Question: “What are the advantages of using packages compared to Dll’s?” A good overview of Packages (BPL) vs DLL’s is available on delphi.about.com http://delphi.about.com/od/objectpascalide/a/bpl_vs_dll.htm Packages (BPL) The Delphi package architecture is often overlooked, however, it is in fact so powerful that the MS .Net platform copied it. In .Net the term is Assembly, but conceptually it  Full Article…

Question: “How can I minimize the size of my application executable (.exe) when using ReportBuilder?” Answer: Part of the overhead is linking in supporting vcl and data access class libraries. Part of the overhead is linking the RB library. Probably about 600K or so for the core reporting library. If you include the Designer, Query Tools, etc.  Full Article…

Question: “Which ReportBuilder packages do I need to distribute with my applications? I am using the Delphi ‘build run-time packages’ option.” Here is a list of the common ReportBuilder run-time packages. The xy suffix in the package names below will vary by ReportBuilder version and Delphi version.  Name Description   rbRCLxy Report Components  rbIDExy Report Designer and supporting dialogs  rbDBxy  Full Article…