RB 17

  • Delphi 10 Seattle support for VCL Win32
  • Delphi 10 Seattle support for VCL Win64

Demos and Tutorials

  • new RBDemos database (SQLite version of DBDemos)
  • new RBDemos FireDAC Connection De installed to Delphi IDE
  • new Converted RB Demos to FireDAC, SQLite RBDemos database
  • new Converted RB Tutorials to FireDAC SQLite RBDemos database

REST Service Components

  • New support for report parameters and autosearch parameters
  • New support for reports residing on datamodules/forms
  • New demo added for reports residing on datamodules

REST Mobile Client Components

  • New support for report parameters and autosearch parameters

TableGrid

  • new Header, Footer support (via RowType – header/detail/footer)
  • new Row.Visible property
  • new Column.Visible property
  • new MasterGrid property (link column widths to master)
  • new CellAttributes property for Grid, Row, Col
    easily modify properties for all contained cells
  • enhanced Designer Report Tree to display column nodes
    PageSummary
  • new PageSummary band, prints once per page, static height
  • new PageSummary.AlignToBottom boolean property
  • new PageSummary.PrintOnFirstPage, PrintOnLastPage boolean propertiesDesigner
  • TppDataPipelineList.OwnedPipelines Only class function,
  • use to limit DataPipelines displayed by Designer
  • Enhanced direct draw design controls, such as TableGrid
    to alpha blend to background layers
  • Enhanced Object Inspector to support nested child items

Viewer

  • Open file with hyperlink support for the viewer/previewer

RCL

  • Variable, enhanced support for page totals, dynamic height detail bands
  • Left to Right Cols, enhanced to reset to first col for group change
  • Left to Right Cols, improved column footer generation
  • PrinterSetup.Duplex defaults to dpDefault
  • SystemVarible, new StartingPageNo property
  • DetailBand, added AfterGenerateLastDetail event
  • DBPipeline, default TppField.FieldAlias to TField.DisplayName
  • RichText, added CopyFrom(aRichEdit: TCustomRichEdit) method
  • Image, enhanced to support transparent PNG
  • Image, enhanced to support TIFF images
  • DBImage, enhanced AutoDetect to identify and load TIFF blob stream
  • Intelligent Mail Barcode, added RegEx validation
  • GMap, Map Marker feature

Output Devices

  • XlsSettings.WorksheetName
  • Xlsx Border & Fill, use rgb color (needed for copy/paste)
  • PDF AES 128 bit encryption
  • PDF Added AllowExtract, AllowAssemble, and AllowQualityPrint properties
    to the PDF Encryption Settings
  • PDF Signature fields
  • PDF File navigation links
  • PDF Form field title declaration
  • HTML Enhanced to support exporting to stream
    DADE
  • FireDAC, enhanced daFireDAC plugin to support more DatabaseTypes
  • Query Designer, new Calc Expression SQL Editor
  • Query Designer, enhanced to save/load top/bottom panel heights/splitter
  • Query Wizard Calc Dialog, resize available drop down list for long field names
  • TdaSQLBuilder, added SearchCriteria Insert methods

RAP

  • Save RAP programs to Delphi object format (.dfm text)
    (support diff/version control)
  • Added RAP RTTI support for TppEmailSettings

*features may vary by ReportBuilder Edition and Delphi version

*RB 17 includes support for eleven Delphi versions:
D10 Seattle, XE8, XE7, XE6, XE5, XE4, XE3, XE2, XE,
D2007, D7