[Rlib-users] SNEAK PREVIEW OF RLIB 1.3.0

[Bob D. <bd...@si...>]

Hey Guys,

I have the next generation RLIB available for testing!  

AGAIN.. THIS MIGHT NOT BE STABLE AND SHOULD NOT BE USED IN PRODUCTION!

Get it here: http://www.sicompos.com/~bdoan/rlib-1.3.0.tar.gz


Changes Include:
  * Bold, Italics
  * Fixed parts and flow parts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
--> http://www.sicompos.com/~bdoan/fixed.pdf
--> http://www.sicompos.com/~bdoan/flow.pdf

  * The array datasource works better
  * XML report definitions from buffers for dynamic reports
  * "Pages Across" works better now.

Examples are in rlib/src/examples/php

The parts thing is a big change for the rlib engine.. now you can have
reports that contain reports.

Changes to go for the official 1.4 release:
  Make utf8 work again (right now it doesn't so compile with
--disable-utf8)

  Allow for multi line text fields

  Allow for the detail section to repeat itself across a page

  Complete Documentation


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RLIB's DOCUMENTATION NEEDS LOVE AND IT NEEDS YOU!!!!!!

I'm looking for a few people to volunteer to help w/ the RLIB
documentation.  We need to almost start from scratch.

Keep in MIND RLIB 1.4 is going to work in c, php, python, perl, and java
out of the box.

Also keep in mind the new concept of "parts"

******* Can a few of you out there think about this a little and propose
a chapter list to get us started.  Lets see how involved the manual will
be. 

Enjoy

and again.. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help document!!!!

- bob