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ANN: ReportBuilder 17.0 is now available including Delphi 10 Seattle support!

edited October 2015 in General
Digital Metaphors Corporation announces the release of ReportBuilder 17.0!


ReportBuilder 17.0 includes VCL support for Delphi 10 Seattle, Delphi
XE8, Delphi XE7, XE6, XE5, XE4, XE3, XE2, XE, Delphi 2007, and Delphi 7.


Overview: http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbwiki/General/What's_New/RB_17

New Feature List: http://www.digital-metaphors.com/PDF/NewFeatures.pdf


New RB Software Subscription, see the following link

Pricing: http://www.digital-metaphors.com/order


Upgrade here! https://www.digital-metaphors.com/secure


Version 17 - 10/14/2015
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- new RB Software Subscription, see www.digital-metaphors.com/order
- Delphi 10 Seattle support for VCL Win32
- Delphi 10 Seattle support for VCL Win64


Demos and Tutorials
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- new RBDemos database (SQLite version of DBDemos)
- new RBDemos FireDAC Connection De installed to Delphi IDE
- new Converted RB Demos to FireDAC, SQLite RBDemos database
- new Converted RB Tutorials to FireDAC SQLite RBDemos database


REST Service Components
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- New support for report parameters and autosearch parameters
- New support for reports residing on datamodules/forms
- New demo added for reports residing on datamodules


REST Mobile Client Components
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- New support for report parameters and autosearch parameters


TableGrid
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- new Header, Footer support (via RowType - header/detail/footer)
- new Row.Visible property
- new Column.Visible property
- new MasterGrid property (link column widths to master)
- new CellAttributes property for Grid, Row, Col
easily modify properties for all contained cells
- enhanced Designer Report Tree to display column nodes


PageSummary
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- new PageSummary band, prints once per page, static height
- new PageSummary.AlignToBottom boolean property
- new PageSummary.PrintOnFirstPage, PrintOnLastPage boolean properties

Designer
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- TppDataPipelineList.OwnedPipelines Only class function,
- use to limit DataPipelines displayed by Designer
- Enhanced direct draw design controls, such as TableGrid
to alpha blend to background layers
- Enhanced Object Inspector to support nested child items

Viewer
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- Open file with hyperlink support for the viewer/previewer

RCL
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- Variable, enhanced support for page totals, dynamic height detail bands
- Left to Right Cols, enhanced to reset to first col for group change
- Left to Right Cols, improved column footer generation
- PrinterSetup.Duplex defaults to dpDefault
- SystemVarible, new StartingPageNo property
- DetailBand, added AfterGenerateLastDetail event
- DBPipeline, default TppField.FieldAlias to TField.DisplayName
- RichText, added CopyFrom(aRichEdit: TCustomRichEdit) method
- Image, enhanced to support transparent PNG
- Image, enhanced to support TIFF images
- DBImage, enhanced AutoDetect to identify and load TIFF blob stream
- Intelligent Mail Barcode, added RegEx validation
- GMap, Map Marker feature

Output Devices
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- XlsSettings.WorksheetName
- Xlsx Border & Fill, use rgb color (needed for copy/paste)
- PDF AES 128 bit encryption
- PDF Added AllowExtract, AllowAssemble, and AllowQualityPrint
properties to the PDF Encryption Settings
- PDF Signature fields
- PDF File navigation links
- PDF Form field title declaration
- HTML Enhanced to support exporting to stream


DADE
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- FireDAC, enhanced daFireDAC plugin to support more DatabaseTypes
- Query Designer, new Calc Expression SQL Editor
- Query Designer, enhanced to save/load top/bottom panel heights/splitter
- Query Wizard Calc Dialog, resize available drop down list for long
field names
- TdaSQLBuilder, added SearchCriteria Insert methods


RAP
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- Save RAP programs to Delphi object format (.dfm text)
(support diff/version control)
- Added RAP RTTI support for TppEmailSettings



*features may vary by ReportBuilder Edition and Delphi version
*RB 17 includes support for eleven Delphi versions:
D10 Seattle, XE8, XE7, XE6, XE5, XE4, XE3, XE2, XE,
D2007, D7

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