RBAddOn - Upgrading ReportBuilder 7.03 to 11 Where do I go now?

rbuser

Greetings All,

I have been working with RB7.03 with Delphi 5.1 for years now.

We will eventually be porting several Delphi 5.1 App that uses RB7.03 to
Delphi 2010 and upgrading to RB11

We used 3 components in RBAddOn. They are TRBText, TRBDBText and TRBDBCalc.

I've noticed that there does not seem to be any activity on RBAddOn, so I
have to ask.

Has anyone ported the above 3 components to use with Delphi 2009 and up?

Does the newer version of ReportBuilder contain a replacement for these
components?

Thanks for all who reply,
Mike

nicocizik

Hi John,

We are not aware of anyone who has migrated these components to RB 11 and
Delphi 2010. Perhaps another customer with first hand experience will
answer your post. Otherwise, it may be possible to make the changes
yourself. Below are the main changes in the component architecture since RB
7.

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ReportBuilder 9 and up include architecture changes to more cleanly separate
Designer code from Report code. The code related to component popup menus
and design controls has been broken out into separate classes.

For an example, check out RBuilder\Demos\RCL.


The myChkBox.pas unit contains the component classes....


TppCustomComponent

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TMyCustomCheckBox

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|-- TmyCheckBox
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|-- TmyDBCheckBox


The myChkBoxDesign.pas unit contains popup menu and design control classes.
These are compiled into a separate package.


A. Popup Menu classes....

TppComponentPopupMenu

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TmyCustomCheckBoxPopupMenu

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|-- TmyCheckBoxPopupMenu
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|-- TmyDBCheckBoxPopupMenu


B. Design Control classes.....



TmyCustomCheckBoxControl

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TmyCustomCheckBoxPopupMenu

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|-- TmyCheckBoxControl
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|-- TmyDBCheckBoxControl


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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com