pavel_menshchikov wrote:

> Why don't you ask at FR web-site (www.fast-report.com) for IBO
> components? I am going to use FIB+ with FR3, and there is FR package
> for that (not built-in, although). Also you can find new DB engine
> template creator in one of FR subfolder, and full description of how
> to create your own DB engine in pdf documentation.

BDE compatible only native IBO mode has been lost so none of my existing
code can be used :(

> As for 2.5->3.0 reports convert, they say you can save your reports
> using 2.53 (in new 3.0 xml file format), and then open them in FR3.
> Watch some options in FR3 when opening converted reports (see FR3
> forum). (I didn't convert any reports yet.)

Don't rely on them getting it right :)
NONE of the 40 reports I converted actually display anything in FR3, and
this IS apparently a known problem, just not included in the FastReport
FAQ's (yet) A number of people have contacted me off list with comments
on how difficult it was and suggesting starting again would be quicker.
Since I am going to have to re-enter them all, I was trying to check
what other options there are, and dropping FastReport altogether is
looking as good a choice as any. ;)
ReportManager ran up in 1/2 an hour, and had my first working report in
another hour. I need to learn how to use it again, but then re-writing
the code from FR2.5 to FR3 seems to need the same learning curve.
Oh and ReportManager works on Linux Apache as well as windows Apache ...

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