Questions/To Decide about FR

(sorry for my english)

Hello, I???m playing with some generators reports to decide witch on I buy.

More Important

- I work with some Global variables in delphi, How can I pass/go these variables to FR.?
- I work with DataBaseExpress. For this, Simply, I must to use a frDBXComponents?
- I see there are 2 ways to use Fields in FR: Field???s Variables or Fields. With one i???ts the better? Advantajes and Disadvantajes.
- I see there are 2 ways to connect data to a frDBDataset: DataSet or DataSource(TclientDataSets). With one i???ts the better? Advantajes and Disadvantajes.
- The most of the reports that I want to create starts with de same PageHeader structure. How It???s posible to create a unique PageHeader for a lots of reports?


Less Important

It???s posible to obtain the code/source of the new FR demo? Where?


Thank you very much


S.Barco

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  • SamuraySamuray Administrator
    edited 4:29AM
    wrote:
    - I work with some Global variables in delphi, How can I pass/go these variables to FR.?
    Nothing problem.
    frVariables := anyvalue;
    after use variable with name 'ANYVARNAME' in report.
    This is very simple way.
    wrote:
    - I work with DataBaseExpress. For this, Simply, I must to use a frDBXComponents?
    Yes. This db-engine supported in FastReport.
    wrote:
    - I see there are 2 ways to use Fields in FR: Field???s Variables or Fields. With one i???ts the better? Advantajes and Disadvantajes.
    Any way. As example i like to use Fields.
    wrote:
    - I see there are 2 ways to connect data to a frDBDataset: DataSet or DataSource(TclientDataSets). With one i???ts the better? Advantajes and Disadvantajes.
    Nothing difference. Use any property.
    wrote:
    - The most of the reports that I want to create starts with de same PageHeader structure. How It???s posible to create a unique PageHeader for a lots of reports?
    Good question. In this time FastReport not support include directive
    or any macro values or structures. Use copy/pase for it and global
    varbles in text fields. In future we a planning release including of the report (or inheritance)
    wrote:
    It???s posible to obtain the code/source of the new FR demo? Where?
    If you want - i send you all FR demo sources.

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