Manufacturer: Quartam Software
The essential report generator tool for Revolution
You've all been waiting for a while now, but guess what? The essential report generator for Revolution just got a lot more powerful.
Update to 1.1.1
This update to Quartam Reports addresses all reported issues and brings a number of enhancements to the brand-new charts on the basis of initial user feedback.
Version 1.1.1 brings additional chart options:
. show/hide markers (line charts only)
. show/hide labels (all chart types)
. show/hide border and set border width
. use charts in detail bands
. colors and blending support
See the release notes for a list of stability
enhancements.
Improvements for all editions :
- Stretching data fields
The top feature request was data fields that would stretch to fit their content. Quartam Reports 1.1 delivers on the promise made at the launch of version 1.0 If the text does not fit on the current page, it is automatically split and new pages are added as needed. - Relative positioning
When you use stretching data fields, you also want to position other items in relation to this expansion - e.g. a line at the bottom of the band, below a stretching data field with remarks about the customer. Quartam Reports 1.1 lets you position items at a fixed distance from the top or the bottom border of the band in which they reside. - Oval graphics
In addition to lines, rectangles and rounded rectangles, Quartam Reports 1.1 allows you to draw oval graphics on the layouts of your reports and label sets. - Title and summary bands
A lot of reports benefit from a title section to provide introductory information, as well as a summary section to display aggregate information. Quartam Reports 1.1 lets you set flags to add title and summary sections to your report layout. - Data groups for everyone
This feature used to be exclusive for the Professional edition, but is now also available in the Standard Edition. Quartam Reports 1.1 lets you define data group, and print optional data group headers and footers, as well as track aggregate information. - New page upon group change
Sometimes you want to start printing the contents of a data group on a blank new page - e.g. when printing a commission report for your sales reps, you don't want to share the data of one sales rep with the other sales reps. Quartam Reports 1.1 lets you set a flag for the data group, and will print the necessary data group headers on the new page. - Printing global variables
Sometimes you want to print the content of a global variable on your report, or use it in a printing condition, without having to script your own data broker. Quartam Reports 1.1 adds an extra parameter to the simplified printing commands, so you can pass the names of the global variables that you want to use during the printing of a report or label set from the data of a stack, SQL result set or automated database query.
Improvements for Professional edition only:
- Barcodes
Another new feature in Quartam Reports 1.1 is the ability to add barcodes to your reports and label sets - currently supporting the industry standards EAN 8, EAN 13,UPC-A, Codabar, Interlaced 2 of 5 and Code 3 of 9, as well as Postnet. - 2D Charts
Nothing helps you see numbers in perspective like a 2d chart (pun intended).
Quartam Reports 1.1 lets you display numeric data in the following chart styles:- Bar chart
- Column chart
- Line chart
- Pie chart
- Label and field text export
You may want to take the data from your report and use it as the basis of an Excel worksheet where you can add charts, perform off-line analytical processing, etc. Quartam Reports 1.1 lets your user export the text content of the labels and data fields to the following formats:- Excel 2003 (Spreadsheet XML)
- HTML
- CSV
- Text (tab-delimited)
- New data broker callbacks
When you're implementing your own data broker, you may want to take certain actions before the report printing library moves on to printing a new page. Quartam Reports 1.1 will now send the callback message 'qrtReports_MoveNextPage' to your data broker after printing the page footer and before printing the header of the new page. Implementing this callback message is optional. - New data broker functions
When you're implementing your own data broker, you may want to take the current page number into account when resolving data expressions. Quartam Reports 1.1 now offers the function 'qrtReports_GetCurrentPage', allowing your data broker to retrieve the current page number.
Professional report printing comes to Revolution
Now you can create professional on-screen and printed layouts using any data source your Revolution project makes use of. Create label sets, invoices, envelopes, statistical reports, sales presentations, form-letters, you name it!
Quartam Reports, by Jan Schenkel of Quartam Software, is the first professional reporting tool for Revolution and comes packed with all the traditional features you would expect to find in an industrial strength report generator. Combine it with the cross-platform power of Revolution, and you have one mighty effective combo for easily presenting dynamic information from a variety of sources in any way you need to.
Smart data-driven layouts handled from start to finish
Assemble your report layout easily with familiar draw-style tools using Quartam's Layout Builder - Drag out fields, labels, graphics and images containers. Add repetitive information that needs to be printed on every page with headers and footer elements. Intuitive expression editors help you to populate your layout with data using standard Revolution expressions. You can customise these expressions as far as you need to, meeting the demands of the simplest or most complex project. As you would expect, the use of Revolution expressions enables you to reference data from any source including stacks, URLs and standard SQL databases.
Manipulate data into stunning - reuseable - presentations
Process the acquired data with built-in statistical functions (sum, count, average, variance, standard deviation, etc.). Format your fields as styled text, numbers, dates, times or using PrintF()-expressions. Further professionalise your layout with colors, images and graphics, and position it all at any point accurately on the page or screen! And the best part, you can use your new layout over and over again with ever-changing data sets. Quartam Reports is the only tool to let you print reports, labels and other layouts while offering on-screen preview, data grouping, aggregate functions, and much more, through a cross-platform library with a simple API as well as an advanced callback architecture. See Key Benefits for a more in-depth list of what you can do with this much-awaited new product. Buy Quartam Reports Today at our Online Store! Whether you want to create label sets, business reports, or simply collate information on-screen, Quartam Reports is an ideal choice.