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Quick Look

AXWReports by Axolot offers a sort of alternative to report development to most desktop developers. It relies on MS Word documents as the template engine and spares the developer from having to learn a new editor. Formatted text, tables, and graphics are just dragged and dropped into place much like they would be in a Word doc, and the report generator produces the final report from the template.

What this tool does

In principle, Axolot AXWReports connects database content to Word pages. You specify the order and formats in a normal docx file, while the applications will insert real data. It supports repeating content areas, section header and footer and bands to control content flow. The developers use regular Word, rather than a new system.

How it operates

It opens a DOCX file and links the template fields to your data structures. You specify the bands to loop over the data records, nest child bands for master detail display, and designate table rows to be repeated when outputting in table form. All content output is generated by a DOCXReadWrite pipeline, making it very easy to do any post processing or merge back to other Word docs. It’s available for VCL and FireMonkey, so you can embed report creation in either native Win apps or cross platform projects.

Core Features

• Utilizes Microsoft Word (DOCX) as the format for its report template to aid in rapid lays out and styles.
• Band oriented model: DataSet, SubReports, SubPages, headers and footers and series of bands set in conditionally visible group bands.
• Different table filling modes that keep on working and keep on extending rows or just fill in table with a fixed size.
• Support bands run only if a rule applies so can support and condition.
• Formula fields with lots of Excel-type formulas and aggregates such as Sum and Count.
• Support for barcode like QR codes which are also useful for packing labels and inventory tags.

DOCXReadWrite integration for the developed and post processing generated reports.

Why people pick it

Developers prefer Axolot AXWReports when they want to concentrate on the layout rather than on the technique. If your development team already uses Word to layout documents, this can speed up things. As the template is a simple DOCX file, even non developers can get the text and style right without messing with the code. It puts the visual touches into the hands of designers with the data plumbing in the domain of developers.

Typical Scenarios

• Creating invoices/packing slips which require a styled, printable DOCX.
• Generating master-detail reports from relational data such as order or an item list.
• Designing table of contents pages utilizing a separate subpage bands for extended reports.
• Completing fixed format forms with table rows ending at a predefined size.
• Document based (sticker or insert) with machine readable barcodes for logistics or scanning workflows.
• Including embedded and all aggregated values and Excel-like calculations in generated documents.

Closing notes

Lifelike it up, if you want a report system that will be natural for just about any old Word user this one feels right. And provides detailed control of looks, free reign for writers to get in and mess with templates, a set of band types most report-writing situations ever call for. And it keeps things easy to learn for simple layout, retaining a bunch of programmer-friendly control over when printing occurs. Plus the producer also sells docs and samples.