Reporting, Query Tools
Query and Reporting:
A type of data access and analysis computer application that allows users to build queries of the data base and construct reports via a GUI.
From: www.egltd.com/production/Glossary.html
Many tools provide a graphical representation of the queried data, providing a visual perspective to the user.
Report manager
Report manager is a reporting application (Report Manager Designer) and also a set of components for Delphi , Builder and Kylix, also supports development environment accepting ActiveX controls (Visual Basic,Visual FoxPro,any Visual Studio.Net language...). C dynamic standard library with exported functions is provided to use the engine with any other language like GNU C.
It works in Windows and Linux, You can distribute the report designer, so you modify the reports without modifying your application, the result can be exported to Adobe PDF format.
Features :
Opensource under the MPL license model. So, free inclusive for use in commercial applications
Cross platform supporting Windows and Linux (Kylix/Delphi/C++Builder)
Can be used from any programming language.
Simetric multiprocessing support
Cross platform TCP Report Server and Report Server client.
Cross platform Web Report Server.
Report Manager Internet explorer plugin.
Small footprint, the engine can be embedded inside your exe.
Band based report designer, very easy and similar to MSAccess, Visual Foxpro....
Report definition files are very small (most reports fit in less than 5Kbytes)
Expression evaluator with builtin functions and access to database fields
Report parameters, define them, assign them to querys at run time or design time, optionally the user can alter the parameters
Linked or unlinked additional datasets, link querys easily, open datasets to obtain aditional information...
Exports to compressed/uncompressed Adobe PDF (scalable/native), and HTML.
Custom text output: For each expression inside the report you can define a export line and position to build custom text output.
Exports to Excel (Windows) or plain text file or ready to print formated file for dot matrix printers.
Supports Delphi 5E-6PE-7PE-8, Kylix 2-3,C++Builder 4E, it should work also with C++ Builder 5E-6 and Delphi 4E
If you are using Windows you can select between VCL (no Qt) graphic driver and CLX graphics driver.
You can print texts (multiline), images, shapes, lines, barcodes,charts...
Multilanguage support for the interface and the reports, runtime and designer. A translation application is provided, if you want to localize report manager to a still not translated language use it.
Child subreports (many to many)
External sections (share the same section in different reports)
Print anything anywhere, with Page position expression and Page number expresion.
Report compiler (Windows only), generate a single exe with your report embedded to distribute it (about 300Kbytes)
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