Cathy Pountney

Cathy Pountney

Cathy Pountney is a Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP and has been developing software for over 22 years, thirteen of which were as an independent consultant specializing in FoxPro. In 2001 she had the privilege of spending six months as a contractor onsite in Redmond with the Microsoft Fox Team. Currently she works for Optimal Solutions developing Visual FoxPro applications for schools. Cathy has spoken at many FoxPro conferences and user groups across the U.S., written articles for various magazines, and her book, The Visual FoxPro Report Writer: Pushing it to the Limit and Beyond, is available from Hentzenwerke Publishing (www.hentzenwerke.com).

Articles Authored

  • The Visual FoxPro 9 Report Writer

    Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

    Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2004 - Vol. 2 - Issue 1 - Visual FoxPro 9.0, VFP Conversion Papers

    Microsoft has significantly improved the Report Writer in Visual FoxPro 9.They also recognized the significant investment in existing FRX-based reports and designed the new Visual FoxPro 9 Report Writer to be compatible with previous versions of Visual FoxPro Reports. This makes it a great blend of the old and the new. In this article, you'll learn about some of the new features, including the new reusable data environments, report protection, and several user interface enhancements. You'll also learn about enhancements to layout objects and data groups. Finally, you'll learn about one of the best improvements to the Visual FoxPro 9 Report Writer: multiple detail bands.