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(* Smart Reports BETA(A)                                                      *)
(* (C) Copyright 1998  by                                                     *)
(* The Software Company                                                       *)
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(*             South Africa                                                   *)
(* Fax       : 021-254310                                                     *)
(* Email     : smartr@mweb.co.za                                              *)
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DISCLAIMER:

The Software Company and its employees can not be held responsable for any damadge caused directly or indirectly by the use or installation of this software. By installing and using this product you accept the responsibility.


INTRODUCTION

IMPORTANT

THINGS OF NOTE

KNOWN BUGS AS PER RELEASE BETA(A)

PRICING

USING SMART REPORTS

DEMO PROGRAMS

INSTALLATION

INTRODUCTION

The idea for Smart Reports was concieved because of the limitations of other report writers. Some have usability but not power. Others have all the power in the world but are slow. Another common problem is the size of these report writers. Some add up to 2Megabytes to you're system. Which does not make the program very maintainable. Every time you fix a bug you are shipping those 2Megs with. 

This Report Writer was created with to goals in mind. Speed and Size. The speed is comparible and faster than all of the current report writers out there. (Feel free to correct me!) The size of the Smart Reports will add between 400-500 kbs to average Dephli database project. That and the functionality is strong. 

Please note that this a Beta version and its purpose is to gauge the reaction that it will be received with. 


IMPORTANT:

This is not a freeware product. It is for evaluation purposes. I.E. You like it, you buy it. Otherwise you get rid of it. You do NOT need Quick Reports! This report writer is totaly independed from Quick Reports.


THINGS OF NOTE:

As this is a beta version and we wish to sell you a product that meets your needs we have created a Wish List. If you have any ideas on improvements or things you want added, just email them to us and we'll put them in. Within limitations of course. We want this program to become the defacto in the near future. And of course any bugs found, could you send them our way please.


KNOWN BUGS AS PER RELEASE BETA(A):

On GROUP reports a extra page is produced.
On loading a report sometimes one of the labels becomes black.
A memory leak does exist.


PRICING:

Smart Reports costs $99. That gets you a copy without the IDE restrictions and you get the first major release I.E. Version 1.0 (When it is released). As well, you get all the updates, patches and such free. Up to the next major release I.E. Version 2.0. You also get the source code. And there are no royalties! In addition you get a manual and built in help file. To order please refer to the ORDER.TXT file in your installation directory. 


USING SMART REPORTS:

For a quick rundown of the usage of Smart Reports refer to SMRDOC.DOC in the directory that you extracted Smart Reports.


DEMO PROGRAMS:

Demo's have been included. They are in the directory you installed Smart Reports.


INSTALLATION

To install Smart Reports (c) install the Report.dpl. You do this by going to Components then to install packages. Click on add and select Report.dpl. Now open the demo.dpr file.


Smart Reports Beta (c) Unregistered will only run in the delphi IDE.

THE END:

Thank you for downloading and trying out this product.