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Welcome to the Digital Metaphors website, where we share information and insight on ReportBuilder, the premier reporting tool for Delphi developers!

What's New

ReportBuilder 21.04 now available!

New features

  • Delphi 11 Alexandria support
  • new Windows 10 V2 Per Monitor DPI
  • new RAF merge utility
  • new Scrollable Preview UseBackgroundThread option
  • new PDF component (embed PDFs)
  • new 2DBarcode Rotation
  • new Multi Email plugin support
  • new Xlsx export features
  • new PDF digital signature support
  • new PDF ZUGFeRD 2.x support
  • new PDF metadata features
  • new CloudDrive features
  • new Email features
  • new OAuth2 default browser support
  • new QueryDesigner Search features
  • new RAP conversion functions
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Recent Posts

Automatically Signing a PDF with ReportBuilder

August 10, 2022

Have you ever needed to be sure a document sent is the one being read? We all know that the Internet is a dangerous place for unprotected data. Transferring any un-encrypted data is fair game to be intercepted, stolen, or altered. Digital Signatures are an excellent way to avoid some these problems. Digital Signatures offer […]

ANN: ReportBuilder 21.04 is now available!

May 26, 2022

              ReportBuilder 21.04 is now available! See the official announcement on our forums by clicking the link below. https://www.digital-metaphors.com/forums/discussion/21594/reportbuilder-21-04-is-now-available Upgrade now!

Email: Multi-Service

January 25, 2022

One of the new and exciting features added for ReportBuilder 21 is the ability to register and use multiple email plugins at once. ReportBuilder has supported sending emails from within the product since version 10. This was done by registering a single Email Plugin, each of which supported a different email-sending technology. Initially it was […]

ANN: ReportBuilder 21.03 is now available!

January 21, 2022

            ReportBuilder 21.03 is now available! See the official announcement on our forums by clicking the link below. https://www.digital-metaphors.com/forums/discussion/21594/reportbuilder-21-03-is-now-available Upgrade now!

TLS Handshake

TLS Version and Indy

January 5, 2022

  I was recently asked if the ReportBuilder Indy email plugin supports TLS version 1.2. The answer depended on whether Indy supports TLS 1.2, which thankfully it does! Many email providers (i.e. Gmail and Outlook) are now requiring the use of this version to connect to their SMTP servers. After researching a bit, I found […]

ANN: ReportBuilder 21.02 is now available!

September 16, 2021

            ReportBuilder 21.02 is now available including Delphi 11 support! See the official announcement on our forums by clicking the link below. https://www.digital-metaphors.com/forums/discussion/21550/reportbuilder-21-02-is-now-available-including-delphi-11-support Upgrade now!

ANN: ReportBuilder 21.01 is now available!

August 4, 2021

                ReportBuilder 21.0 is now available! Mainly bug fixes for this release.  Be sure to use the latest version to ensure the fastest and most stable performance. See the official announcement on our forums by clicking the link below. https://www.digital-metaphors.com/forums/discussion/21534/reportbuilder-21-01-is-now-available Upgrade now!

ANN: ReportBuilder 21.0 is now available!

May 20, 2021

              ReportBuilder 21.0 is now available! We’ve added a bunch of new and exciting features for this release.  Be on the lookout for more blog posts and Wiki articles to help familiarize yourself with this update. See the official announcement on our forums by clicking the link below. https://www.digital-metaphors.com/forums/discussion/21504/reportbuilder-21-0-is-now-available […]

ANN: ReportBuilder 20.04 is now available!

October 2, 2020

            ReportBuilder 20.04 is now available including Delphi 10.4.1 support! See the official announcement on our forums by clicking the link below. https://www.digital-metaphors.com/forums/discussion/21402/reportbuilder-20-04-is-now-available-including-delphi-10-4-1-support Upgrade now!

ANN: ReportBuilder 20.03 is now available!

June 2, 2020

          ReportBuilder 20.03 is now available including Delphi 10.4 Sydney support! See the official announcement on our forums by clicking the link below. https://www.digital-metaphors.com/forums/discussion/21341/reportbuilder-20-03-is-now-available-including-delphi-10-4-sydney-support Upgrade now!