Would FastReports work for me?
Hi,
My company is looking for a robust and fully featured report generator tool. However our use is somewhat different from most.
1. We want to firstly be able to use our own data, if this means doing some work to present it as a TDataSet then that's no problems.. but I want to be sure we can use non-database information to build our reports..
2. We really want the end user to be able to create their own reports, does FastReports allow this? Its almost like embedding the reports designer in our application and allowing reports to be loaded/ran when required.
If not, can anyone recommend a good solution?
Thanks,
James
My company is looking for a robust and fully featured report generator tool. However our use is somewhat different from most.
1. We want to firstly be able to use our own data, if this means doing some work to present it as a TDataSet then that's no problems.. but I want to be sure we can use non-database information to build our reports..
2. We really want the end user to be able to create their own reports, does FastReports allow this? Its almost like embedding the reports designer in our application and allowing reports to be loaded/ran when required.
If not, can anyone recommend a good solution?
Thanks,
James
Comments
Thanks, I wanted to make sure before I expend (expensive) engineering time on evaluating the product.
I pull the data for reports from string grids and arrays mostly. I create built-in reports that are part of the app and also have custom external reports that I have made. On top of this I include the designer that allow my users to create their own custom reports using variables and data fields I set up for them. It is not very difficult to have users create thier own simple, custom reports based on the data you supply. With some practice users can also create their own reports that utilize the built in scripting languge and dialogs, and create much more complex reports. However, this does require some understanding of scripting or programming.
This does allow you to have knowledgable people create and share reports with those that can't build their own.
I find FR very flexible and powerful.
KS