Nevrona ReportBuilder

rbuser

I'm currently looking at jumping ship on Nevrona ReportBuilder (I could name
9,000,000 reasons why if anyone is interested). Are there any comparisons
out there between the two? I couldnt find a feature Nevrona has that DM
doesn't, but I'm more interested in the implementation side - major design
differences, deployment changes, etc.

Also, I assume the answer is no, but are there by any chance conversion
tools to move from Nevrona (bleh) to Digital Metaphors (yay)?

Thanks,

Cris Daniluk

rbuser

> I'm currently looking at jumping ship on Nevrona ReportBuilder (I could
name

I am curious to hear a few. Maybe not all 9,000,000 but just the top few.

John M. Vereuck

rbuser

rbuser

"Cristopher Daniluk" wrote in message

rbuser

Christopher,
i played with the very first releases of nevrona and fairly quick dropped it
then
i wasn't satisfied and didn't believe in the concept
i want my reports to be tight to the development area
because 90% of my reports need something special
i dropped nevrona for Quickreports which was worse but at least i had the
power to change things
after a few months of heart attaks using quickreport and nummerous add-ons
i came across ReportBuilder
as of today i never regret this decision
it is a superb tool (yes there is room for improvement, i would like a
clone are to be implemented)
and the support is very good
the docs are very good
the examples are very good
take the ride....
(and no i'm not affiliated...)

cu
marc

rbuser

Bad habit. Everything is a report builder

code-based
you

This may not be applicable in a RB world, but one of the things that would
have been nice in RAVE would be the ability to build your report visually in
RAVE and then put a code based report into a region. This way a client can
say he wants his reports to look pretty so he can show them to his
customers, etc, while I can still use code based reports. Code based reports
save a lot of time for me, because the reports I build typically have a lot
of options (turn this column on/off, etc etc). Can RB accomodate something
at least comparable to this?

banded
easier

Actually Rave is banded now, but I think that is a 4.0 innovation - I did
not use 3.0. The designer makes bands a nightmare though, they didn't give
much thought to the interface

the
with
Reading the newsgroups, it sure seems so.

Thanks for the helpful information

rbuser

"Cristopher Daniluk" wrote in message

rbuser

Yes, I can give you a comparison. I own both RAVE 4.0 and Report Builder.
Rave support is terrible. I bought it at Borcon and it had a show stopper
bug that would not allow me to even distribute an application. It took a
long time for them to provide a patch. I asked for a refund and they
refused. Then the next patch broke more that took forever to fix.. They
have their logo all over the report designer. I could go on and on but I am
very happy to be with ReportBuilder once again. I could say much more
privately that I won't say here.

rbuser

oh yes, and a bit more. The end-use designer is a .dll and you don't have
the source to make any real changes. Rave 4.0 is compiled (or at least was a
few month ago when we dumped it) with D5 so there may be deploment issues if
you are using D6 and want to ship runtime packages. There are a few
die-hards on their newsgroup (mainly ReportPrinter Pro users) who are about
the only ones who respond.

rbuser

At least I'm not alone in my frustration

Thanks for the responses, all.

Cris