Transcript VRW Roadmap

Going Mainstream
Data Access Europe
Nick Nikijuluw
Reporting & DataFlex
DFQuery
WinQL
Report
Winprint
Intelligent Query Crystal Reports
MReport
VDFQuery
FlexQL
List & Label
Virtual Print Engine
Visual Report Writer
Dynamic AI
Reporting, the Future
• Dynamic AI
• Visual Report Writer
Visual Report Writer
• Release points
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Version
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1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
2.0
2.1
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July 2010
September 2010
February 2011
May 2011
April 2012
August 2012
What is in V2.1
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DataFlex and SQL Data
Full drag & drop design capabilities
Filter Expert & Function
Grouping, Sorting
Function Editor
 VB-Like Syntax, Expressions, Statements, Built-in
Functions
• External Library Functions, Parameters
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What is in V2.1
• Stored Procedures
• Sub reports
• Integration
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Column, Data Source, Export
Filter, Function, Language
Parameter, Preview, Print
Progress, Report, Sort
• Runtime Data Source
 Create Report on RDS
 Integrate with Visual DataFlex, sample
What’s next?
• Visual Report Writer version 3.0
 Scheduled: 2nd quarter 2013
 Standard & Developer Edition
 Enterprise Edition (New!)
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What’s Next?
• April 2013
 2.1+ Library for V2.1
 3.0 Alpha I – Developer (English/No Lib)
• Q2 2013
 3.0 Standard
 3.0 Developer
• Q3 2013
 3.0 Enterprise
Enterprise Edition
• Security
 Authorized access to reports
 Viewer vs. Author
• Productivity
 Facilitate Centralization
 Enhance re-usability
 Reduce duplicity
• Compliance
 Activity Logging and Statistics
 Versioning
Enterprise Edition
• Centralized storage
 Reports stored
 Connections
 Functions
• Users/roles/rights
• XML in/out
V3 project - Overview
• Re-factoring
 Performance, caching strategy
 Allow for new functionality
 General Maintainability
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Usability – Enhancements, YAFR’s
New Features, New Edition
Fix Bugs
Web Framework Readiness
V3 New Features
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Interactive preview
Web Framework Preview
HTML, XLS/XLSX export
Gradients
Embed image in report
Function Editor
improvements
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Report Fields/summaries in
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Status bar
Ellipses on clipped objects
Sum() functions
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Previous() and Next() functions
Size to font
Align to baseline
Printer-tray selection
Arrange Objects
Copy formatting
Distinct Count
Average summary type
New locking method
Suppress if zero
Change Data source
Interactive preview
• New layout engine
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Performance, caching
Page formatting (format once, cache)
More efficient execution of functions
Interactive Preview
• Search in Preview
• Events
• Previewer, Integration
Version 3, New features
• Export type
 PDF (not new)
 XLS Export, Data Only, Formatted
• HTML based
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Export (Single file, Multi file)
Web Preview (no file)
Web Forms
See Live demo’s here!
V3 – YAFR’s
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Show ellipses
Suppress if zero
Size to font
Function Editor improvements
Align to baseline
Arrange Objects.
Copy formatting
Previous() and Next() functions
Sum() functions
V3 – New Features
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Gradients
Embed image in report
Printer-tray selection.
Average (summary type)
New locking method.
Numeric masks (formatting functions).
Change Data source
Deployment
• Reduce the number of components
 No more dfapi30.dll
 No more dynapdf.dll
Deployment
• What you need
 The Visual Report Writer OCX
 VRW.db
• Optional (if non English)
 Df_collate.cfg
 Language.db
Deployment
• Setup.exe
 Copy files
 Set location
 Registry free (?)
• Web Deployment License
So… When?
• April 2013
 2.1+ Library for V2.1
 3.0 Alpha I – Developer (English/No Lib)
• Q2 2013
 3.0 Standard
 3.0 Developer
• Q3 2013
 3.0 Enterprise
Questions/Comments?
Thank you!