Reports without a Database

[paudieo]

Hi
i am currently doing a project that writes and inputs data from text files - no database is involved. i need to be able to create reports with the header taken from a text file along with a person's name and address. Various other data being displayed on a form via text boxes, combo box etc. will also appear in certain positions of the report.
i have looked at using the Printer.Print object but this seems quite tedious even for things like centering the header (which comes from a text file). Does anyone know of a simpler solution? is the data environment component a solution because it seems to be geared for databases. I know that creating a word doc is an option but this wouldn't be my favoured option.
any help or advice on where to get help would be greatly appreciated.
mise le meas

[zuperman]

http://www.crystaldecisions.net/prod...rystalreports/

[Hack]

VB does not, natively, supply a report engine capable of producing reports that are acceptable to the corporate world (trust me on this one). Given this fact, some form of third party reporting engine is necessary.

I will take the position that you (meaning the company you work for) do not want to incur the expense of purchasing a real report generator, and, you do not want to ship a Db (that does nothing more than produce reports) with your app.

Your question:

Does anyone know of a simpler solution? is the data environment component a solution because it seems to be geared for databases. I know that creating a word doc is an option but this wouldn't be my favoured option. any help or advice on where to get help would be greatly appreciated.

If I'm understanding you correctly, it would seem you a caught between the proverbial "rock 'n a hard place" The answer to the question "Does anyone know of a simpler solution?" is No.

Given that, you will need to consider alternatives.

What those are will depend on your situation.

I suspect that you have already exhausted the reporting capabilities of native VB.

Give me some more details of your situation, and lets see if we can come up with something that works.

[ruyeno22]

docmd.importtext is the funcion to import a text file to a table in an access database.

best regards,