Reporting from XML

rbuser

Can RB report from XML? I need to report against objects and my choices are

1) Create lots of TClientDataSets
2) Use XML

is 2 an option?


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nardmoseley

1. The ClientDataset has support for XMl

2. If you want to bypass the client dataset, you could create a custom
XMLDataPipeline. (You might also be able to use a JITPipeline, but that
would require that implement event-handler code each time you use the
pipeline. Perhaps use a JITPipeline to prototype it and then convert that to
a custom XMLPipeline class).


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rbuser

Do you mean you want to save all the data to XML and use that?

rbuser

Yes.

rbuser

It should be possible to extent DADE to support this. I am not sure exactly
how, but one solution would be if you have some components that read from
the XML-database to make a DADE-plugin to comminucate between these
components and DADE.

I have made one for ODBCExpress, and it was not a lot of work.

You can have a look at different DADE plugins at
http://www.digital-metaphors.com/Subpages/Downloads/CompanionDade.html