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Stoneware — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:39:44 +0000

The developer blog for report / form services can now be found at : http://www.stone-ware.com/community/blog.jsp?blogName=Report-Form+Services

Passing Extra Parameters From Graphs

Stoneware — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:50:40 +0000

When working with graphs, drilldowns can be created that pass information to another report. For example, in a bar chart, the series and category information can be passed. However, at times it is necessary to pass more information to the drilldown report.

This tutorial shows how to create a report that prompts for a customer. A pie chart is drawn for the customer showing their sales by month. Then when the user selects a slice of pie, the selected month AND the selected customer are passed into the drilldown report.

View Graph Extra Param Tutorial

Using SQL Blocks

Stoneware — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:58:36 +0000

In HTML reports, SQL Blocks can be used to easily query a database and display the results anywhere on a report. In this example, the reports prompts for a customer id. It then uses that customer id to lookup the customer name and display it in the Report Header.

View SQL Block Tutorial

Tutorial – Using Subreports

Stoneware — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:03:32 +0000

When designing HTML reports, it is possible to embed subreport. Subreports can display graphs, other HTML reports, grids and various other output formats.

In this tutorial, an HTML report is designed that lists all of the customers in a table. A pie chart is then embedded next to each customer (this is the subreport). There is no limit to how many subreports can be buried inside of a main report.

View Subreport Tutorial

Tutorial – Form Builder (Add, Update, Delete)

Stoneware — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:07:19 +0000

webNetwork 5.4 introduces the new Form Builder. This application allows forms to be created in an environment similar to Report Builder.

Combining forms with reports allows mini applications to built, secured and deployed in the webNetwork environment.

This tutorial walks through the process necessary to create a form that allows the user to add new customers, update existing customers and delete existing customers. A report is designed to display the customer list, and to provide the links to the various modes of the form.

View Form Builder (Add, Update, Delete) Tutorial

Tutorial – Adding Row Numbers to Reports

Stoneware — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:13:22 +0000

When designing HTML reports in Report Builder, it is often necessary to display the row number. The @@rownumber@@ variable can be used in the detail section to display a 1 for the first row, a 2 for the second row, etc.

This variable is also commonly used in scripting blocks (JavaScript, VBScript, etc.) to make decisions based on the row number.

This tutorial demonstrates how the @@rownumber@@ variable can be used.

View the Row Number Tutorial

Develop for the iPhone/iPod Touch

Stoneware — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:39:07 +0000

Developing for the iPhone/iPod Touch has never been easier. Using Report Builder, Form Builder, and the mobile features of webNetwork, applications can be quickly developed, secured and deployed. Examples of this are shown in the following movie. The movie is about 6 mb in size, so please be patient while it downloads.

The webOS app shown in the 2nd half of the movie is available for download on the Apple AppStore. It requires webNetwork 5.4 or greater.

View webOS for iPhone/iPod Touch Movie

Tutorial – Creating A Calendar Layout

Stoneware — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:14:44 +0000

A Calendar Layout can be used to arrange data into a calendar format. Report Builder allows you to design the query to pull the data in a way that only the data that is to be displayed is returned from the database. For example, when displaying the month of March 2009 in a calendar format, the actual dates to be displayed should be March 1, 2009 to April 4, 2009.

The calendar layout allows a user to start at a given date, and then scroll through months in either direction to view applicable data.

In this tutorial, a database table is queried in order to create a company events calendar.

View Calendar Tutorial

Tutorial – Working With Novell Audit in Report Builder

Stoneware — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:49:54 +0000

Report Builder has enhanced support for Novell Audit. This helps when designing reports against the Novell Audit data, and hides many of the difficulties of formatting the data into a format that can be displayed to a user.