cattaneo@noscvax.UUCP (Anne A. Cattaneo]) (08/07/85)
Does anyone out there have any information on off-the-shelf
FORMS GENERATION SOFTWARE PACKAGES?
We are currently evaluating packages such as: dBASE III, Entrypoint,
Lotus 1.2.3, Enable 1.1, Smart, DataEase and InfoStar and believe
there must be many more out there.
We would appreciate any and all information on packages that
run on the IBM-PC and PC compatibles that will help produce
electronic forms. Please send mail. Thanks in advance.
Jo-Anne Cattaneo
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phone: (619) 225-8401 x317jabusch@uiucdcsb.Uiuc.ARPA (08/12/85)
I think I already replied to a recent posting of this nature, but
here I go again, just in case...
The version of Wordperfect (4.0) that we have here allows forms
to be stored and generated as macros, in a relatively simple fashion.
The filling in is manual, however, since Wordperfect is a word processor.
The method to do it is to press ALT-(something), which you have set up
as a macro key definition, and the form will appear with all the entries
which the macro has, leaving you to fill in only the necessary fields.
I have not used it much, but it seems very powerful.
<place usual disclaimers here>
John W. Jabusch
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I stand corrected. Today I had a little more time to read through
the WordPerfect manual, and it does do automatic forms generation by using
its merge facility. It appears that its merge, macros, and forms files
can all be used to create a really nice package. Perhaps it is more pow-
erful than I origanally thought.
Any ideas or comments from someone who has been using WordPerfect
4.0? I'd be interested in hearing them, just for the benefit of learning
something.
<please insert your favorite disclaimor>
John W. Jabusch
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