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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Gary,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We use ReportBuilder at PowerShield and I am personally not that impressed with it however it is coded into the product and difficult to justify changing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Things I personally do not like about ReportBuilder is the lack of feedback provided when it does not like what you are trying to do. This typically is around
layout issues and as a result causes blank pages or blank areas between sections of the report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If you are doing something wrong the other result is a complete blank report with very little clues as to where it is failing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">These kind of problems ruin productivity as you spend a lot of time ‘fighting’ with ReportBuilder until you get the result you want.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I am personally not coding but managing the project and over time there have been at least 3 developers doing reports and I believe none of them are a fan of
ReportBuilder.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We have found product support to be very good by the makers of ReportBuilder, so all credit to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">So if you are considering ReportBuilder please make sure you move beyond the marketing hype and give it a try with your requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@listserver.123.net.nz]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gary T. Benner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 13 May 2014 9:45 a.m.<br>
<b>To:</b> delphi@delphi.org.nz<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DUG] Reporting experience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"MS Sans Serif","serif"">HI all,</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"MS Sans Serif","serif"">With recent changes to reporting in Delphi, I was wondering if a few of you could provide some feedback on the effectiveness of the various reporting modules.</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"MS Sans Serif","serif"">With Rave going the way of QuickReports, the territory seems to now be that of ReportBuilder, FastReports etc. Any others?</span>
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<p><span style="font-family:"MS Sans Serif","serif"">We recently had major issues with Internationalisation using Rave and the ability to handle the export to PDF, which in our experience is now demanded more than actual printing on to paper, as we move to
a paperless office as norm.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"MS Sans Serif","serif"">So, any comments as to the best tool?</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"MS Sans Serif","serif"">Any horror stories?</span> <o:p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"MS Sans Serif","serif"">kind regards</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"MS Sans Serif","serif"">Gary</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Gary Benner
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