ANN: ReportBuilder 11.0 is now available

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Digital Metaphors Corporation announces the release of ReportBuilder 11.0!


ReportBuilder 11.0 includes VCL Win32 support for Delphi 2009, 2007, 2006,
2005, Delphi 7, and Delphi 6.


Overview: http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbwiki/General/What's_New/RB_11

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


Introducing rbWiki!
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Introducing rbWiki - the new RB HowTo resource designed to help you learn,
solve, and troubleshoot. rbWiki contains an expanding volume of tech tips
and downloadable examples which are categorized and searchable.

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbWiki



Version 11.0 - 9/24/2008
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- Delphi 2009 support!
- Unicode support! (Delphi 2009 only)
- New state of the art installer
- Complete Windows Vista compatibility


Unicode (Delphi 2009 only)
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- Full Unicode VCL support
- Database access support for Unicode and Ansi databases
- Unicode Report Designer, RCL, Report Output
- Unicode String Translation Application
- TextPipeline supports Unicode and Ansi data (can autodetect or use
Encoding property)
- TextFileDevice supports Unicode and Ansi export (Encoding and BOM
properties)
- Unicode RAP CodeEditor
- Unicode Server uses UTF-8 encoding for TCP communication
- Unicode WebTier produces UTF-8 encoded XHTML web interface


Designer Enhancements
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- new Office2007, Outlook2007 adaptive themes to update the UI
- new Theme support for Object Inspector, CodeToolbox
- new Design Guides to quickly align and size objects
- new "Edit in Place" support for Labels and Memos
- new Design support for Paramters, AutoSearchSettings, Lookups
- new BringForward/SendBackward options for fine tuning z-order
- new Persistent Undo/Redo between Design/Preview for better iterative
design
- new IniStorage option, IniNone can be used to avoid ini storage
- new IniFile default location (Local Settings\Application Data) for Vista
compatibility
- new Name property support for Delphi design-time


Report Parameters and AutoSearch
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- Powerful integrated architecture for Parameters, AutoSearch, Lookups,
DADE
- new Parameters design time support including AutoSearch and Lookups
- new Parameters AutoSearchSettings property
- new AutoSearch Lookups, LookupDataPipeline (name/value and value support)
- new AutoSearch panels for Lookups (displays combobox with picklist)
- new AutoSearch Calendar Date Picker for dates (windows, web)
- new DADE search criteria can be bound to Parameters
- new AutoSearch 'Or' logical operator support
- new Include AutoSearch Description in Report with no code
(SystemVariable)

Report Groups
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- new Group dialog, more intuitive design
- new Group NewFile option (print each group as sep file)
- new Group StartOnOddPage option (great for duplex printing)
- new GroupFooter option to Print only when > 1 detail (suppress totals)

Report Summary
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- new Summary AlignToBottom of page option (frequently requested)


Report Output Enhancements
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- new PDF embedded font support
- new PDF RichText, TeeChart, Barcode, PaintBox support (converts to native
PDF)
- new PDF vector graphics support (converts metafiles to native PDF)
- new PDF canvas architecture
- new ArchiveReader.ArchiveStream property
- new Print multiple reports to a single file (all FileDevice descendants)
- new Generate multiple files with one report (one file per group)
- new TextFile support for subreport elements
- new TextFile support for crosstab data
- new TextFile support for memos
- new TextFile options for quoting strings
- new Printer Escape support
- new Printer PCL Language library built-in (simplifies escape commands)
- new Printer DeviceSettings - control any/all specialized printer settings
- new Printer internal refactoring/architecture
- new Printer.CheckDC method for improved error handling



Report Component Library (RCL) Enhancements
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- new Hyperlink property (viewer, PDF, WebViewer - supports url and email
addresses)
- new Paintbox component (including PDF export)
- new SystemVariable options: AutoSearchDesc, CopyNo, CopyNoDesc
- new Line component option for diagonal lines
- new Image.Align property (left, Center, Right)
- new Image context menu to Clear picture
- new BarCode Alignment support for barcode symbol
- new TppVariable SuppressRepeatedValues support
- new RichText full justification
- new RichText LeftMargin property
- new RichText Transparent support
- new RichText Editor support for Full Justify, Consistent Attributes
- new RichText.Font property used to set DefAttributes
- new DBRichText.MailMerge support
- new Report.OnFileDeviceCreate event (use to configure devices)
- new Report.OnPrinterDeviceCreate event (use to configure printer device)
- new OnPrinterDeviceStateChange event (use to send Escape commands)
- new Report.GetDataPipeline method


Report Explorer Enhancements*
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Toolbar options for Open, Design


Visual Data Access Enhancements*
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- new SQL Having clause support (QueryDesigner, SQLBuilder, SQL)
- new EditSQL Text and AutoSearch support
- new EditSQL Text and Link support
- new Linking options: MagicSQL, Parameterized SQL, Manual
- new Linking on calc fields (non-aggregate)
- new Search Criteria allow SQL functions ex. Where SalesDate = GetDate()
- new Search Criteria bind to Parameters (which can be autosearch or not)
- new SQL Text Editor with syntax highlight support
- new Group By allow calc fields (non-aggregate)
- new Query Wizard table/field lists display horz scroll bar
- new SQLBuilder support for Linking
- new SQLBuilder support for adding calc expressions


RAP Enhancements**
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- new RAP Unicode Editor for D2009
- new RAP RTTI for TeeChart
- new RAP RTTI for TCanvas (use RAP to draw to Paintbox.Canvas)
- new RAP RTTI for TTextAttributes, TppParaAttributes (RichText)
- new ECodeError properties for ProgramName, ProgramCode


Server Enhancements***
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- new Web AutoSearch Calendar DatePicker
- new Web AutoSearch Lookup support (drop down list)
- new Web date format for data entry (supports webtier locale)
- new ClientReport AutoSearch Lookup support (drop down list)
- new ClientReport AutoSearch Calendar DatePicker
- new ClientReport date format for data entry (supports client locale)


*ReportBuilder Professional and Enterprise Editions
**ReportBuilder Enterprise Edition
***ReportBuilder Server Edition

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rbuser

congrats on this--some really nice features.I can't wait until I get to try
these.

Ed Dressel

nardmoseley

Wow, so finally here it is! The DM Team is excited about RB 11!

The feature list is extensive - thanks to the ReportBuilder community for
all of your feedback! Several of the features compliment one another to
provide a nice synergy. And without a doubt RB 11 includes some ground
breaking new features that take the product forward and break barriers to
building real world reporting solutions.

It should be noted that RB 11 can open and run reports created by prior
versions. This extends to RB 11 for Unicode VCL (i.e. D2009).

There are many requested features that did not make it into RB 11, there are
always tough choices with each release. We will keep working hard on our 'To
Do List' going forward!


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

nardmoseley

The DM Team is also excited about rbWiki! A second big Wow!

I invite everyone to stop by rbWiki and spend some quality time! Each major
category has an architectural diagram that provides a visualization of how
the product fits together. Below that is a table of contents that lists the
articles. Also try out the navigation menu on the left and the search engine
at the top of the page.

Much of the content and examples that we post on the newsgroups gets lost,
rather than contributing to a knowledge base such as rbWiki. To kick things
off, we have taken a population of our internal code examples and turned
them into How To's. Going forward we will be adding How To's to demonstrate
RB features and address frequently asked questions.


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hi DM,

Congratulations on the new version of an already excellent piece of
software.
Looking forward for the parameter integration in DADE.
I send my order.

Regards,
Jeroen R?ttink

rbuser

In article <48db072d$1@mail.>, Nard Moseley (Digital Metaphors) wrote:

Maybe you can make them public like http://feedback.advantagedatabase.com/
I like this way of collecting Ideas!

Gruß aus den Bergen
Günter

rbuser

I don't wish to throw a spanner in the works, but the price for the
enterprise version keeps creeping up and paying 50+% of it to update year
after year is becoming very expensive.

Ken

nardmoseley

Prices are the same - we have /not/ raised our prices.

Prices for new licenses are the same as 10 years ago.

Prices for upgrades are the same as they were for RB 9 and RB 10.

I would very much like to raise prices. What would be my motivation for
that? Greed? Or maybe, just maybe the revenue from the product goes into
making the product better, into providing the high level of tech support and
customer service that is our goal.

Myself and the others on the DM team are very passionate about Delphi and
ReportBuilder and about helping customers build world class reporting
solutions. We are in this business because we love it and the RB products
and community reflect that as do the past 10 years of history helping
thousands of customers.

It is impossible to have a perfect licensing model - one that makes everyone
happy and still supports a busines. Our products represent a great value -
you get what you pay for and then some. When you look at something like RB
Enterprise, you are really purchasing a report development environment
(query tools, run-time Pascal, layout designer, etc) that you can build into
your applications and distribute to your end-users royalty free. From that
perspective our products are extremely inexpensive.



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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

I know Nard replied, but a couple other thoughts could be added here as
well.

First, there is no demand that you upgrade. You still have the old version,
you still get to use it. (In my world, we have an annual license, and if you
don't pay, the software expires--I could not survive with the upgrade if you
want model).

Additionally, we as a community need to realize that Delphi isn't a growing
community, and support the 3rd party vendors as best we can. Not that they
are charities, but they all could be jumping ship to the larger, bigger
world of .NET. It's great to have RB still being added onto.

Ed Dressel
Team DM

rbuser

If the guy who complained about the price is a successful developer, he
should have known better. He should have known:
1. RB is an excellent well supported product in a market full of inferior
products and therefore is a value.
2. You never complain about the price of a product to the developer.
Developers are too personally attached to their product as a result of
enormous sacrifices to develop and maintain their products. There is no way
to seperate yourself emotionally from the product and any criticism of the
product.

Thanks for a great product.
Bob Tucker

rbuser

Yes ok, point taken. I will be upgrading of course

Ken

rbuser

Hi Nard,

This property is very useful and please help us what I work with Design
Guides.

Best regards,

Ali Abbasi

Best regards,

Ali Abbasi

--- posted by geoForum on http://delphi.newswhat.com

rbuser

Dear Friends,

New guide property is very usefully for me but I do not find it property.
Nobody find which Please help me?
Best regards,

Ali Abbasi


Best regards,

Ali Abbasi

--- posted by geoForum on http://delphi.newswhat.com

nicocizik

The design guides do not need to be activated. They are very similar to the
form designer in the Delphi IDE. As you move an object close to vertical or
horizontal alignment with another object, the design guides will show up
ensuring the two components are aligned.

--
Regards,

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