Re: WANTED: Alternatives to VPPRO for rapid and easy report creation (Delphi, PowerBuilder or Crystal Reports?)

In article <4dc2m6$pc@cloner2.ix.netcom.com>, aaron.g@ix.netcom.com (Aaron D. Gross) wrote: >Thus, I NEED TO DUMP VPPRO FOR SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WORKS. > >What I want is a client application that would permit me to easily >enter SQL and/or generate reports. > >Ideally, this application should be easy for a non-programmer to use, >in order to generate ad hoc reports. (Although I can program, the >I have heard good things about Delphi & Powerbuilder. I don't know >much about Crystal Reports. Delphi and Powerbuilder are not "easy for a non-programmer to use" and Delphi in particular doesn' excel at ad-hoc reporting (it uses a seperate Crystal-reports-like thing, called "ReportSmith") I suggest you take a look at Crystal Reports for the reporting stuff, it sounds very much like what you are after. They also have a new product (maybe called "Crystal Info"?) for the SQL side of things. >VPPRO is Informix' Edsel. Regards, Kerry S ------------------------------------,------------------------------------------ Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ v2.4 Oct 95 Quanta Systems, Auckland | kcbbs.gen.nz:/pub/informix/ New Zealand. Work: +64 9 377-4473 | mathcs.emory.edu:/pub/informix/faq/ Home: +64 9 279-3571 | http://www.garpac.com/informix.html