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I have a big amount of data to retrieve from one or two databases and print them in a matrix printer.
Should I make reports in crystal reports or make it in a function in VB using the Printer.print....intructions?
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traygreen

Depends on what you want out fof the data. If it is just a quick and dirty dump user the printer object. If there is a good chance the format of the output needs to change and you don't want to have to read a layout file to print or recompile, then use Crystal Reports(as then anyone can make the changes)

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asimoes

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Well.This is the situation:
Every time I report is printed I need to save in a table some data saying that that report come out.
Can I control this with the Crystal Reports or it's better to do it with the printer object?
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pbirkbeck

Crystal or the printer object won't save any data to a table, you have to do this with plain old VB and just show a message box or something. Maybe I don't understand the problem fully. Presumably the user clicks a button or something in your program to force the report to come out. At this time you would save something to the database to indicate it has been produced.

asimoes

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Well that´s the way it is, so What should I use printer object or Crystal Reports?