MB Software Solutions, LLC
Posted: 2011-10-13 13:46:49 Link
On 10/13/2011 1:40 PM, Dan Covill wrote:
> On 10/13/11 08:42, kamcginnis@gmail.com wrote:
>> This user would not want to spend a lot of money. They only need some simple reports and probably would not access more
>> than 3 tables in the report.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> We've had some success with Access. At least it's readily available,
> supported, and has the MS imprimatur. It works, too.
>
> Caveat: Like all schemes for writing programs without programming,
> success depends on the attitude of the person using it.
I'll throw Doug Hennig's Stonefield Query tool out here too. The mgmt
decided not to use it at Sylvan (for no good reason) but it would have
allowed end-users to create/run reports somewhat easily, taking
advantage of the SDT info I had already on file about the database in
the meta-data tables.
--
Mike Babcock, MCP
MB Software Solutions, LLC
President, Chief Software Architect
http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com
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Author: Garrett Fitzgerald
Posted: 2011-10-13 14:41:10 Link
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:42, <kamcginnis@gmail.com> wrote:
> This user would not want to spend a lot of money. They only need some simple reports and probably would not access more
> than 3 tables in the report.
>
> Any suggestions?
I'd suggest Crystal - it's great at hand-holding, but can get out of
the way when you need it to.
Of course, my recommendation is probably heavily biased by working
with it every day. :-)
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