May I ask: Is there something wrong with HTML as a reporting language since everyone is against it?
Nothing wrong at all.
But for this, the programmers need to learn HTML and even master web programming.
You have already mastered this subject and it is very easy for you.
In fact, you have made your own syntax and a very powerful library of your own and I admire you for that.
You have been pushing this idea and this will take sometime to catch up with other programmers.
Once the programmers reach this stage, they don't any more need FWH.
Once we use php we do not need Harbour either.
A programmer who starts now to learn html, needs a very long time to produce html code and also requires a large html code with same functionality as a one line program in FWH
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XBROWSER "CUSTOMER.DBF" FASTEDIT
with vertical and horizontal scrolling and facility to edit values inside the cell, validate and immediately save to dbf,recordset or whatever.
So they choose what helps them to develop the application faster.
In fact I have been thinking of personally approaching you to help me with a html module with the same functionality like this.
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In this particular post, our friends wants to generate a word document.
You can help us on that requirement.
I saw your advice in the thread. But that works for template reports. We need to generate word doc for free form reporting.
I will be personally interested in your suggestions.