Progress Report Builder

[reshelman]

Progress Software sells a product call Report Builder - see http://www.progress.com/v9/documentation/rptls91b/rbu/rbu.pdf____The screens in the user guide look identical to R&R SQL edition. I^m wondering did you licence your product to them?____Thanks.

[kfleming]

A number of years ago there was a custom version of R&R for Progress. I think that it was around R&R Version 6/early 90^s timeframe.__Kathleen__R&R Support

[reshelman]

hmm, well the link in my posting above shows their Manual released last year. In many of the screen shots, the program looks almost identical to R&R SQL ver. 8 or 9. Check out page 43 or 236 in PDF manual above and you will see what I mean. Seems to be too close for coincidence.____I^m just curious because our ERP system is a Progress application and I^m considering buying this product from Progress because it has native Progress drivers. With R&R SQL, I have to go through ODBC. In reviewing it, I was struck by how similar it looked to R&R. ____

[kfleming]

Certainly the Progress release is built from R&R sources but it is indeed an earlier release.__For example the Progress version does not include the charting capability.__It also does have Progress specific extension (such as a different library of available functions) and documentation written specifically for the Progress version.______Kathleen__R&R Support