Re: BRIO Report Builder

[Tejas Saraiya <tsaraiya@SKYGO.COM>]

Praveen,

I'm currently using BRB in a similar manner. I use it to generate the layout
of my report (boxes, fonts, positioning), as well as CSV and XML files. I
then take the generated code and customize it (for me that mostly means
adding HTML tags). The end result is pretty solid.

The major problem i have encountered in doing this is that if I make a
change to the layout I have to match that change in my customized version
and if the change is major, duplicating the change can be difficult
(particularly because BRB uses absolute positioning and the order the code
is generated in can change after a change is made to the layout). BRB also
has the capability to insert code segments in certain places through the
Source view in the application itself. For me that feature was not flexible
enough.

I'm not sure how much BRB costs or if it generates 4.3.2 code (I use it for
6.1.3).

HTH,
Tejas

-----Original Message-----
From: Praveen Gopu [mailto:Praveen.Gopu@AXACS.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 8:00 AM
To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
Subject: BRIO Report Builder


How much BRIO REPORT.BUILDER costs and can we use the tool to generate code
and run it against 4.3.2?

We would like to use this product to generate the code with lot of graphics
like shading, different fonts and boxes etc and write the logic afterwards.

I would really appreciate any insights on this subjec.

Thanks,
Praveen