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From: hartquis@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (E. Eugene Hartquist)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Re: Reports (tm) for HyperCard
Message-ID: <4619@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 29 Apr 88 17:27:05 GMT
Reply-To: hartquis@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (E. Eugene Hartquist)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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To Henry Halff:  Thanks for your comments re. my "bad rap" aimed at
Reports.  You, and others, have taught me a thing or three more about 
Reports than I knew when I posted my comments.  Guess that is how we 
learn.

Wade Blomgren, in a private mail writes; Might it be possible to leave
the "report card" in another otherwise empty (separate) stack until it
is actually needed to produce a report in your main stack, then have
your stack go get the "report card" and paste it into itself, deleting 
it when the the report process is complete?

I think so, but didn't think of it and haven't tried it.  Does someone
have an answer?

Sorry, I am not ready to retract my bad opion of Reports.  At very least 
developers of other HyperCard utilities ought to be aware that one Reports
user found that a foriegn card in a stack can be very troublesome and might 
avoid that technique.  At best Activision or a competitor may come up with
a better product.

Why would I spend time on this if I don't like Reports?  Well, I need a 
better report generator of some sort.  I am open to suggestions that will 
make Reports more palatable.  It is a good thing there are people like 
Wade and Henry to offer them.

Really :-)

-- Gene