Report Builder for .NET

rbuser

We are about to embark on a project to convert our existing source code out
of Delphi and into C# .NET, however, we have several hundred reports in the
Report Builder format. Is Digital Metaphors going to provide any sort of
.NET capability for Report Builder? If not, is there a way we can convert
these to something else so we can move forward with this project? Thank
You.

nardmoseley

One option is to use Delphi to build a COM object that contains the RB
reports. Call the COM objec from .Net. Delphi and .NET both have excellent
support for COM.

For ASP.NET, we have an example of using RB Server Edition to build an RB
WebTier COM object that can be called from ASP.NET.

Digital Metaphors has worked towards an RB for .NET offering which would
have the ability to preview and print reports in .NET, while relying on a
COM layer to leverage the existing report engine. However, we are not close
to a release and all of our resources are currently working on RB 11 for
Win32.

There has been a resurgence in native Delphi Win32 code development as the
hype of .NET has given way to the reality of its slow performance. The .NET
environment has its strengths and weaknesses like anything else. If you are
trying to port a large code base to .NET, I recommend proceeding in phases
and doing some performance benchmarks/reality checks along the way. Be open
to redesigning the architecture of your application and to leveraging native
code via COM.


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Thanks Nard, I'll look into doing that.

Tom