Hypercard to Rev Question

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Calvin,
The good news is that it is generally easy to convert HyperCard stacks to 
Revolution stacks; there are a few more reserved words and some minor syntax 
issues but nothing really hard (probably the hardest thing is the new way of 
handling menus). If your experience is the same as mine (HC user since 1987) you 
will find Rev. exasperating at the beginning (because that is not how we always 
did it) and then you will find Rev. so much better that going back to HC would 
be like reliving the '50s.
The bad news is Rev. has nothing even remotely like Reports. Indeed, Rev. 
reporting is almost nonexistent. People will probably reply to this post saying 
how Rev. reports are as good as HC internal reports; many of these folks have 
never used the 9 to 5 Reports. But I know what you are saying; nothing, on any 
platform, or any database, is a powerful, fast and flexible as Reports.
Paul Looney
Simple Solutions
San Dimas, California