
Crystal Reports vs VB reports in code
I see a lot of people posting to this newsgroup that have programming problems
with CR and so many clients that have other problems (compatability among
competing reports from various software, BUGS, etc.) my question is this:
WHY BOTHER with it. I can and do generate reports al the time in VB. You
know, get the data, print it out. They are faster. I'm able to produce
complicated things that I dare say would frighten anyone trying it with CR. I
have NO compatability problems. The user has few things to install, maintain,
worry about... The only bugs are MINE and are easily found and I can correct
them.
Yep I can do all sorts of fancy stuff, use proportional fonts AND get things
to right align, spacer lines, whatever is needed and even what is just wanted.
So why use CR. Just because it exits doesn't mean it's useful, or that it is
the rational choice.
John
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