Ben, This is a great idea (one of those "why didn't I think of that" ideas!). I guess that's what this list is for.
If memory serves, I believe that's what TargetPro uses for it's reporting. Now that the mental juices are flowing in that direction, I wonder how XML with a template might work. You modify the template to create the report you want, and pass the data in using XML. That strategy would definitely be more worth spending my time on that Crystal. Any one else out there tried anything like this? Thanks, Gary. Ben Crane wrote: > Gary, > > Using DDE is fine for dumping info into Excel, but > creating professional looking reports needs something > a little more **special**--My feeling is that with MI > Pro and reports, the best way of doing it is to create > the reports in HTML...You can set up a *.DEF file > containing as much html/javascript code as you want, > and then dump your query/table into an html page with > all the trimmings that html allows...fair nuff it's > not exactly a full house, but considering the odds, a > pair ain't so bad...what do you think? Plus with html, > you can get users to enter what kind of report they > want, while with excel, I'd guess you'd use a > template...I haven't had any experience with using > templates and DDE but I'm sure it's possible... > > Ben > Wokingham DC > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gary Schwartz Director of Software Development Mapping Analytics 2 Graham Road West Ithaca, NY 14850 (716) 271-6490 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
