ReportBuilder 9 for VCL is a native Win32 product.
A ReportBuilder for VCL.NET product has been shelved, just prior to completion. There are no plans to release it unless the VCL.NET platform can prove itself capable of building non-trivial applications. Digital Metaphors will not release a product that cannot perform up to our expectations and the anticipated expectations of developers and end-users. Thus far we have seen little demand for VCL.NET. We will continue to evaluate VCL.NET going forward.
A ReportBuilder for pure .NET is being developed for the longer term future.
The real strength of .NET is remoting and ASP.NET. We are considering and researching the possibility of a hybrid solution that enables Win32 based reports to be viewed using ASP.NET code and possibly WinForms code.
Nard, THE ONLY THING that is keeping me from switching to Delphi 2005.Net or VS.Net is REPORTBUILDER and i guess i'm not alone rest assured that there is a market for a good report engine in the .Net world now after all reporting capability is key in almost every business app cu marc
I have no problem with DM pursuing a .NET solution. It would be fine if I could import our reports into a .NET assembly and call the assembly from VCL.NET. I found the VCL.NET for non-trivial applications comment to be erroneous, out of line, and communicated an attitude of the company I care not to see.
A lot of my reports in ReportBuilder are very simple reports. Can we sign up as beta testers or something to get the VCL.net version you have? I suspect it would work fine for what I need to do
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ReportBuilder 9 for VCL is a native Win32 product.
A ReportBuilder for VCL.NET product has been shelved, just prior to
completion. There are no plans to release it unless the VCL.NET platform can
prove itself capable of building non-trivial applications. Digital Metaphors
will not release a product that cannot perform up to our expectations and
the anticipated expectations of developers and end-users. Thus far we have
seen little demand for VCL.NET. We will continue to evaluate VCL.NET going
forward.
A ReportBuilder for pure .NET is being developed for the longer term future.
The real strength of .NET is remoting and ASP.NET. We are considering and
researching the possibility of a hybrid solution that enables Win32 based
reports to be viewed using ASP.NET code and possibly WinForms code.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors Corporation
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Best regards,
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com
THE ONLY THING that is keeping me from switching to Delphi 2005.Net or
VS.Net is REPORTBUILDER
and i guess i'm not alone
rest assured that there is a market for a good report engine in the .Net
world now
after all reporting capability is key in almost every business app
cu
marc
I have no problem with DM pursuing a .NET solution. It would be fine if
I could import our reports into a .NET assembly and call the assembly
from VCL.NET. I found the VCL.NET for non-trivial applications comment
to be erroneous, out of line, and communicated an attitude of the
company I care not to see.
I am doing a conversion up to Delphi VCL.net right now, and ReportBuilder is
the only third party tool missing.
Gerald
Can we sign up as beta testers or something to get the VCL.net version you
have?
I suspect it would work fine for what I need to do
Gerald