The best reporting component for Delphi? [closed]

Answer 1

I would agree with idursun, I have used many reports engines before, but when I used Fast-Report, I haven't look else anymore.

I would add about fast-Reports

• FastReport has support for unicode for Delphi < 2009.
• Development is faster than other reporting tools, they were supporting Delphi 2009 before it's release date, other reporting tools took longer time, and in some cases too much time for
  Delphi 2009.
• Very flexible, you can access any report components from Delphi code, or use any Delphi function inside your reports.
• If you compare FR with others in Features/Prices, it has much of advanced features with lower prices.
• FR file format is XML.
• There's a server edition for web reporting.
• There's .net edition also.
• It has very powerful script engine with more languages(Pascal,Basic, Java & C).
• Has end user-designer tool without extra money(I think you need Standard version or above).

Answer 2

We have used Reportbuilder for several years now, and we think it is awesome. We use it to build reports in our tools, as well to let our customers to build reports by their self. The End user reporting capabilities are the same as the developer. All can be customized where needed in native Delphi code. I think every thinkable report solution can be build with ReportBuilder.

Beside a great tool they deliver also good support on the product.

Answer 3

I started testing ReportBuilder quite a few years ago but I switched to FastReports a while ago and have been very happy with the change.

One of my requirements was that the reporting engine needed to be just one form of output (producing columnar or similar reports), but my framework needed to be able to output to this engine or an engine to produce filled in PDF forms or reports in Excel format or other kinds of digital reports. The reports have to be instances of a report superclass so that they can be combined and produced together as a package with multiple output types and destinations.

I am not an ace programmer, but I found the job could be done readily. FastReports fits into this framework and does its job superbly. I can't say enough about the power and flexibility I have found by using Delphi, Firebird and FastReports. I am just now starting to explore the possibilities of using its built in pascal scripting to integrate more completely with my main program.

I hope this is helpful.

Jack