RESTful Reporting

  The ReportBuilder REST Services components provide a RESTful platform to publish RB reports to mobile iOS and Andriod clients.  Extending your existing Delphi desktop solutions via REST services is a great way to provide users with the mobile cloud access they expect. As a desktop developer,  you may be thinking you lack the skills and/or time to implement such […]

PDF/A and Metadata

PDF/A is a very useful and popular format used for the long term archiving of digital documents. ReportBuilder 19 introduces numerous PDF/A related features including support for the PDF/A-2, PDF/A-3, and PDF/A-3 ZUGFeRD formats (PDF/A-1 format has been available since RB 14). PDF/A is highly restrictive in the features it allows and information it requires. […]

Interactive PDF with ReportBuilder 19

ReportBuilder 16 introduced PDF form fields and checkboxes. This allowed for the creation of dynamic PDF forms that could be altered and printed with the user's custom data. ReportBuilder 19 includes a number of new ways to manipulate the existing form fields as well as the addition of PDF buttons. Form Field customization In the [...]

New ReportBuilder Support Forums!

Along with the introduction of our new web site we would like to introduce the ReportBuilder Support Forums! The support forums provide a fast and friendly way to communicate with Digital Metaphors engineers and the ReportBuilder community.  Use it to ask questions, get support, and find the latest information about ReportBuilder releases and fixes. Support […]

Ann: ReportBuilder 19.0 now available!

February 16, 2018 ReportBuilder 19.0 now available! New features include: Designer - new AutoSave / Recovery for report layout - periodically autosave to AppData\Local\RBuilder\Report_autosave.rtm - clear on close of designer, but if crash the file remains - check for file when designer opens, prompt user to recover - RBuilder.ini Designer Preferences for AutoSave, AutoSaveInterval - new View | Margins for [...]

Welcome!

Welcome to the new Digital Metaphors Web Site! The new web site is hosted on a brand new server and has been completely redesigned from the ground up to provide the best possible on-line experience.  Feel free to stick around and browse the various sections and features.  Also be sure to check out the following […]