ReportWorks Component, Version 1.40 Copyright (c), 1995, 1996 All rights reserved Howard S. Walsh Compuserve : 76741,2077 Internet: hsoft@golden.net Introduction ------------ The ReportWorks component gives developers the ability to create stunning reports quickly with just a few lines of code and very little overhead. ReportWorks offers left, right, or center column justification, pre-defined line sizes and widths, standard graphic shapes, and imported images such as bitmaps and metafiles. It also supports memo fields, and text strings longer than 255 characters can be output with automatic word-wrap within the report borders. With ReportWorks, page measurements can be made in inches, millimeters or points, and the fonts, pens, and brushes are customizable. ReportWorks offers easy direction of reports to the built-in preview screen, the printer or to a file. Fast screen redraw enables the user to quickly skim or skip report pages. Report pages are zoomed fast to any percentage. The preview page can be optionally set, from the Object Inspector, with a black border outline. Tracking of report page lines allows the developer to know exactly where the report is currently printing. Line height is selectable by both text height and lines-per-inch. The current preview page number and the total number of report pages are available through read-only properties. As well, the page range sent to the printer is selectable. In addition to the filename used for reports sent to file, the title used by Print Manager are maintained from within the Object Inspector. LabelWorks, a companion component for ReportWorks, is also available as free-ware on Compuserve. LabelWorks gives the developer the ability to create just one, or many, labels with only a few lines of code. Twenty-six Avery labels are pre-defined. These labels can be customized or new label formats can be created. This shareware version of ReportWorks will run only while Delphi is running. If Delphi is not running, you application will terminate while loading. Other than that, it is a full featured functioning version. HSoftWare Howard Walsh 385 Fairway Rd. South Suite 4A-154 Kitchener, Ontario N2C 2N9 02/21/96