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ANN: ReportBuilder 15.01 for XE5 now available

edited September 2013 in General
Digital Metaphors Corporation announces the release of ReportBuilder 15.01
for XE5!


ReportBuilder 15.01 includes VCL support for Delphi XE5, XE4, XE3, XE2, XE,
Delphi 2010, 2009, 2007, and Delphi 7.


Overview: http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbwiki/General/What's_New/RB_15

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

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


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


Version 15.01 - 9/27/2013
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- Delphi XE5 support for VCL Win32
- Delphi XE5 support for VCL Win64

- FireDAC, added DADE plug-in*
- FireDAC, added End User demos for MS Access, Interbase
- QRCode, added CharacterEncoding property
- PDFSettings, added CanvasInitOrigin property

*FireDAC notes:
- Delphi XE4, DADE binaries installed if FireDAC detected
- All Delphi versions, DADE source installed to RBuilder\Source



Version 15.0 - 5/31/2013
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- Delphi XE4 support for VCL Win32
- Delphi XE4 support for VCL Win64


Designer
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- Zoom support for Design workspace
- New rendering architecture for scaling workspace, components
- Undo support for add/remove design layers
- Added Design Layer 'delete with components' menu item
- ReportTree, added component popup menu support
- Inspector, TColor prop editor, double-click to display color dialog
- Added Delphi design-time support for calling FormDesigner.UniqueName
- Always show Save As dialog when saving a subreport template

RCL
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- TableGrid component
- 2dBarCode
- QRCode barcode support
- DataMatrix barcode support
- new 'settings' properties for each barcode type:
QrCodeSettings, DataMatrixSettings, PDF417Settings, MaxiCodeSettings
- VerticalAlignment property for text
- DesignLayer.Visible property to show/hide components
- RichText.RemoveEmptyLines boolean property (address squeeze)
- Memo.RemoveEmptyLInes boolean property(address squeeze)
- Memo, improved tab/tabstop support
- Report.OpenFile boolean to open a file after export
- PrintDialog, Open File checkbox
- PageStyle, UsePageSpace boolean
- Band, Border property



Preview
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- Page thumbnails (like Adobe Acrobat)
- Page Borders
- Page separation control
- Scrolling Text Search
- Print Dialog, added Open file checkbox
- Viewer, added Viewer.OnEndGenerate event


Output Devices
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- New rendering architecture Designer/Graphics/Screen/Printer
- Printer, PrinterSetup.Duplex option for dpDefault (use Windows default)
- TextFile, options for semi-colon, space, custom delimiters
- XLSReport.IgnorePageHeight property,
when True prevent blank rows from being added to bottom of page
- XLS HyperLink support (via Component.HyperLink settings)
- XLSData, IncludeSingleHeader/Footer booleans,
to limit export to single header/footer for entire file
- TextFile, modified ReportSaveNo to Int64 to suppor larger reports
- Textfile, published more props to provide RAP code access
- ReportTextFile, use PrinterCanvas for more accurate calculations
- Printer, added Eject command to ppPCL.pas
- PDF, Transparent Images
- PDF, Graphics Canvas (removed the need for a TppPrinter)
- PDF, 128 bit encryption
- PDF, Enhanced embedded font style support (Unicode)
- PDF, Added AddFileID property to allow user to omit the File ID.
- Email, Receipt feature added to Indy plugin
- Email, Synapse plugin now supports BCC recipients.
- FileDevice, Report.OpenFile, universal file open property
- FileDevice: Added WaterMark feature for all file devices
- FileDevice: Added file path variable support for ($CurrentDir)



Engine
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- Report generation, apply Report.PrinterSetup changes to Page.PrinterSetup

DADE
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- SQL, RowLimit - supported by several database engines, syntax varies
- SQL, RowLimitEnabled, returns True if databasetype supports RowLimit
- Copy/Paste queries
- QueryDesigner, RowLimit edit box added to Tables page
- QueryDesigner, display DataPipeline name in the form caption
- SQLBuilder, RowLimit, RowLimitEnabled properties
- SQLText, enhanced parameterized linking, add condition to existing SQL
Where


EndUser
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- DesignLayer menu option to load/save to file when ReportExplorer database
used


RAP
---
- CodeEditor: save/restore program caret pos when toggle from/to Calc
workspace
- TraSystemFunction, added Report & CodeModule properties for function
access
- Ability to call ShowMessage from a preview thread
- Added StringReplace, StringReplaceAll functions
- TeeChart: RTTI support for 16 new chart properties:
Legend (Alignment, Font, FontSeriesColor, Shadow, Symbol, TextStyle,
Title),
Title, LeftWall, RightWall, BottomWall, BackWall, AxisBehind,
PrintProportional, and Shadow.
- Parameters: RTTI support for Parameter.Values[ ] and ValueCount.




*features may vary by ReportBuilder Edition and Delphi version
*RB 15 includes support for eight Delphi versions:
D7, D2007, D2009, D2010, DXE, DXE2, DXE3, DXE4
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