Re: Searching for a Reporting Tools

From: Alain Falanga (a.falanga_at_noreply.com)
Date: 08/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:12:04 +0200

Martijn Tonies a pensé très fort :
>> Check out ReporBuilder - it is a native VCL reporting platform that can do
>> everything that you describe. It is embraces all that you love about Delphi
>> itself!
>>
>> ReportBuilder: http://www.digital-metaphors.com
>
> Sure thing. Probably the best native Delphi reporter out there.
>
> I've used:
>
> 1) Crystal Reports
> - very powerful, but had it quirks. This was years ago though.
> - requires a seperate database connection
>
> 2) Rave Reports
> - comes with Delphi
> - annoying like hell
> - simply doesn't do what it should do (according to the Help)
> - you need to buy "Extended Edition" or "Pro" to get a really
> fine functional reporter
> - no decent documentation whatsoever
> - rather instable
>
> 3) FastReports
> - has some nice features
> - too basic when it comes to database engine support (I believe
> this has improved in more recent versions)
>
> 4) QuickReports
> - let's not go there anymore
>
> 5) ReportBuilder
> - rewritten all my reports from Rave to RB
> - works very well most of the time ;-)
> - powerful and easy to use

Thanks I will try it

Cheers,
Alain 

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