Report Generator in VFP

Before I spring for a manual on the Report Generator, I would like to
know if it has a general capability to do what my client requires.

I am aware that the Report Generator can easily produce a complete
report, with heading, footer, multipage control, and the like. But, it
appears (to this untrained eye) to be able to only produce a line by
line listing within the body of the report.

I have a situation where a client needs to produce sub-totals of various
item classes within a single report; and, it doesn't appear that the
Report Generator has that capability. Am I wrong?

Many thanks.

Fred
Fri Aug 18 21:17:50 CDT 2006

Yes, you are wrong. <s>

You have grouping with headers and footers and report variables to do
summing, etc., so you can do pretty much anything you need.

If you need more control, you can look into writing your own report
listeners and control practically every aspect of reporting.

--
Fred
Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP


<me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:4kn8poFcvrtiU1@individual.net...
> Before I spring for a manual on the Report Generator, I would like to know
> if it has a general capability to do what my client requires.
>
> I am aware that the Report Generator can easily produce a complete report,
> with heading, footer, multipage control, and the like. But, it appears
> (to this untrained eye) to be able to only produce a line by line listing
> within the body of the report.
>
> I have a situation where a client needs to produce sub-totals of various
> item classes within a single report; and, it doesn't appear that the
> Report Generator has that capability. Am I wrong?
>
> Many thanks.
>
>

Raghu
Mon Aug 21 06:51:28 CDT 2006

You can use the Calculations tab for existing functions or Expression
builder for custom calculations. You can also use variable for specific
reports.