[comp.sources.wanted] Information about report writers wanted

henk@hcsrnd.UUCP (Henk Willems) (11/14/88)

Our company needs a general purpose report writer and
we want to make a make or buy decision within two
months.

Can anyone out there help us with information about
public domain report writers (if there are any) or
commercial available products ? 

Ideally, the report writer we want must support the
following features,

o User can create report definitions in a WYSIWYG
  fashion.
o Must run in various hardware/software environments
  (e.g. VAX/VMS, Unix, OS/2, Stratus/VOS).
o User interface supports both 'dumb' (e.g. VTxxx type)
  terminals and workstations.
o Is open ended, i.e. does not rely on a particular
  database or file system. Interfaces to new file
  systems or databases can be easily added. 
  We must at least be able to add an interface to our
  own database structure. 

Any reference to a public domain or commercial product
will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

D. Dijkman, 
HCS Industrial Automation
P.o. box 20020, 7302 HA Apeldoorn, 
Holland.
Phone (31) (0)55 498600

Email : mcvax!hcsrnd!henk