Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA!Myron_Wintonyk From: userWINO@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Myron Wintonyk) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: To Clip(per) or not to Clip(per). Message-ID: Date: 27 Feb 91 20:31:18 GMT Organization: MTS Univ of Alberta Lines: 30 Our department, without consulting me, decided to produce a database using clipper on a PC system using Novell Netware. The reporting facilities are bad ... real bad. They were intending to use a package called Relational Report Writer to produce reports. Unfortunately, it can open a maximum 10 files/databases at one time. For the reports that they require. This is not sufficient. As a result, I am left with a dilemma. Should I try to develop this system further, and if so, how should I produce reports. I have only a basic knowledge of Clipper and dBase, and have no idea how to produce useful reports. Or, should I start over again on a mainframe system? My main concerns are : Sorting in a non-indexed order, Queries, and Scopes (only use a certain subset of the data). So, my question is : Does anyone out there know an easy way to develop reports. Hopefully a product that non-computer people can use (mostly secretaries). If you have any ideas on how to proceed, please send me a message Myron Wintonyk, Faculty of Medicine University of Alberta USERWINO@MTS.UCS.UALBERTA.CA