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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=609105605-01122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>ok, well might have tot take a look.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=609105605-01122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>D you know if it has the ability to have script in the
report like ReportBuilder?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=609105605-01122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Jeremy</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Trevor<BR><B>Sent:</B>
1 December 2008 17:24<BR><B>To:</B> 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DUG] Rave Reports<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Jeremy,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Since you’ve
mentioned it, I’ll jump in and vote for
FastReports.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> 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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On
Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Jeremy Coulter<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, 1 December 2008 10:33
a.m.<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> NZ Borland Developers
Group - <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place> List<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [DUG] Rave
Reports</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks Max.<BR>Guess I have a few days of
investigation ahead of me.<BR>I am now not just thinking of Rave, but also
ReportBuilder (upgrading to the latest) and FastReports.<BR>I have heard
FastReports is meant to be res.
good.<BR><BR>Jeremy<BR><BR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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