Dave Crozier wrote: > Peter, > Upgrade from 7 to 9 is virtually painless as long as you obey a few simple > guidelines which I did when I ran the upgrade. You have my phone number, just > ring me if you have any problems. > > XFRX is great for producing reports in various formats, Stonefield is > fantastic at framework management etc but I would steer clear of Crystal. I > have every version since 8.5, including the latest version and it is 1 - > bloatware, 2 - difficult to use if you aren't prepared to use visual studio > to drive it and 3 - slow!! > > Also it doesn't really fit right with ODBC data which is what you have to use > to access the VFP files. If you are using SQL server then it is much better. > All the documentation written regarding VFP and Crystal (Hentzenwerke > http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/crysdev.htm ) was written for versions 8 > and 9 and it is a completely different beast now, anyhow I don't think you > can even buy the old versions any more. I have the books if you want to > browse them. > > Dave > > > Thanks Dave (and others), I'll check out the information.
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