Re: free reports tool

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:25:13 +0100, "Josem" <no_spam@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"Frederico Fonseca" <real-email-in-msg-spam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:7sp7c1ttcdhvskbf4fkdh7920s4j7r9918@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Top posting corrected.
>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:12:52 +0100, "Josem" <pt40br@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>"Richard" <riplin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:1119946970.189752.200320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> I need to know if i can make this txt file with a visual editor
>>>>> program
>>>>> instead of change manually the file parameters and if exist a free one.
>>>>
>>>> There are forms designers that can be used with Cobol, such as
>>>> Fujitsu's PowerForm
>>>> http://www.adtools.com/products/windows/pform.htm
>>>> and Flexus FormPrint
>>>> http://www.flexus.com/formprint.html
>>>>
>>>> I have used others that were not specifically for Cobol but it seems
>>>> that you want a specific form of output so it can be used with your
>>>> existing merge tools.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>>you can say which the tools that you uses with Cobol to generate reports.
>>>I
>>>use fujitsucobol, but I don't like powerform and i seek alternatives.
>>>
>> If you are using Fujitsu then you have the following options
>>
>> 1- Use Flexus FormPrint.
>> All-in COBOL solution.
>>
>> 2- Convert your files to Btrieve, and use products like Crystal
>> Reports to acces the files.
>> Works fine and I can supply some code that works with V9 and V10.
>>
>> 3- Convert all your I/O to database access.
>> Then you can use almost every reporting software available for
>> Windows.

> Exist some tool to convert directly Cobol files to Btrive/Pervasive SQL?
>
>Thanks
>

Not sure.

But it is easy enough to create a conversion program to do that for
each file.

And if you already have all your files on copybooks then it is even
easier.





Frederico Fonseca
ema il: frederico_fonseca at syssoft-int.com
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