Subject Re: Printing in dBase 2019 & DBF Files From Pieter <pieter@pret.co.za> Date Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:50:21 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 24/02/2025 10:45, Daniel Georgi wrote: > 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 Good day Daniel, I will be interested in getting more info on using this report manager, how to install the ActiveX component and how to use it. Pieter