BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  What reporttool to use?          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi Thirdparty Tools (General) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Kent Guest Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:03 pm    Post subject: What reporttool to use? I'm doing a major rewrite on a application I made in D5 in 2000. Now I use D2006 and I have come to a roadcrossing.. What Report tool to use? I my old application I used QuickReport initially but switched over to FastReport when I hit some limitations in Q. Now with D2006 I start to wounder if I should stick to Fastreport or if I should change to Rave or Crystal. How have the rest of you guys done? I really like FR... but if Rave or Crystal is better... Regards, /Kent Johansson -developer. Back to top Relaxin Guest Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:03 pm    Post subject: Re: What reporttool to use? Stick with FR. Rave is a nightmare!! "Kent" <kent_ (AT) bageri_system (DOT) se> wrote in message news:44423db6$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: I'm doing a major rewrite on a application I made in D5 in 2000. Now I use D2006 and I have come to a roadcrossing.. What Report tool to use? I my old application I used QuickReport initially but switched over to FastReport when I hit some limitations in Q. Now with D2006 I start to wounder if I should stick to Fastreport or if I should change to Rave or Crystal. How have the rest of you guys done? I really like FR... but if Rave or Crystal is better... Regards, /Kent Johansson -developer. Back to top Zoran Guest Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 3:03 pm    Post subject: Re: What reporttool to use? FR definitely. Back to top Kent Johansson Guest Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:03 pm    Post subject: Re: What reporttool to use? "Relaxin" <me (AT) yourhouse (DOT) com> wrote: Quote: Stick with FR. Rave is a nightmare!! Ok, than I stick with FR, updated to the latest version ofcause... /K Back to top G. Bradley MacDonald Guest Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: What reporttool to use? In article <44423db6$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com>, kent_ (AT) bageri_system (DOT) se says... Quote: I'm doing a major rewrite on a application I made in D5 in 2000. Now I use D2006 and I have come to a roadcrossing.. What Report tool to use? I my old application I used QuickReport initially but switched over to FastReport when I hit some limitations in Q. Now with D2006 I start to wounder if I should stick to Fastreport or if I should change to Rave or Crystal. How have the rest of you guys done? I really like FR... but if Rave or Crystal is better... Regards, /Kent Johansson -developer. Hello Kent, Have you considered using Report Builder? We have been using it after a lot of problems with RAVE. WE really like it - easy to use - and very powerful. -- G. Bradley MacDonald bradley_AT_telus_DOT_net Back to top Stephane Wierzbicki Guest Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:03 pm    Post subject: Re: What reporttool to use? Zoran a écrit : Quote: FR definitely. I second that ! Back to top Pierre Guest Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:03 am    Post subject: Re: What reporttool to use? Kent wrote: Quote: How have the rest of you guys done? I really like FR... but if Rave or Crystal is better... FR2.5x really worked for me, but it's long in the tooth now and no longer being improved. FR3 does seem the best of what's out there, but it has been a nightmare for me. The migration of hundreds of Fr2.5 format reports to FR3 has proved impossible. So it came down to re-writing almost every report from scratch. I will not forgive and forget this. Of course, migration is not an issue for you so you can ignore my rant. I also find that there is always another brick-wall, another obstacle, when using FR3. My latest encounter with a problem has had me waste many hours to unsuccessfully do in FR3 what FR2.5 did so well. This despite following the documentation, which isn't bad by the way, to the letter. Maybe you should check out the FR3 newsgroup? newsgroups.fast-report.com > fast-reports.public.fastreport.3 You'll get an idea of issues and problems others are facing before deciding. But when it is all said and done, FR is the report engine for those who have champagne tastes but only the price of a beer. -- Pierre Worrigee NSW ,-._|\ / Oz \ \_,--._/ v +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "What a silly, boring little man. His only function is to let you know what Harry Potter's going to look like when he's old." - British comedian Billy Connolly on Australian Prime Minister John Howard. Back to top Ben Hayat Guest Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:03 am    Post subject: Re: What reporttool to use? My 2 cents. If you want professional product and support go with Report Builder. ...Ben Back to top Nard Moseley (Digital Met Guest Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:03 pm    Post subject: Re: What reporttool to use? If you are evaluating professional reporting solutions, download a trial version of ReportBuilder 10. Trial versions http://www.digital-metaphors.com/download/ Newgroups (nttp news server) news.digital-metaphors.com Newgroups (web interface) http://delphi.newswhat.com/geoxml/forumlistgroups?area=DigitalMetaphors Developers Guide http://www.digital-metaphors.com/download/developers_guide.html End-User Tutorial system (free and re-distribute to your end-user royalty free!) http://www.digital-metaphors.com/download/learning_reportbuilder.html PDF's with product details http://www.digital-metaphors.com/download/pdf_downloads.html Online help http://www.digital-metaphors.com/download/online_help.html "Kent" <kent_ (AT) bageri_system (DOT) se> wrote in message news:44423db6$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: I'm doing a major rewrite on a application I made in D5 in 2000. Now I use D2006 and I have come to a roadcrossing.. What Report tool to use? I my old application I used QuickReport initially but switched over to FastReport when I hit some limitations in Q. Now with D2006 I start to wounder if I should stick to Fastreport or if I should change to Rave or Crystal. How have the rest of you guys done? I really like FR... but if Rave or Crystal is better... Regards, /Kent Johansson -developer. Back to top Larry Maturo Guest Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:03 pm    Post subject: Re: What reporttool to use? The thing I like about FR is that you get source. When the doc wasn't sufficient I looked in the source code and found what I needed in minutes. I will say that FR support is minimal, at best. I will also say that I was able to redo all my Rave Reports in FR in less than a day, and they all looked better. Also, I wanted graphs, and never could figure how to do them in Rave, and tech support was no help either. In FR they where easy. -- Larry Maturo Back to top Nard Moseley (Digital Met Guest Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:03 pm    Post subject: Re: What reporttool to use? Just to clarify a couple of points - ReportBuilder Standard and Professional editions include full source code. ReportBuilder Enterprise includes most of the source code, except the source to the Runtime Pascal environment (RAP). For debugging reports that use run-time Pascal code, we recommend using a logging style debugging tool, such as CodeSite. - ReportBuilder includes charting support via a TeeChart wrapper component that enables TeeChart to be used inside the RB ReportDesigner. Also you mention user interface looks - RB 10 introduces a new MS Office 2003 style interface that supports themes. "Larry Maturo" <lmaturo (AT) imceda (DOT) com> wrote in message news:44455abe (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: The thing I like about FR is that you get source. When the doc wasn't sufficient I looked in the source code and found what I needed in minutes. I will say that FR support is minimal, at best. I will also say that I was able to redo all my Rave Reports in FR in less than a day, and they all looked better. Also, I wanted graphs, and never could figure how to do them in Rave, and tech support was no help either. In FR they where easy. -- Larry Maturo Back to top Roberto Nicchi, Master In Guest Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:03 am    Post subject: Re: What reporttool to use? Kent wrote: What Report tool to Quote: use? /Kent Johansson -developer. FR3 is working very well in my experience. 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