Customer Rating:
Summary: Not quick and simple
Comment: I bought this product to do a quick and simple task: Query an Access database with a date range from the user, and put the filtered data onto a spreadsheet. Many, many hours later, I still don't have an acceptable result. I have broken down and ordered two books, something I don't think should be necessary for such a simple task for someone with a decent programming background.

The biggest problem with this product is its documentation. There is a huge amount of information available, but it is very disjointed. Searches yeild all kinds of unrelated material. Examples seem to be marketing driven - show off the product's many glitzy features instead of providing simple, straightforward answers.

I am sure that given adequate investment in learning, this is a very powerful tool. But unless you want to make a career out of it, stay away. I have programmed Excel in Visual Basic, built Windows applications using Borland c++ builder, and written many thousands of lines of c and c++ under Windows and Linux, and never had as much trouble as I have with this product.

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