lyne@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Lyne Eaker) (02/22/91)
Does anyone know of a REALLY easy but very powerful report maker for dBase databases. Specifically I have a database written in FoxPro. I have developed a very complex relational database over the past three summers, and this will finally be the last summer. However, the people I have made it for are not technically oriented and know (nor should they need to) little about computers or databases. Once I leave they need to be able to make new reports as policies change, thus I need a report generator that is easy to use and supports all types of relations. Thanks.
broy@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu (Barbara Roy) (02/22/91)
In article <8y8PX1w163w@ersys.uucp>, ersys!lyne@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Lyne Eaker) writes... >Does anyone know of a REALLY easy but very powerful report maker for >dBase databases. Specifically I have a database written in FoxPro. I >have developed a very complex relational database over the past three >summers, and this will finally be the last summer. However, the people I >have made it for are not technically oriented and know (nor should they >need to) little about computers or databases. Once I leave they need to >be able to make new reports as policies change, thus I need a report >generator that is easy to use and supports all types of relations. I HIGHLY recommend R&R Reportwriter by Concentric Data. I've only used their dBase version, but I believe a version is also available for FoxPro. It is a very powerful report generator and menu driven, so it is easy to use. It is FAR superior to dBase's own reportwriter - at least the one provided with dBase III+. dBase IV incorporated many of its capabilities in its reportwriter. Barbara Roy, Weeg Computing Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 52242 Phone: 319-335-5506 Internet: broy@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu Bitnet: broyva@uiamvs Disclaimer: My opinions are solely my own and may change daily.
tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan) (02/22/91)
In article <8y8PX1w163w@ersys.uucp> ersys!lyne@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Lyne Eaker) writes: >Does anyone know of a REALLY easy but very powerful report maker for >dBase databases. Specifically I have a database written in FoxPro. I >have developed a very complex relational database over the past three >summers, and this will finally be the last summer. However, the people I >have made it for are not technically oriented and know (nor should they >need to) little about computers or databases. Once I leave they need to >be able to make new reports as policies change, thus I need a report >generator that is easy to use and supports all types of relations. > >Thanks. Lyne, I believe that there is only one commercial report generator that can do what you want and that would be R & R Report Writer from Concentric Data Systems. I personally don't use it but many, many people do and some folks won't write reports without it. I don't know how un-technically oriented one can be and still get the correct reports out but I don't think it's 10th grader type stuff. Obviously they will have to have some idea about "files" and "records" and "relationships" and "boolean operators". They can title the report "Average Sales for California Customers" but if they don't compute the average and they don't restrict the view to State = "CA" they obviously won't get the correct answer. Hope that helps. tom ex-Senior Systems Analyst / Nantucket Corporation (you really should have used Clipper instead of FoxPro)
awd@dbase.A-T.COM (Alastair Dallas) (03/04/91)
> In article <8y8PX1w163w@ersys.uucp>, ersys!lyne@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Lyne Eaker) writes... > >Does anyone know of a REALLY easy but very powerful report maker for > >dBase databases. Specifically I have a database written in FoxPro. > >...thus I need a report > >generator that is easy to use and supports all types of relations. In article<4552@ns-mx.uiowa.edu>, broy@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu (Barbara Roy) writes: > I HIGHLY recommend R&R Reportwriter by Concentric Data. I've only used their > dBase version, but I believe a version is also available for FoxPro. It is a > very powerful report generator and menu driven, so it is easy to use. It is > FAR superior to dBase's own reportwriter - at least the one provided with > dBase III+. dBase IV incorporated many of its capabilities in its > reportwriter. It is my opinion that software (in the dBASE world at any rate) tends to play leapfrog. III+ inspired R&R to do better, but I think dBASE IV is superior to R&R (although they may have a new version out now which I haven't seen). I think the original poster's requirements for report writing as well as ad hoc queries and maintainance would be very well served by dBASE IV. R&R is an excellent product, as well. -- |Disclaimer: I am speaking for myself, not as a spokesman for Ashton-Tate, |which does not monitor my outbursts here. I reserve all rights to my |opinions in terms of commercial endorsements.