Re: Report Writer Needed!!!!

"Jerry Tomes" <jtomes@ldd.net> wrote: :I am looking for a report writer that I can use to retrieve data from an :Informix SE database running on an AIX (UNIX) box. :I have looked at Crystal Reports and CiLink (Eclipse) but they don't help :any. : :The database is access via Telnet or (TCP/IP) from Windows workstations. I :would like to store the report template on the workstation, enter the :search criteria and let it TCP/IP to the database, retrieve the data, and :be sent to a local printer off of the workstation. :ODBC is not an option. Why isn't ODBC an option? As I can see it it's your only option to run any reportwriter on a Windows workstation if you by that means an MS Windows based PC. Of course you could use a reportwriter that supports I-Net/I-Connect directly, but that's no real option in my book. Other than this how would you "let it TCP/IP" to the database? That's exactly what ODBC does for you. If you have a reasonably new TCP/IP protocol installed (preferably the one that comes with Windows 95/NT) installing ODBC on top of it is easy. On old (Windows 3.x) TCP/IP transports you will have to get the right winsock dll as well. Check out http://www.openlinksw.com or http://www.vision.sco.com for ODBC drivers. Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org