Re: Using HSTools, need something better

We use MS Visual Basic and plan on using MS Excel for this kind of work. You'l obviously need an ODBC driver also. (See earlier discussions on that.) Here is one reason why we need VBX/OCX support in New Era. You can buy this kind of graphics support at a low price with *no* runtime fees from several companies in the form of a VBX/OCX for MS VB. Read Visual Basic Programmer's Journal or any of several other Windows programmers magazines and you'l see what a fantastic world is out there with very RAD tools. On the internet you may also start at this web site: http://www.apexsc.com/vb Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no NM-data, Dalsbergstien 7, N-0170 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company } kiedwards@aol.com (KIEdwards) writes: } We are a small firm who produces reports and graphs for our } clients. We are running an Informix database which holds all of } our client records (performance numbers, etc) We are looking to } purchase a graphics package that *we* can program to pull client } information directly from our database into graphs to be sent to a } PS color printer. } } Currently we are using Informix Hyperscript, but are not thrilled } with its graphing features or the fact that the program is being } phased out of Informix's product line. We are looking for a } program that can create state of the art graphs, have multiple } graphs on a page, 3D effects, and *lots* of flexibility. We want } to knock the socks off of our clients, but don't want to spend } years in development. Any advice??? Our budget is } less than $5,000 and any language/program can be learned. } }>>>