Subject Re: Printing in dBase 2019 & DBF Files From Daniel Georgi <daniel.georgi@hytec-hydraulik.de> Date Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:45:47 +0100 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Am 21.02.2025 um 14:39 schrieb Louis James: > A Humble Good Morning to All: > > I will admit to being befuddled.  I am having a hard time wrapping my head around printing and reports in dBase 2019 and DBF files.  The one tutorial I find seems to focus more on ADO or SQL and the sort than using DBF files. > > I realize that SQL and/or ADO (like MariaDB (SQL) is the way to go.  But candidly, the application I developed was from long ago and heavily relies on DBF files.  And with that Crystal Reports.  I've been able to come up with a solution but I still believe I should master reports/printing via dBase. > > That said, I'm wondering if there are some tutorials/information I can use to study printing/reports in dBase that focus more on DBF's. > > Again, "old dog", "new tricks" and more importantly the amount of work to convert causes me to try my hardest to focus on dbf's instead of others. > > Any thoughts/guidance/prodding would be appreciated.  Thanks. > > Louis James Hello, I would also recommend that you take a look at the Report Manager. I use the tool exclusively instead of the built-in dBase reports, because the program can also be delivered with your software and thus users can customize the reports, in contrast to the compiled dBase reports. https://sourceforge.net/projects/reportman/ There is an ActiveX component that can be called and used with oleautoclient(). The component offers direct saving as PDF (even A/3-B), preview and a variety of other functions. The Report Manager is comparable to Crystal Reports or List and Labels, but 100% free and even open source. It works perfectly with dBase! Some training is required. If anyone is really interested, I would be happy to help (installation of ActiveX component, creating first report...). Daniel