This is probably going to seem like a really stupid question to most of you folks, but please bear with me...
I have a client who wants some quering and reporting capabilities that he can't get within Progress, or even with some other products that are on the market. He thinks he wants some reports/queries written in Access that will use the data contained within his Progress system.
I know absolutely nothing about Progress, but I have years of experience developing custom MS Access systems for various clients. I assume there are ways to query Progress data through an Access application. I am in the process of trying to come up with a proposal for this client and I need more information before I can accurately estimate the number of hours needed to accomplish this.
My understanding of how to accomplish this is as follows:
The client has to purchase the Progress ODBC DataServer
Then, in MS Access through code, I have to connect to the Progress data and launch my query/report
I assume this is greatly simplified, but if someone could just let me know if I am on the right track. Also, I'm wondering how well documented the ODBC DataServer is. On the other hand, maybe there is a much easier way to accomplish this.
It seems as if you folks really know your stuff, and I think I've come to the right place with my questions. Thank you for your time.
I have a client who wants some quering and reporting capabilities that he can't get within Progress, or even with some other products that are on the market. He thinks he wants some reports/queries written in Access that will use the data contained within his Progress system.
I know absolutely nothing about Progress, but I have years of experience developing custom MS Access systems for various clients. I assume there are ways to query Progress data through an Access application. I am in the process of trying to come up with a proposal for this client and I need more information before I can accurately estimate the number of hours needed to accomplish this.
My understanding of how to accomplish this is as follows:
The client has to purchase the Progress ODBC DataServer
Then, in MS Access through code, I have to connect to the Progress data and launch my query/report
I assume this is greatly simplified, but if someone could just let me know if I am on the right track. Also, I'm wondering how well documented the ODBC DataServer is. On the other hand, maybe there is a much easier way to accomplish this.
It seems as if you folks really know your stuff, and I think I've come to the right place with my questions. Thank you for your time.