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  1. Use of Runtime Data Source with Visual Report Writer

    One of the new features of Visual Report Writer version 2.0 will be support of a Runtime Data Source (RDS). A runtime data source is a virtual table that is defined during report definition while the data is supplied via integration. This opens the way to report of data that does not come from a "real" database. In this blog you will read how to make a report based on the filelist.

    Report Definition
    Start Visual Report Writer and press Ctrl+N for a new report (or choose New Report ...
  2. I Cannot Connect To An ODBC Database

    I have setup a USER DSN in the ODBC Manager (Data Sources) which points to an Microsoft Access demodata database. Now I want to connect to this database with Data Access's Visual Report Writer and with Visual DataFlex Studio. In Visual Report Writer I simply cannot get past the selection of the DSN and in Visual DataFlex Studio I get a "Unable to Login to Server!" message. What is wrong? I thought DataFlex could connect to ODBC databases, isn't that true? If I use Microsoft Excel from Microsoft ...
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