What about Fast Report 5?
Flavio
Brazil
We are in the middle of March, and nothing about Fast Report 5.
According to news published on November/2010: "We solved to transfer release of FastReport VCL v.5 to begin of 2011", so we can suppose that it was about to be released last year, and was just postponed to earlier this year.
According to news published on November/2010: "We solved to transfer release of FastReport VCL v.5 to begin of 2011", so we can suppose that it was about to be released last year, and was just postponed to earlier this year.
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Here's hoping it will come out soon.
Dennis
I hope so Dennis.
Last time i asked i would be March 2011...but now it's already April
and still waiting. Hope they release it soon.
Regards Peter
FastReport 5 is planned for summer 2011. That is all I know.
Best regards,
Teo
FastReport dealer for the Benelux
I'm waiting it too ! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> I hope FR4->FR5 report migration will be simple and paintless.... :][/img]
Summer 2011, hmmm, thats about now! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> I hope it will be stable and backward compatible with the 4.x We will buy for sure though our biggest wish (drilldown reports) didn't make it afaict (though i hope they will suprise us <g>) Greetings, Marius[/img]
I hope so too that it will be easy to migrate from 4.x to 5, just by opening the 4.x report in 5.
Also, is it possible that your definition of drilldown reports differs from Fast Reports' definition? Because, I did find it in the feature list of 4.x, along side with interactive reports.
And, we are hoping to see a label designer included in version 5 (something similar to what is available in FastReport.Net).
They must surely be very eager by now to sell some upgrades to their customer base.
I admitt mayby we do yes. Compared to Crystal reports it is is not what we expected (CR does eveything self, really magnificent).
The lack of documentation and / or examples is an issue (yes, i downloaded the help, drilldown is described in 3 lines, basicly describing the drilldown demo).
We would appreciate a couple of more advanced examples in combination with drilldown and subreports (interactive is no solution for us in this case)
We are sorry - latest some months we have worked on compatibility with "Pulsar" by Embarcadero. That is why release of FastReport 5 was delayed.
I understand that FastReport will be included in Delphi XE2 package, so you may be busy on doing some QC for the new Delphi XE2.
With delphi XE2 release around the corner, I hope that you can make the release of FastReport 5 a priority again Isame as FastCube 2.0).
Thanks,
Iskandar A
When I bought Fast Report 4 more than a year ago you said that version 5 will be released in a few month.
Can you at least estimate when will you release it?
Thank you
Hi!
I think now you would: "We are sorry - latest some months we have worked on compatibility with "WaterDragon" by Embarcadero. That is why release of FastReport 5 was delayed."
Is there at least a Beta???
Bummer. I really like this software.
Once you have paid for FR they have no further revenue. So there is a constant chasing for new customers and new markets. The inclusion into XE or the development of an FMX version then takes precedence over looking after the existing customers. Let's face it, you are not going to change to another report writer without an absolutely compelling reason. Compelling such as having a gun pointed at you.
A subscription based business model is far more appropriate for software and nowadays is almost a standard practice. Market saturation and in many cases deferring upgrades even if an upgrade is available makes a sales based models unsustainable in the long run.
Yes, I hate to pay for subscriptions too, but if it ensures good support, also in terms of product upgrades then I bite the bullet. Having to scramble here and there after money in order to survive becomes a debilitating factor. Our company would have gone bust long ago if we would have to rely on sales.