Hi Mechtilde, Andrew, et. al.
Mechtilde escribió:
The Sun Report Builder is released with version 2.3.0. Now we need a
documentation how to use it.
Therefore we need somme people who have enough experience with database
and knowledge how to do a documentation.
It seems like users (at least in the spanish mailing list) have started
to try to use the report designer, but without much success, due to the
complexity, and the lack of documentation.
By the questions I have received, the rep. des. is completely useless
without extra bibliography (it took me more than 1 hour to make a user
understand its basics!!!).
On the on-line help I found:
- Creating Reports
- Using and Editing Database Reports
- Report Builder
- Sorting and Grouping
- Report Navigator
- Report Navigator
- Page Numbers
- Properties
but all this is in a very abstract level, and does not seem to help the
user when he tries to create a "real" report.
Unfortunately, I do not have time to offer my collaboration providing
original report samples or documentation (I still have to try the new
report API!!!), but it is a good idea to join efforts, and save time.
For example, sample reports in the Wiki, covering all the features,
will be helpful.
Another idea will be to ship the extension with samples (although it
isn't very easy for the user to find the folder where the extension
files are located; the extension should implement a menu or something to
link to these sample files).
I don't know if this could help, but something must be done to help the
user with the rep. designer. I hear your ideas.
Bye and thanks,
Ariel
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