Design Layers

• Separate layout elements into logical layers
• Load/save design layers (example std header/footer or watermark)
• Prevent users from adding, selecting, moving, deleting elements
• Prevent users from seeing, selecting, deleting layers
• LayerTypes: Band, Page
• Inactive Layers draw alpha blended behind active layer
• ComponentOptions: Add, Delete, Select, Move
• LayerOptions: Select, Rename, Visible, Delete, Load, Save

Preview

• Continuous page scrolling
• Single and two-up page display
• Background thread report generation
• Hand scrolling
• PreviewFormSetings.PageDisplay property
• PreviewFormSettings.PageIncrement propery (control page generation)
• PreviewFormsSettings.SinglePageOnly (forces use of old screen device)
• Viewer.DeadSpace property (control amount of space outside of page)

Output Devices

• HTML file device
• PDF/A device (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A)
• PDFSettings.PDFA boolean property (force PDF to PDF/A standard)
• PDF image compression (automatic jpeg compression)
• PDF image scaling (PDFSettings.ImageCompressionLevel)
• PDF, high quality metafile to bitmap conversion
• DocForm device (exact positioning of lines and text)
• RTFSettings.UseTextBoxes boolean property (exact text positioning)
• RTF/Doc device, support for CodePage and Font.CharSet
• XLS support for AppName, Author, Subject, Title (XLSSEttings)
• Email, Extended Mapi plug-in
  • Avoid security warnings, Unicode and Html support

• Email, support for HTML messages via Indy 10 Extended Mapi
• Email, EmailSettings.HtmlBody, BodyHtmlAttachments properties
• Email, EmailSettings.StreamAttachments option
• Email, Unicode message body (Unicode VCL w/Indy 10 or Extended Mapi)
• New ScrollableScreenDevice, used by Viewer to implement continuous scrolling
• PrintToFile enhancements

• DefaultFileDeviceType defaults to PDF
• Default TextFileName, ArchiveFileName ($MyDocuments)\Report.pdf
• Change default file device, auto-changes default file name
• Change output format in print dialog, auto-changes default file name
• Support for wildcards in default FileName, ($MyDocuments) is resolved by print dialog for display to end-user
• Change the extension in the print dialog, changes the file

International Language support

• Added 64-bit language modules

TeeChart support

• Enhanced TeeChart Package Builder for 64-bit

RCL

• Variable support for Int64 via dtLargeInt data type
• Groups, PreventOrphans

• Prevent group header with no detail at bottom of page
• Prevent group footer with no detail at top of page

• Columns, ColumnBalancing

• Generate vertical columns in min number of rows

• ColumnFooter, AlignToBottom boolean
  • Enables column footer to generate immediately after detail

• Band.Background property for all bands
• DrawCommand.AsMetaFile feature for simpler RCL add-on support
• SummaryBand enhanced to print on same page as columns

Engine

• Enhanced group generation – PreventOrphans management
• Enhanced horizontal and vertical Column generation

EndUser

• DesignLayers
  • LayerOptions: use to lock layers, hide layers
    • For example, create a visible/invisible water mark layer
  • ComponentOptions: prevent users from moving, deleting etc.

• New OnCustomSaveQueryDoc event
• New ShowHelp method – fires Designer.OnHelp event
• ReportExplorer, invokes Help via new Designer.ShowHelp

RAP

• New Int64 data type
• Compiler/parser support for // comments
• Enhanced object ref scoping: childreport can access parent report objects
• File functions: FileExists, DirectoryExists, ExtractFileName, etc.
• RTTI for PrintDialog
• RTTI for FileDevice
• RTTI for ObjectList
• RTTI enhanced  for Picture, Graphic
• Enhanced run-time exception message to display subreport name

Server

• Added 64-bit windows service (ReportBuilder Services)

*features may vary by ReportBuilder Edition and Delphi version
*RB 14 includes support for seven Delphi versions:  D7, D2006, D2007, D2009, D2010, DXE, DXE2.