[DUG] Rave Reports

[Trevor]

Jeremy,

  I don't know if there is an ability to have script in the report in
exactly the same way that ReportBuilder does, but FR does allow you to write
pascal script in the report file.  The syntax can be a bit strange since you
need to put [] or <> around variables that refer to FR data fields and
variables (and sometimes  (([[<<>>]]))), but you can still do pretty much do
anything in report script that you can do in regular Pascal including
calling the Windows API directly from the report script.

 

  Put it this way: if you can do it in an InnoSetup script, you can do it in
a FR script.

 

Trevor

 

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From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of Jeremy Coulter
Sent: Monday, 1 December 2008 6:59 p.m.
To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
Subject: Re: [DUG] Rave Reports

 

ok, well might have tot take a look.

D you know if it has the ability to have script in the report like
ReportBuilder?

>From time to time I need to do things like convert seconds to a time, and
ReportBuilder has a pascal script which gets built into the reportfile
rather than the app. source code. RAP I think its called from memory by
DigitalMetaphores. Its a really cool thing to have.

 

Jeremy

 

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From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of Trevor
Sent: 1 December 2008 17:24
To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
Subject: Re: [DUG] Rave Reports

Jeremy,

  Since you've mentioned it, I'll jump in and vote for FastReports.

 

  I looked at both Rave and FastReports a couple of years back, and after
finding that Rave WOULDN'T really do what I wanted it to do, went with
FastReports instead.  It supports rather good export to PDF and Excel,
handles master-detail-detail-detail very easily, and has a 'LIVE' report
preview with an outline capability.

 

  There are lots of other cool things in FR including Report inheritance,
virtual report datasets, nested reports, and the ability to do things like
print 'continued..' in a group header when it is reprinted on a new page.

 

Trevor

 

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From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
Behalf Of Jeremy Coulter
Sent: Monday, 1 December 2008 10:33 a.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: Re: [DUG] Rave Reports

 

Thanks Max.
Guess I have a few days of investigation ahead of me.
I am now not just thinking of Rave, but also ReportBuilder (upgrading to the
latest) and FastReports.
I have heard FastReports is meant to be res. good.

Jeremy

 

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