Could be wrong, but aren't the DCU's compatable between C++ and Delphi? Jeremy
-----Original Message----- From: "C Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Trevor Jones'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'NZ Borland Developers Group -Delphi List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 09:14:40 +1200 Subject: RE: [DUG] OLAP Cubes > I have also been looking at OLAP components... > > I have come down to two... HierCube that you mention, hasn't fallen > over for > me, but I have sent several messages to the developer to 'test' support > and > have had no response yet. > > The other is ContourCube (www.ContourComponents.com) which is available > in > VCL form for Borland C++ developers, or ActiveX for Delphi. It is > faster and > uses less memory than HierCube, but does not have all the > functionality, > such as allowing users to create their own groups, and allowing users > to > easily add Min, Max, Average etc. > > I have also 'tested' their support, am currently waiting on a reply > sent > last week, but for a couple of previous queries, did receive a reply > reasonably quickly. > > They also said that they will be looking at a Delphi VCL version > hopefully > this year. > > Does anyone know how easy/hard it is to go from Borland C++ package to > a > Delphi one? The Contour people seem to think that converting a package > over > from Delphi to C++ was easier than from C++ to Delphi. > > Regards > Colin > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Trevor Jones > Sent: Tuesday, 8 June 2004 7:50 p.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: [DUG] OLAP Cubes > > Hi, > Does anyone use these? > > I have a bunch of data coming from a FireBird database that I need to > apply > some OLAP components to deal with. > > The original Decision cube which came with delphi (some versions ago) > wouldn't work without the BDE, I've found some stuff which will work in > D6 > (but is as buggy as hell), and won't work at all in D7 'coz apparently > my D7 > professional license is not up to the task. > > I've also found the HierCube components, but their eval version is > sufficiently broken that I can't use it to evaluate whether or not it > is up > to the task. > > I suppose I could leverage Excel to do the job, but I don't own a copy > of > Excel, and the OpenOffice DataPilot is probably sufficiently different > that > I would be painting myself into a corner if I tried to use that. > > All I need is seven dimensions with a single COUNT summary, grid and > chart > support, and toast and caviar available on demand. Not much to ask. > > WL Decision Cube spits the dummy at more than 5 dimensions (yes I have > the > max dimensions property set correctly), and dies an ugly death whenever > I > refresh the dataset. > > I was joking about the toast and caviar. > > Any recommendations? > > Trevor > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > ###################################################################### > Attention: > The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential. > If you are not the intended recipient then please do not distribute, > copy or use this information. Please notify us immediately by return > email and then delete the message from your computer. > Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. > ###################################################################### > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
