The Visual FoxPro Report Writer: Pushing It to the Limit and Beyond
Cathy Pountney, Dave Aring · 2002
From the Publisher: Reports are key to a successful software application. It doesn't matter how efficiently the users enter data, how much information the system can store, or how many complicated calculations the system can process if there's no way to see the final outcome. In this reference, software developers are shown how to use every nook and cranny of report writers. Included are fundamentals of using the VFP Report Writer correctly such as starting the report wizard, invoking the report designer, and report bands. Advanced tips are provided as well, including nesting data groups and creating variables and calculations. Author Biography: Cathy Pountney is the president of Frontier Software Solutions, a software development company. She has written several articles for FoxTalk and The Information Systems Consultant and is the author of Inside FoxPro 2.5 DOS. She lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.