Thanks for that Cathy. I was perhaps a little harsh on the poor Report Writer. I guess I was just a little ticked to realise that I was going to have to check out each report and make sure it was still working. I just didnt want it to be that hard! (I'm lazy!) I still say though that the feature list seemed unimpressive after the incredible hype. Also, I am making the belated move to .NET since MS has abandoned us. I LOVE fox and .NET seems so complex but here we go...
Geoff PS the infinite loop that has been created will be investigated even if it is just so I can work out how it happened since it seems impossible that the Report Writer can have caused it. except that reportbehavior=90 loops and 80 doesnt... (ugh!) At 01:52 AM 31/10/2008, you wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On > > Behalf Of geoff > > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:02 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: VFP9 report behaviour > >I'm sorry you're struggling with the VFP 9 Report Writer .. but I *STRONGLY* >disagree that it's junk and lacking features. It's absolutely awesome and >provides unlimited new features once you grasp how to use it. MSFT has >completely opened the door for us to "extend" the report writer as much as >our imaginations can create. > >The issue about fields not fitting is well documented. The RW now uses GDI+ >to render instead of the older GDI, and GDI+ happens to have slightly >different sizes which can result in some fields not fitting on the report >anymore, especially numeric fields with formatting. You simply have to >adjust the field width of those fields by a few pixels and all is well. We >have hundreds of reports in our application and it didn't take very long at >all to test each one and widen fields where needed. > >The issue you're having with a report being in an infinite loop .. I'm not >sure how the new report engine would cause that. I have not encountered >that. > >The things I've done with the new reports is amazing ... conditionally >changing the font size of large descriptions so they fit in a smaller space, >forcing page breaks when I want them, keeping entire groups of data together >on one page, shrinking an entire report so I can fit 2 "pages" on one sheet, >including a top and/or left offset to shift an entire report for binding or >preprinted forms, printing booklets which involves duplex printing with >pages out of order and shrunk down to 2 per side of sheet, switching a >landscape report to portrait and reducing size so more can fit on a page, >shrinking an entire report so 1+ pages gets shrunk down enough and prints on >one page only (like the "reduce to fit" feature in Excel) ... and on and on. > >The VFP 9 Report Writer is EXTREMELY powerful!!!! > >Cathy Pountney > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
