Get Reports with Lesser Learning and Coding Time Costs

Creating clear reports in a timely and efficient manner is achallenge in .NET development. The challenge isfurther complicated because report engines are difficult to use and demand too muchtime to learn them.StimulReport.Net 2006.4 addresses this challenge by offering a friendly interfacefor easy report creation and acomplete set of charts, graphs and diagrams that allow presenting data to end usersin a clear, visually appealingway. StimulReport.Net is also unique in its capability for data processing (sorting,filtering, and grouping) andfull support of all opportunities to create reports from the code. With this smartreport generator, scriptwriting no longer requires the need to learn a new script language.

StimulReport.Net is a customizable .NET based report generator for rapid creation ofreports. With this reportengine in place, you can generate static or dynamic reports both at design time orruntime through a friendlyinterface of the report designer. Reports are built from data extracted from varioussources. Another advantage ofStimulReport.Net is an opportunity to format each report to make it best suited topresent information in a clear,easy-to-grasp manner. Formatting capabilities include landscape or portrait layouts,multi-columns, conditionalformatting, and calculated fields. Ready reports can be used in Windows Forms andASP.NET. A built report can beexported to multiple file formats, such as PDF, XML, RTF, HTML, CSV, etc. No royaltyfees are required for the useof StimulReport.Net at runtime.

What's new in 2006.4?Version 2006.4 delivers over 80 new features and enhancements to maximizeproductivity and flexibility of reportcreation. Below are just a few key features of the current release:

- Enhanced export capability through the support of newly added export formats, suchas DBF (dBase/FoxPro), MHT(WebArchive). As distinct from the pervious release, 2006.4 supports images whenexporting to Excel. Export to XMLhas also been redesigned completely to make this type of exporting flawless. Otherimprovements include theability to create encrypted and password protected PDF files and an opportunity toexport RTF text to PDF as text,which results in a smaller size of output files.

- Enhanced reporting capabilities through new types of charts - SteppedLine,SteppedLineArea and other additions,such as an ability to sort values and arguments with property (SortDirection andSortBy properties), an ability tofilter values and arguments, an ability to create a series automatically. There hasalso been added new Width forcolumns and bars property, new UseSeriesColor property, the Range property for eachaxis, the Step property foreach axis and many other features.

- Increased user satisfaction thanks to the new features in Report Designer. Therehas been added a new labelwizard that will help users create reports with labels. For better usability andease of use, some elements of theuser interface have been redesigned. This includes UI of filters of databands, UI ofsorting of databands, UIsystem text editor, UI of sorting and an updated standard report wizard. Among othersignificant novelties, thereis IntelliSense to text editor and Subscript and superscript to RTF editor.

Explore Stimulsoft's site at www.stimulsoft.com/ to learn about other new andimproved features inStimulReport.Net 2006.4. Some areas of interest may include Flash tutorials, reportgallery, presentations and thearticle '20 Problems Which StumulReport.Net Solves'.

Pricing and AvailabilityStimulReport.Net 2006.4 is compatible with Windows 98, 2000, XP and requires .NETFramework 1.0 or greater,Visual Studio 2002 or greater. Single License for 1 developer costs $499.95 (US).For other types of licenses,please refer to www.stimulsoft.com/Purchase.as px. Licensed users are entitled to afully functional copy ofStimulReport.Net, complete source code, and a yearly subscription program, whichincludes all upgrades andpriority technical support free of charge for 12 months from the date of purchase.Further information on theproduct, as well as its free evaluation copy is available from www.stimulsoft.com/.

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