Digital Metaphors, the publishers of ReportBuilder, are sponsoring the pizza for this event in exchange for us showing off their product. And they have a very good product! Practically the standard for reporting under Delphi, ReportBuilder is a powerful design tool for creating complex reports. There will be several trial copies of ReportBuilder to hand out, and one lucky person will get a full, licensed copy of ReportBuilder Pro, a $500 Value!

In October, we learned about RaveReports from Chad Hower of Nevrona Designs. Recently released, this is the vastly reworked version of ReportPrinter Pro 3. We will see some of the demos and get a first-impression look at the product.

If time allows and interest is there, we'll also take a peek at how to get around some of the pitfalls of using QuickReport, the free reporting tool that comes with Delphi.

PRESENTER:

HOMER JONES is currently the President of Agency Business Systems, Incorporated, a Portland-based company providing office management software to the Insurance Industry. He has served as an MIS manager for General Motors Corporation, System Sales Manager for Control Data Corporation, and Programmer Analyst for ADP. Homer received his Ph.D. from Oregon State University and taught System Documentation at San Jose State University.

Homer will give the ReportBuilder demonstration and talk about QuickReports.

DAVID CORNELIUS has worked with the Pascal language for 15 years and is happy to see it embracing the Linux platform. David has worked as a programmer, network administrator, tech support person, web master, salesman, installer, PC repairman, project manager, and systems analyst (sometimes all on the same job!). He is currently employed at Interactive Northwest, Inc. as a Software Engineer doing Windows, web, and sometimes Unix development. He also does some contract programming in Delphi on the side through Cornelius Concepts.

David will be lead through the Rave Reports demo.