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Stephen W. Meeley
23-Apr-2009, 12:58 PM
Visual Report Writer Alpha 1 (version 1.1.1.4351) ReadMe
This version of Visual Report Writer expires July 1st 2009.


Installation
Before installing the Visual Report Writer Alpha 1 you must have Visual DataFlex 14.1 Studio or Visual DataFlex 14.1 Client installed on your machine.


Using Workspaces
Visual Report Writer has the ability to use Visual DataFlex workspace files. When using workspaces the name of the workspace file (and its path) is stored in the report. When printing the report – either to printer or preview – the ‘DataPath’ stored in the workspace file is used to locate the Embedded data files and the ‘FileList’ entry in the workspace file is used for the current directory.


Documentation
This Alpha version includes preliminary documentation on API programming to integrate reports in VDF-apps and documentation on the new VB-like syntax.

Please note that the API integration classes are not completed in this version, and may be subject to change. In a future version a new Integration Wizard will be provided as well.


Known Issues (will be fixed asap):

About dialog crashes Visual Report Writer
VRW does not use (or respect) the standard df_collate.cfg file, it uses its own sorting routines for performance reasons. Although it does have a collating sequence, this is hard-coded and cannot be changed at this point. This could lead to incorrect sorting when using accentuated characters.
No progress information when displaying large reports. Also Visual Report Writer could show as ‘not responding’.
Trailing spaces in database fields are not automatically trimmed.
Changing the Print date and time via the Report->Set Print Date and Time is ignored when previewing the report.
The ‘Format Field’ dialog options do not work correctly for images.


Reporting Bugs
Please report bugs to support@dataaccess.eu (support@dataaccess.eu). Make sure to provide as much detail as possible to define and reproduce the problem that you are reporting.


A special note about “suggestions”... Please realize that Visual Report Writer V 1.0 release is a new product and intended to be only a basic report writer at this time. Please focus any suggestions on how the current capabilities of the product could be enhanced or on any missing features you feel are essential to fulfilling “basic” reporting requirements. Suggestions for more advanced functionality will be kept in a “wish-list” for future versions.

Bob Cergol
24-Apr-2009, 12:13 PM
Stephan,

FWIW, regarding " the name of the workspace file (and its path) is stored in the report." I deploy applications with a folder structure different from my development structure, so there will need to be a capability to "set location".

Also, all of my deployments, are multi-company, that is, the data folder is really "data\01", "data\02", "data\PT", etc. I would like to deploy run report that can switch workspaces instead of 3 reports with a different file path stored in each.

Bob

Vincent Oorsprong
24-Apr-2009, 01:26 PM
Bob,

There will be a verify DB and also from the integration classes.