I agree with Brad that Version 9 looks very good with the date of when a form or report was last edited (I'm really looking forward to using that), drop-and-drag options expanded in many parts of the program. The enhanced DBGrid looks great, lots of new form options with lots of hints thrown in to boot (F11 key for properties, F5 for sample code). The specific hints on development tasks from Razzak and the other developers will help me get the sub 8 font size into my reports. I will have to try out the crosstab report for a new idea that emerged at the training.
I found many of the new features to show great productivity potential for the developer. Thanks to all the efforts of Razzak and the R:Base team and the fellow developers at the training. It was a real honor to be one of the first to get hands on the eXtreme version 9 product. Bill Niehaus William Niehaus Official Trial Manager American Crystal Sugar Company Technical Services Center 1700 11th Street North Moorhead MN 56560 Voice (218)236-4768 FAX (218)236-4744 >>> "Brad Davidson" <[email protected]> 05/09/09 2:10 PM >>> Having attended the first presentation of R:BASE eXtreme 9.0, with a few hours to go in this SAT, I am overwhelmed with all the new enhancements. Upon first presentation, the classy rework of all design tools (form, report, rbedit, database explorer) is readily apparent - resulting in a very clean and legible environment for the developer - great look and feel! RBTI has been eXtremely busy these past 2 years and this version bears it out (would we expect anything else?)! Here are just a few enhancements: - Automated Form and Report version number recordation - incremented by 1 - upon any revision or save process. - Custom colors can be saved to an external file in Form designer - A "souped-up" Query Builder, can now build complex queries with QBE (e.g., outer, inner joins, etc..) - Single or multi select table definition unload with DB Explorer (Tables) - Single / multi / all select of forms for compression/un-compression (decompression?) - Ruler now available in Forms Design - Enhanced DB Navigator - built-in Record # of ## ! - Form tab page control orientation - selectable in Form Designer - Enhanced DB Grid - wow! - With footer band - can replace several of my reports currently to screen for my users/clients - Built-in ver. 9.0 RBEditor - with many of the standalone RBEditor program: compare by content, block content vertically (shift+alt+down arrow, and more) - Report Designer new property command: PROPERTY REPORT CANCEL 'TRUE' - bail out for user in Before Generate EEP, or, password protect report printing. Converting my 800 mb RBG76 to RBG90 (32 bit pointers) was a snap, simply connect and open database. Converting from 7.6 to 9.0 (64 bit pointers) with intermediate step through 8.0 took less than 5 min 30 sec. There are many more enhancements in the report designer not discussed here, we've still an hour and half to go! I know I've a lot more to pour over and digest in this version. Thank you Razzak and RBTI - fantastic work and as always, much appreciated! Also, thank you Bill Downall for making the arrangements for this SAT in Indianapolis! Enjoyed a great stay and the camaraderie with fellow R:BASE Developers. Brad Davidson
