Flexible Report Capability?

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Does anyone have an example or pointers to an access "Flexible Reporting"
capability or feature. WHat I mean is ... I would like to offer the user the
ability to select certain fields in the DB and then push a button to create
the custom report.

I know this can be complicated but I'm looking for examples or even third
party components to help with this.
 
Does anyone have an example or
pointers to an access "Flexible
Reporting" capability or feature.
WHat I mean is ... I would like to
offer the user the ability to select
certain fields in the DB and then
push a button to create
the custom report.
Click to expand...

Sounds a lot like Access' Report Wizards (about which, see below).
I know this can be complicated but
I'm looking for examples or even third
party components to help with this.
Click to expand...

Every attempt I have observed at creating an easier, simpler reporting
feature for an Access application turned out to be so limited as to be
useless.

On the other hand, I have observed a number of situations where minimal
training in using Access' own Report facility led to users who could create
their own Reports... if it is a simple Report, it will be simple (or
trivial) to create with Report Wizards or even from "scratch". If they need
a somewhat more complex Report, they can ask for assistance.

I've also seen a few instances where such report-writing users went on to be
Access power users and developers.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
There is a ad-hoc/query by form applet available at
http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/OtherLibraries.asp#Hookom,Duane. I use
this in almost every application I create (and charge for it). Users have
the ability to select fields and set criteria, sorting, grouping, etc. The
results are two click from viewing in CSV, Word Table, Word Merge, Excel,
HTML, Graph, form letter,...

Most users like this flexibility have little problem printing the Excel file
in a pleasing format.
 
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