Question “How do I manually edit report templates stored in my database as text files?” Solution Stream the templates from thier BLOB field using the GetFieldAsStream routine of the DataPipeline. Use the built-in Delphi routines ObjectBinaryToText and ObjectTextToBinary to load and save each template to and from text. Once the template has been edited, use Full Article…
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End-User Databases
DADE Plug-ins The Visual Query Tools in ReportBuilder support a wide spectrum of database engines and data access component sets via a plug-in architecture. By default ReportBuilder installs plug-ins for ADO, IBExpress, dbExpress and BDE. There are some additional plug-ins installed to the RBuilder\Demos\EndUser Databases examples: (DBISAM, Advantage, and Direct Oracle Access (DOA), NexusDB. A complete Full Article…
Report Explorer
The Report Explorer component allows you to deploy a Windows Explorer interface that your end-users can use to organize their reports. The Report Explorer handles all operations via datapipelines; therefore, the folder structure and all of items within it can be saved to database tables. This interface presents a minimal learning curve as most users Full Article…