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Free report wizard offer from Gladstone

Mike Hnatt has generously extended to the Access blog readers a FREE version of Gladstone’s Access Report Writer. Traditionally, he has sold the developer version of the wizard for $995. The offer includes unlimited computer licenses, ability to change report header and page footers, source code, and royalty-free distribution for your application. One of the best things about the wizard is it is re-entrant. You can learn more about the report wizard here.

Here are a few screen shots:

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Sample report:

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This is his way to say ‘thanks’ to the Access community. I want to say THANKS back to Mike for the generous offer to the community!

(Updated post with wizard images 7/5/09)

Posted: Monday, July 06, 2009 9:28 AM by Clint Covington
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Comments

Vinny said:

Thank you very much Mike! ARW looks like a fantastic product.

# July 6, 2009 3:25 PM

marcus said:

Brilliant work by a brilliant guy!

(and I might add one of the nicest guys on the planet too)

Great stuff Mike.

# July 6, 2009 5:23 PM

Glenn Lloyd said:

Thanks for your incredibly generous offer, Mike. One note about using the wizard in Access 2007, I had to set a reference to ADO.

So far the product works beautifully.

# July 6, 2009 5:39 PM

Terrell Miller said:

We've used Mike's Report Wizard for years and were the first user after his own software.  It's incredibly powerful for the "power users" and easy-to-use for the end users.  It is easily implemented by importing in the pieces and a 5 minute setup.

# July 6, 2009 6:42 PM

James said:

Even after I've downloaded it, I still can't believe that such a great product is given away free. Thank you so much for your generosity!!

# July 6, 2009 7:01 PM

Grant said:

Thank you very much for such a great and valuable product!

# July 6, 2009 7:19 PM

mhnatt said:

Yikes!  My site is taking quite a load ;)  You are all welcome.  Thanks for all the nice comments and glad I could help out!

# July 6, 2009 10:35 PM

Thierry said:

Thank you very much ( from France )

# July 7, 2009 12:25 AM

Fuzetto said:

A ton of thanks for your generosity, Mike and Gladstone! (from Brazil)

# July 7, 2009 1:29 AM

John R. Porter said:

I can't download this!

I get a page with a 'Choose a Product' list box, choose 'ARW Developer Edition for Access 2000 and Newer', and nothing happens. (JavaScript is enabled).

What's wrong?

# July 7, 2009 9:54 AM

Robert Simard said:

Many thank's for this software, it's work perfectly for label, but with "Normal Report" when i click on "Finish" i have a msgbox error 2465 "Box0 missing" ?

# July 7, 2009 11:14 AM

mhnatt said:

@John

Try using the latest builds of IE, Chrome, or FF.  Go under Tools>>Options and restore the default settings of your browser and try again.

@Robert

First try running the ARW native (without importing into your own app).  Then work from there.  What step of the Instal Guide can you not reach?  The install guide is here: http://www.gladstonesolutions.com/arwinstall.pdf

-Mike

# July 7, 2009 6:49 PM

Alex said:

Thanks a million, Mike!  Truly a generous offer...and a reflection of your fantastic commitment to the MS Access community.  

# July 7, 2009 7:39 PM

JC said:

Thanks Mike Hnatt!

I downloaded the ARW and it's awesome. However I'm using it in Access 2007 and the groups do not get created on the report. Is this a known issue? Any help will be appreciated.

# July 8, 2009 6:10 PM

mhnatt said:

@JC

Grouping works fine in all versions (including Access 2007).  Send me a screenshot w/relevant info and I'll check it for you.

-Mike

# July 8, 2009 10:19 PM

Vladimir Cvajniga said:

Mike, thank you very much for you offer. I'll try ARW as soon as I'm back from my holiday.

# July 10, 2009 6:40 AM

Graham R Seach (Access MVP) said:

Thanks Mike,

The product looks very promising, but the first time I stepped through the wizard, it bugged out with a runtime 91. Clint knows how to contact me, so if you'd like the details, please drop me a line.

Regards,

Graham R Seach

# July 11, 2009 2:40 AM

Eric said:

Hi All,

Went through everything from the address above and was told will send download links to my email.

However nothing turn up in my mail box.  Email address was checked carefully when entered.

Can anyone please give me a link to its download?

Million THANKS in advance....

Eric C

# July 11, 2009 7:52 AM

Eric said:

In addition to this I tried with (i'm having) latest FF, chrome & IE and nothing is in my inbox yet.  Does anyone having the same problem?

Not that I don't want to go through it again but a direct link of the download will be much helpful.  (The FREE page stated showing appreciation by clicking the order button).

After trying it with 3 different browsers and carefully entered correct info I believed I have done it right.

Please help...

Eric C

# July 11, 2009 8:17 AM

JuanmaSP said:

There is an error in the function 'arw_Create_Custom_Report' with not English Access version.

The problem is that the control names created by Access is not 'Box0' and 'Text1' (in Spanish 'Cuadro0' 'Texto1').

To solve this, i add the next lines in the function 'arw_Create_Custom_Report' :

       ctlBox.Name = "Box0"

       ctl.Name = "Text1"

       rpt.Section(0).Name = "Detail"

       'create detail

Find 'create detail' and the code just before.

Whit this we only force to match the control names.

CU.

# July 13, 2009 1:43 PM

mhnatt said:

@JuanmaSP

Thanks for the global insight!

-Mike

# July 15, 2009 1:46 AM
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