O.k. no wars here !

My needs are not much...a few flat flies and some relationship files (no
more than three tables)
I'm using Paradox 8 now....I  have never liked MS Access seems overly
complicated
and I have heard later verisions of Paradox are buggy....

I would like nicer looking reports than I can get in Paradox 8.
I have never used FM but I have heard good things about it.
BTW, OS is Windows XP



Thanks

Terry Cano

In article <r4nxe.38182$J12.14963@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, 
tcmusic@pacbell.net says...
> 
> O.k. no wars here !
> 
> My needs are not much...a few flat flies and some relationship files (no
> more than three tables)

> I'm using Paradox 8 now....I  have never liked MS Access seems overly
> complicated

Ease of use is FM's strong suit.

> and I have heard later verisions of Paradox are buggy....
> 
> I would like nicer looking reports than I can get in Paradox 8.

FM's reporting is reasonably capable. There is something of a learning 
curve for mastering the combination of sort order, found set, summary 
fields and sub-summary layout parts to get the values you want as you do 
more advanced reports. But there are few reports I haven't been able to 
do in FM.

There are limitations though, and if you want graphing or something 
really exotic you'll want to export data and deal with it in an 
appropriate tool.. be it crystal reports or excel or whatever.

If you've only got 3 tables, and you're self describing as someone whose 
"needs are not much" I'd predict that your report requirements will be 
more than covered by FM.

> I have never used FM but I have heard good things about it.
> BTW, OS is Windows XP

Download the FM7 Pro trial. Don't hesistate to ask any questions you 
have.

Thank you.  Excatly the information I was looking for.
Terry
"42" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> In article <r4nxe.38182$J12.14963@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>,
> tcmusic@pacbell.net says...
> >
> > O.k. no wars here !
> >
> > My needs are not much...a few flat flies and some relationship files (no
> > more than three tables)
>
> > I'm using Paradox 8 now....I  have never liked MS Access seems overly
> > complicated
>
> Ease of use is FM's strong suit.
>
> > and I have heard later verisions of Paradox are buggy....
> >
> > I would like nicer looking reports than I can get in Paradox 8.
>
> FM's reporting is reasonably capable. There is something of a learning
> curve for mastering the combination of sort order, found set, summary
> fields and sub-summary layout parts to get the values you want as you do
> more advanced reports. But there are few reports I haven't been able to
> do in FM.
>
> There are limitations though, and if you want graphing or something
> really exotic you'll want to export data and deal with it in an
> appropriate tool.. be it crystal reports or excel or whatever.
>
> If you've only got 3 tables, and you're self describing as someone whose
> "needs are not much" I'd predict that your report requirements will be
> more than covered by FM.
>
> > I have never used FM but I have heard good things about it.
> > BTW, OS is Windows XP
>
> Download the FM7 Pro trial. Don't hesistate to ask any questions you
> have.

I D/L demo but Setup file won't run...
not an XP or 2000 machine on the net so maybe
FMP7 doesn't run on ME
Terry

correct,

FM7 does need xp, but fm6 does run on ME and should be fairly cheap on e-bay 
(or an other second-hand site)

Ursus

"Terry Cano" <tcmusic@pacbell.net> schreef in bericht 
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>
> I D/L demo but Setup file won't run...
> not an XP or 2000 machine on the net so maybe
> FMP7 doesn't run on ME
> Terry
>
> 

In article <pWExe.38413$J12.30015@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, 
tcmusic@pacbell.net says...
> 
> I D/L demo but Setup file won't run...
> not an XP or 2000 machine on the net so maybe
> FMP7 doesn't run on ME
> Terry

You specifically said "BTW OS is XP" in your original post. Try it on 
that machine :)