I am a former Q & A for Windows user. In Q & A, I was able to design a freeform report and view how the actual screen would look when designing it. I am getting used to Sesame and love it. However, is there a way to design a freeform report that contains boxes with no data values, or how could I mimic a spreadsheet look with boxes and columns of various sizes and include data from the Sesame database into different areas on the spreadsheet in the Sesame report? I have had documents from my customer that I could pretty much copy into a Q & A freeform style report and add data and put it anywhere. These documents would contain boxes, vertical, and horizontal lines. It would look just like their document, thus saving me the time from obtaining extra copies of their documents, feeding into the printer, and matching my data into the appropriate boxes on those documents. I did not see anything in the Sesame report writer that would allow me to accomplish this. Is it possible?

Thanks,

Kevin E & S Gage

BobScott -

Yes, I agree. When our company purchased Q & A (dos) a long time ago we got used to it and liked it. When windows came out in the 90's it seemed the natural thing to do was upgrade to the Windows version. We have been using it ever since and I know it like the back of my hand. However, since it is not supported anymore and I have had fatal crashes, I felt time to ugrade. Since Sesame shared several things Q & A had I decided to purchase it instead of Access. During that time I never knew any other person who even heard of Q & A. So I know what you are saying.

As far as incorporating Word, I will try that. I was hoping it could be built into Sesame to allow it to be as user friendly as possilbe to my employees. However, I am sure once I figure it out and design what I need I can train them appropriately.

Thanks,

Kevin