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June 27, 2008:
ReportBuilder
10.09 for Delphi
2007 Now
Available!
ReportBuilder
10.09 for Delphi
2007 is now
available for
download. If you
purchased RB 10.x, you
are entitled to
a free upgrade.
If
you did not
receive an
e-mail
notification of
this release,
please send an
e-mail with your
contact
information,
including serial
number, to
info@digital-metaphors.com.
New Features for 10.09 |
| *RB
10.08 for Delphi 2007 requires Update 3 or
later |
April 25, 2008:
ReportBuilder
10.08 for Delphi
2007 Now
Available!
New Features for 10.08 |
| *RB
10.08 for Delphi 2007 requires Update 3 or
later |
| Performance enhancements
to report generation |
• Used a customer test
case to identify and resolve several
bottlenecks |
| New Email plugin for
Synapse |
• For info on Synapse,
http://synapse.ararat.cz/doku.php/about |
| RCL |
• Enhanced
Template.DBSettings to enable TemplateField
to be a string containing a file name
• Optimized
reading/loading logic related to BarCode and
AutoSearch. |
| Designer |
• Inspector.
Added Caption property editor with an auto
update feature (like Delphi) |
| Devices |
• Viewer: Added
virtual Viewer.CreateScreenDevice method;
Draw methods are now virtual |
|
DADE |
• QueryWizard listbox
now displays horizontal scrollbar when
table/field names are too long. |
| RAP |
• Added RAP
RTTI for Report.Sendmail, TStrings.CommaText,
DBSettings.FolderID |
September 21, 2007:
ReportBuilder
10.07 for Delphi
2007 Now
Available!
New Features for 10.07 |
| *RAD Studio/Delphi 2007
Update 3 Support! |
• New build for
RAD Studio/Delphi 2007 Update 3 *note: RB
10.07 for Delphi 2007 requires Update 3 |
| Developer's Guide, 4th
Edition! |
• Revised screen shots
and content |
|
TeeChart |
• Added TeeChart 8
support |
|
DADE |
• Optimized
DataDictionary support
|
March 28, 2007:
ReportBuilder
10.06 for Delphi
2007 Now
Available!
New Features for 10.06 |
| Delphi 2007 Support |
|
| Installation |
• Enhanced RB TeeChart
Package Builder to display a progress dialog
• Enhanced RB TeeChart Builder to support
more Windows versions |
| RCL |
• Added ResetGroup
support to DBMemo |
|
DADE |
• Added support for
ElevateDB. The DADE plug-in for ElevateDB
can be downloaded from
http://www.digital-metaphors.com/download/dade_plugins.html
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January 16, 2007:
ReportBuilder
10.05 Now
Available!
New Features for 10.05 |
| TeeChart |
• New RB TeeChart
Package Builder!(for Delphi 7 and later).
Builds and installs the RB TeeChart packages
required to support the TeeChart version
installed to your machine. Use this utility
to rebuild the RB TeeChart binaries any time
you install a different version of TeeChart.
See RBuilder\TeeChart\ReadMe.doc
• Added TeeChart 7.09
Std support for Delphi 2006 (TeeChart Std
7.09 is a special build that can be
downloaded free from Borland)
• Published some of the newer properties
available in TeeChart 7 |
| Designer |
• Enhanced
Object Inspector Property Editors for
PrinterSetup subproperties and some file
properties
• Added
Shift+Ctrl Arrow key support for moving
objects 10 pixels
• Added
DesignerWindow properties for
DesignPageIndex and PreviewPageIndex |
| RCL |
• Added Report.Email
property to provide access to the TppEmail
object
• Enhanced BarCode screen rendering quality
(internally uses a metafile) |
| Report Explorer |
• New Email
button enables reports to be emailed
directly from the Report Explorer |
| RAP |
• Added Editor
support for Tabs and Block Indent for
selected text
• Added RAP
RTTI support for BringToFront and SendToBack |
|
Server |
• New Email button
enables reports to be emailed directly from
the Client Report Explorer |
September 5, 2006:
ReportBuilder
for Turbo Delphi Now
Available!
ReportBuilder
10.04 for Turbo
Delphi is now
available for
download.
The installation
file is the same
file for Delphi
2006.
July 28, 2006:
ReportBuilder
10.04 Now
Available!
New Features for 10.04 |
| TeeChart |
• Added
TeeChart 7.08 support for Delphi 2006
|
| Designer |
• Custom colors
added to color palette are now saved to
RBuilder.ini •
Custom colors added to color palette are now
shared by all color buttons |
| RCL |
• Added
OnMailMerge event to update mail-merged
richtext at runtime |
| Devices |
• Enhanced printing
duplexed copies, a new print job will be
created for each copy
• Enhanced Email error
handling capabilities
|
May 11, 2006:
ReportBuilder
10.03 Now
Available!
New Features for 10.03 |
| RCL |
• Support for TeeChart
7.07 (Delphi 2006, Delphi 2005,
Delphi 7)
• Added ShowCancelDialog property to the
Report Email Settings |
| Designer |
• Enhanced Object
Inspector to support Parameters Editor
• Enhanced Object
Inspector to support Variant properties
• Enhanced RAP Editor
to prevent cursor from being positioned in
the protected, grey, area (Enterprise
Edition) |
March 16, 2006:
ReportBuilder
10.02 Now
Available!
New Features for 10.02 |
| Designer Enhancements |
• New
TppDesignerWindow.MenuDock property (can be
used to move menu to a parent form)
• Added ShowComponents support for PageBreak
and 2dBarCode components
• Modified Paste so that it does not apply
an offset when pasting to a different report |
| DADE |
• Improved generation
of linking SQL (i.e. magic sql) to work for
more complex cases |
February 24, 2006:
ReportBuilder
10.01 Now
Available!
New Features for 10.01 |
| Designer Enhancements |
•
Save/Restore Design
selection when switch tabs
•
Added snap to grid
support for Sizing a control |
| Report
Component Library (RCL) Enhancements |
•
PrintHumanReadable
property added to the 2DBarCode component |
February 9, 2006:
ReportBuilder
10.0 for Delphi
2006 Now
Available!
New Features for 10.0 |
| Delphi 2006 Support |
|
| Designer Enhancements |
• new internal architecture - extensive
rewrite
• new XP style toolbars (supports themes)
• new XP style menus (support themes)
• new XP style popup menu (supports themes)
• new XP style tabbed notebook
• new XP style dockable tool windows
• new XP style icons
• enhanced Object Inspector to support
multi-selection
• enhanced popup menus to support
multi-selection
• new RAP Code Editor** |
| Report
Component Library (RCL) Enhancements |
• new 2D BarCode component: PDF417 and
MaxiCode
• support for TeeChart 7.06 (Delphi 2006,
Delphi 2005, Delphi 7) |
| Report Output Components |
• XP style Previewer
• new built-in Email capability w/plug-in architecture including
Outlook, MAPI, Indy plug-ins
• enhanced PDFDevice archtitecture to support registering "Renderer"
classes for each DrawCommand class |
| Report Explorer
Enhancements* |
• new XP style toolbars, menus, popup menus, icons
• optimized performance (new ItemTemplatePipeline property)
• enhanced to support Report Designer MRU (most recently used)
Items |
| Visual Data Access
Enhancements* |
• new XP style tabs, toolbars, tool windows, menus, popup menus,
icons
• enhanced scrollable work space
• new stored procedure custom DataView example (RBuilder\Demos\EndUser
Databases\SQL Server\ADO\Stored Procedures) |
| RAP
Enhancements** |
• new XP style tabs, menus, popup menus, icons
• new professional style RAP code editor |
| Server Enhancements*** |
• XP style Client Report Explorer
• optimized Client Report Explorer performance (new
ReportExplorerVolume.ItemTemplatePipeline property) |
*ReportBuilder
Professional
and
Enterprise
Editions
**ReportBuilder Enterprise Edition
***ReportBuilder
Server
Edition
October 11, 2005:
ReportBuilder
9.03 Now
Available!
ReportBuilder
9.03 is now
available for
download. If you
are a registered
user of RB 9 and
you didn't
receive an
e-mail
notification of
this release,
please send an
e-mail with your
contact
information,
including serial
number, to
info@digital-metaphors.com.
New Features for 9.03 |
| TeeChart |
Added TeeChart 7.05 support for D7 and D2005 |
| Designer |
Added Undo support for drag and drop from
data tree |
|
Server |
Updated web browser detection to include FireFox |
July 7, 2005:
Digital
Metaphors
introduces a new
website!
The Digital
Metaphors
website has a
brand new look!
We hope the
changes we
made will help
you find the
latest
information on
ReportBuilder
faster and
easier.
We look forward
to your comments
and suggestions
on how we can
continue to
improve it to
serve you
better. Please
feel free to
e-mail your
comments to
webmaster@digital-metaphors.com.
March 21, 2005: ReportBuilder 9.02 for Delphi 2005
is now available!
|
New Features for 9.02 |
|
TeeChart |
Added TeeChart 7.04
support for Delphi 2005, Delphi 7 |
|
AutoSearch |
Added InList and
Between operator support for searching on
string values that contain a comma |
|
DADE |
Added support for PostgreSQL database type |
December 14, 2004: ReportBuilder
9.01 for Delphi 2005 is now available!
|
New Features for 9.01 |
| TeeChart |
Added TeeChart 7.01 support for Delphi
2005 and Delphi 7 |
| File
Devices |
Added streaming support so that PDF
and other formats can be generated directly to an output Stream
that is assigned to the FileDevice. |
| Demos |
Added two PDF examples to the main
reports demo (..\RBuilder\Demos\Reports\Demo.dpr) |
|
Online Help |
Added topics TppPDFDevice and
TppPDFSettings |
November 19, 2004: ReportBuilder
9.01 for Delphi 2005 has just been released!
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New Features for 9.0 |
|
Designer
Enhancements |
- New Object
Inspector
- New Undo/Redo support
- New Workspace grid and snap-to-grid support
- New Toolbar/ToolWindow architecture |
|
Report
Component Library (RCL) Enhancements |
-
New Rotated Text support, added Angle
property for text controls
-
New Border property for all controls
-
New Anchor property enables control to
reposition itself when the layout changes.
-
New PageBreak component for advanced control
over pagination
- Enhanced RichText
MailMerge to support display formats &
multiple datapipelines
- Enhanced
DBImage to support AutoSize
-
Enhanced RCL architecture supports
registering popup menu and design controls
-
New Report level events that enable
parameter initialization and SQL
modification. |
|
Report
Output Enhancements |
- New PDF export |
|
Data Access
Enhancements |
- New Guid Field
Type support
- New Guid Field Type data linking support |
|
Report
Engine Enhancements |
- Improved support
for calculations performed in page footer
- Improved support for detecting layouts which result in
infinite page generation. |
|
DADE
Enhancements* |
- New
Support for Guid Field Type Linking
- New SQLBuilder object for
runtime sql manipulation |
|
RAP
Enhancements** |
- New Report level
events that enable parameter initialization and SQL
modification.
- New SQLBuilder class to dynamically modify sql |
|
End-User
Guide Enhancements** |
- New Learning to
RAP Guide |
* These features in
ReportBuilder Professional and Enterprise only.
** These features in ReportBuilder Enterprise only.
June 22, 2004:
ReportBuilder Nominated in the Delphi Informant
Reader's Choice Awards!
Voting for the 2004 Delphi Informant Reader's Choice
Awards is underway and ReportBuilder needs your
vote! ReportBuilder was voted Best Reporting Tool and
Product of the Year from 1999-2002, and Best
Reporting Tool for 2003! We would like to thank you
for your continued support as ReportBuilder
continues to evolve and set the standard for Delphi
reporting.
June 21, 2004: ReportBuilder 7.04 for Delphi 7,
Delphi 6, & Delphi 5 Now Available!
|
New Features for 7.04 |
|
TeeChart |
TeeChart 7 and 6.01
support |
|
Preview |
Mouse Wheel Support |
|
DBipeline
field type support |
Added Oracle CLOB
field type support. ReportBuilder now correctly handles this
field type as a dtBlob type. |
|
DADE Plugin
for Advantage (Professional) |
Added support to
allow a connection to an Advantage database using a connection
path. Formerly an alias or datadictionary connection was
required. |
August 23, 2003: ReportBuilder 7.03 for Delphi 7,
Delphi 6, & Delphi 5 Now Available!
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New Features for Version
7.03 |
|
Session
Parameters |
When implementing
custom session parameters, this feature enables the server to
use the OnValidateSessionParameters event to pass additional
parameter information back to the client. |
|
BDE Package
Installation |
The BDE DADE plugin
package for Delphi is not installed unless the BDE is installed. |
|
XP Theme
Support |
XP Theme support is
extended in the end user designer. |
March 15, 2003: ReportBuilder 7.02 Now Available for
Delphi 7, Delphi 6, & Delphi 5!
Digital Metaphors Corporation announces the release
of ReportBuilder 7.02 for Delphi 7, Delphi 6, and
Delphi 5. Version 7.0 marks the debut of the Server
Edition and introduces support for Delphi 7.0. Other
highlights include a cool new Outline feature,
Thread-safety, Background Printing, Text Search,
Report Parameters, and enhanced TeeChart support.
Click here to order ReportBuilder 7.0 now!
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New Features for Version
7.02 |
|
Background Printing |
New Report.BackgroundPrintingOptions can be used to enable a report to
print in a background thread. To use this option, you must ensure that the
report container (i.e. DataModule or Form) provides a thread-safe
execution environment for the report. |
|
Report Parameters |
New Report.Parameters property can be used to define custom report
parameters that can be saved as part of the report definition. The
Parameters are accessible from the RAP coding environment and can be used
in the Server Edition to send report parameters between the client and
server. See ..\RBServer\Demos for new custom parameter examples for the
Client, Server, and WebTier. |
|
TeeChart 6.0 Support |
TeeChart 6.0 support for Delphi 7, 6, & 5. |
|
Custom Web Report Viewer |
The WebTier architecture has been enhanced to simplify customization of
the web viewer's toolbar. For an example, see RBServer\Demos\Web
Tier\Custom Viewer. The example includes a ReadMe.doc and commented code. |
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GUID Session IDs |
The WebTier and Server have been enhanced to generate GUID's for the
session IDs. |
|
New Features for 7.01 |
|
ToolbarOptions
|
New support for ViewerSettings.ToolbarOptions to provide control over
which user interface controls appear on the toolbar of the web report
viewer. |
|
MaxSessionCount |
Includes a new MaxSessionCount property to limit the number of concurrent
sessions that can be managed by the server. The value assigned to this
property will depend upon the hardware, software, bandwidth etc. that you
use to implement the report server. |
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Text Search |
The print preview form supports text searching for all previewed pages.
The producers, TppReport, TppArchiveReader, TppDBArchiveReader, and
TppClientReport support a new TextSearchSettings property. This property
is used to control the default text search behavior. |
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TeeChart 5.03 Support |
TeeChart 5.03 support for Delphi 7 |
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New Features for 7.0 |
|
Server Edition |
Version 7 of ReportBuilder marks the debut of the
Server
Edition. The Server Edition represents over a years' worth of effort on the part of DM. We think that you will be absolutely blown away by this product, and how
it brings RAD to the world of N-tier reporting and the web.
Download
a Server Trial Edition now!
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Thread-safety |
In order to make the Server Edition possible, the data processing engine (DADE), Object Pascal interpreter (RAP) and the report engine were all made thread-safe. This means that you can now count on thread safety when pursuing options such as background processing of print jobs, etc. |
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Outline |
A TreeView summarizing the structure of the generated report and providing clickable nodes which take you to the page for given content is now displayed in the Print Preview form. The main report, groups and section type subreports can participate in the generation of the Outline. Use the OutlineSettings property for each of these objects to control the generation of the outline.
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PreviewFormSettings |
The main report component (TppReport) now contains a PreviewFormSettings property. Use this to control the initial
WindowState, ZoomSetting and ZoomPercentage of the Preview Form (and say goodbye to all of those OnPreviewFormCreate event handlers!) |
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DBArchiveReader |
This new component makes it easy to preview and print report archives stored in database BLOB fields.
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DBImage |
When assigned to a database field with a string data type, the DBImage component will now automatically assume that the string field contains the full path and file name to an image file and attempt to load that image from file when it generates.
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Enhanced TeeChart
Support |
It is no longer necessary to purchase the registered version of TeeChart in order to print and preview reports containing charts. If you need to redistribute the TeeChart UI as part of an end-user reporting solution (and you are not building your application with packages), then it is still necessary to purchase
TeeChart. The .dcu files for the TeeChart UI are not (and never have been) included with the 'free' version of TeeChart which installs with Delphi.
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August 25, 2002: ReportBuilder 7.0 Server Edition
Now Available!
Digital Metaphors Corporation announces the debut of
a new product: ReportBuilder 7.0 Server Edition.
The Server Edition can be divided into three basic
parts: the Report Server, the Web Tier, and the Thin
Client components.
Report
Server
▪
Serve
report
content
over the
web via
a
multi-threaded
Windows
Service
▪
Provide
a list
of
available
reports
in a
folder
tree
structure
▪
Send
and
receive
search
criteria
for a
given
report
Web
Tier
▪
Publish
reports
as XHTML
to web
browser
clients
▪
Build ISAPI,
ASP,
Apache
web
applications
▪
Customize
the
generated XHTML
and
JavaScript
framework
Client
Support
▪
Web:
Select
available
reports,
enter
search
criteria
and
preview
report
content
via IE
5, IE 6,
Netscape
4, and
Netscape
6
▪
Thin
Client:
Use the
standard
ReportBuilder
UI to
access
server-based
reports
from
within a
Delphi
application
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Demos of RB 9: