Re: Review on Report Generators
From: axsander@okay.net (Axel Sander) > >On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:04:52 GMT, "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> >wrote: > > >although I haven't used a report > >writer in anger for over a year > >What caused your holy wrath? I just meant I've only demo'd and looked at report writers for over a year. I haven't done any useful work with one for ages. And I'll beat the rest of you to it: just leave out the words "with one". :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:03:07 GMT, "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: >I just meant I've only demo'd and looked at report writers for over a year. >I haven't done any useful work with one for ages. And I'll beat the rest of >you to it: just leave out the words "with one". :-) Ugh... Sounds like I can save a _lot_ of work and switch back to plan A: Throw everything in Execel, group, sum and beautify with VBA code and have control on what's going on. (And if anyone wants graphics, tell him to call Picasso ;-) Axel
I'd look at Visionary if you want to keep it in the family, not bad and seems to do most stuff. My only concern is Informix do not have a good history with tools like this, they tend to drop off the product list quite rapidly Axel Sander wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:03:07 GMT, "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > >I just meant I've only demo'd and looked at report writers for over a year. > >I haven't done any useful work with one for ages. And I'll beat the rest of > >you to it: just leave out the words "with one". :-) > > Ugh... > Sounds like I can save a _lot_ of work and switch back to plan A: > Throw everything in Execel, group, sum and beautify with VBA code and have > control on what's going on. (And if anyone wants graphics, tell him to call > Picasso ;-) > > Axel -- Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd # You are only young once Tel: +44 1436 674728 # but you can be immature Fax: +44 1436 678693 # for ever www.wfsoftware.com #
We bought something called dbPower four years ago, and it produces postscript output of text, tables, and graphs. It was renamed Saffron, and is maintained by a group called WebSci. Try going to http://www.dbpower.com for more info. Paul Watson wrote: > > I'd look at Visionary if you want to keep it in the family, not bad and > seems to do most stuff. My only concern is Informix do not have a good > history with tools like this, they tend to drop off the product list > quite rapidly > > Axel Sander wrote: > > > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:03:07 GMT, "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > >I just meant I've only demo'd and looked at report writers for over a year. > > >I haven't done any useful work with one for ages. And I'll beat the rest of > > >you to it: just leave out the words "with one". :-) > > > > Ugh... > > Sounds like I can save a _lot_ of work and switch back to plan A: > > Throw everything in Execel, group, sum and beautify with VBA code and have > > control on what's going on. (And if anyone wants graphics, tell him to call > > Picasso ;-) > > > > Axel > > -- > Paul Watson # > WF Software Ltd # You are only young once > Tel: +44 1436 674728 # but you can be immature > Fax: +44 1436 678693 # for ever > www.wfsoftware.com #
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:46:38 -0500, KONE <kolney@cornercap.com> wrote: >We bought something called dbPower four years ago, and it produces >postscript output of text, tables, and graphs. It was renamed Saffron, >and is maintained by a group called WebSci. Try going to >http://www.dbpower.com for more info. There is nothing but the announcement of a website on this page ... Axel
Sorry about that. I went to www.websci.com and I can find no mention of the report writer component of Saffron, and I have not received any reply to an email posted on that web site. I hope that does not mean they have dropped the product, for it worked very well IMHO. I wonder what the protocol on copying abandoned software is? Axel Sander wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:46:38 -0500, KONE <kolney@cornercap.com> wrote: > > >We bought something called dbPower four years ago, and it produces > >postscript output of text, tables, and graphs. It was renamed Saffron, > >and is maintained by a group called WebSci. Try going to > >http://www.dbpower.com for more info. > > There is nothing but the announcement of a website on this page ... > > Axel