ReportsPro [was] Hypercard to Rev Question

[Cal Campbell]

You need to go back to the discussion group to find out who presently 
owns ReportsPro.  They went under the name of rpControl.  The Telephone 
number is presently disconnected.

They are still selling the product, but they are very difficult to 
contact.  If you want to know what it does,  I have a copy. If you want 
a beta tester, I know how to do that.


On Jan 26, 2004, at 9:04 PM, Geoff Canyon wrote:

> Well, Richard's arguments make a fair amount of sense, but of course, 
> I can't reasonably assess how much work it would be to port ReportsPro 
> to OS X/Rev. If I remember correctly, you said you know the current 
> owner. What is it Rev can do to assist in this?
>
> regards,
>
> Geoff Canyon
> gcanyon at inspiredlogic.com
>
> On Jan 26, 2004, at 11:55 AM, Cal Campbell wrote:
>
>> OK! I asked the original question. Here it is.
>>
>> "I have an extensive Hypercard database I would like to move to 
>> another environment.  It make extensive use of ReportsPro which is a 
>> third party report writer.  I have several clients who are used to 
>> used ReportsPro to design their own reports and queries. Does 
>> Revolution have this capability?"
>>
>> Here is added information.  Right now I have 10-12 States on a 
>> Hypercard/ReportsPro environment that operate the two as a DBMS very 
>> successfully.  It is basically a data base that handles line drawings 
>> (cattle brands) done in Hypercard and text data that pertains to the 
>> owner of the drawing.  The drawing are printed in a book about every 
>> five years.  The rest of the time the managing office checks to make 
>> sure the brands are unique.  One province in Canada even handles all 
>> their financial reports through ReportsPro.
>>
>> They all need to convert to something else.  Hypercard is apparently 
>> dead. Most of them have people that are very sharp in writing their 
>> own reports at this time.  They like the environment provided by 
>> ReportsPro are are very comfortable with the product.  They are going 
>> to need a similar report writer to replace it.
>>
>> I have extensive experience in DBMS design.  I used 
>> Hypercard/ReportPro as a prototype tool for years.  I am now retired 
>> and I still keep one OS9 around just to run Hypercard/ReportPro data 
>> bases.  I guess I'm a little strange, but I have never found any 
>> other product which does the job quite as well.
>>
>> I hope you can help.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, January 25, 2004, at 11:27  PM, Geoff Canyon wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry I didn't see this sooner. For the record, I read the list and 
>>> I sometimes qualify as "someone at RunRev" ;-)
>>>
>>> If he wants to email me, I'd be happy to offer any help I can.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Geoff Canyon
>>> gcanyon at inspiredlogic.com
>>>
>>> On Jan 21, 2004, at 1:19 PM, Frank Leahy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone from RunRev read this list?  If so, I'm good friends 
>>>> with the guy who bought the rights to Reports and ReportsPro and he 
>>>> would LOVE to talk to someone at RunRev about making it work with 
>>>> Revolution.  Please reply directly to me and I'll pass on your info 
>>>> to him.
>>>
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>>>
>> Calvin Campbell
>> Castle Rock, CO
>>
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>>
>
>
Calvin Campbell
Castle Rock, CO

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