End User Report Building

rbuser

Hi

I need to clear up a few things regarding end user report building before I
commit to using Report Builder.

From a DELPHI coding point of view Report Builder gives me more than what I
need.

What I am having trouble with is that some of our clients will want to write
their own reports and will therefore need a standalone reporting tool (as
they are not DELPHI programmers).

I have setup RB to be standalone with ORACLE but cannot see how the report
designer would prompt for parameters (for instance).

Can someone give me any pointers and how complete a report tool this is
without DELPHI. My clients will recieve a number of reports already done
with the product but they are bound to want more and I do not want to tie my
company up with writing ad hoc reports so a stand alone tool is essential.

regards
Andrew Wood

nardmoseley

- RBuilder\Demos\EndUser\ReportExplorer shows an example of a basic end-user
application. The report explorer interface provides for the interface to
manage and organize reports stored to a database. The Data workspace enables
queries to be created and linked. The Query Designer supports the creation
of autosearch criteria which provide automatic ask-at-runtime support. (At
the top of the main unit RBuidler\Demos\EndUser\ReportExplorer, you will
find some notes that explain how to enable more features, such as the RAP
coding environment included with RB Enterprise).

- RB Demos\EndUser\AutoJoins shows an example of using the DataDictionary
and its auto join feature. This can simplify the data workspace environment,
by providing a user friendly view of the available tables and by providing
autojoin and auto linking for queries.

- RB Enterprise Edition includes RAP, which enables developers and end-users
to code calculations and event-handlers in Runtime Pascal. This provides
end-users with maximum power. RAP can be extended with custom functions that
you can easily write in Delphi code and then register with RAP. Check out
RBuilder\Demos\RAP for examples.

- You can download Learning ReportBuilder and Learning ReportBuilder RAP,
these are two completely stand alone tutorial applications.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/download/learning_reportbuilder.html



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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
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