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V11 Reports. How stable are they?

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    V11 Reports. How stable are they?

    Hi all,
    I have been reading about a few issues with V11 Reports either disappearing or being difficult to create.
    V11 as I recall had a few enhancements made to the reporting side.

    The options I have for a new application are to complete it using V10.5, or V11.
    Either will do as the app is not particularly complex, but as it involves a respected client and our Revenue and Customs department, the data must be available without any hitches whatsoever.
    Disappearing reports would be an absolute no-no!

    Any thoughts on the stability of V11 as opposed to V10.5?
    I have the latest V11 version which does not have the disclaimer that it is "not for production use".

    As always, advice most welcome.
    See our Hybrid Option here;
    https://hybridapps.example-software.com/


    Apologies to anyone I haven't managed to upset yet.
    You are held in a queue and I will get to you soon.

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    Re: V11 Reports. How stable are they?

    Ted,

    I've asked those who have been posting the "disappearing reports" threads to clarify what's actually happening. Sadly, they haven't done so.

    Here's my "tentative" understanding of what's happening.

    in vers 11 Alpha seems to have substantially reworked the QuickReport genie and its now possible to "save" a snapshot of a particular quickreport design, without creating a freeform or layout report. Problems seem to be happening when folks do this, and then later open the saved QuickReport design and make modifications.

    So far it does not seem that saved "free form" or "Layout" type report designs are being lost. only the "quickreport" designs. This is what I've been asking them to confirm, but haven't gotten a response yet.

    As to your specific question, I think v11 is stable, but my experience with it has been pretty much limited to desktop applications.

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      Re: V11 Reports. How stable are they?

      Hey Tom, good to hear from you!
      It might well be the problem when you are absolutely, positively sure that you saved something - but forgot to read the instructions.
      Like when you send a picture copy of a layout to someone and they wonder why the buttons don't work!

      This is all DT Tom, we are working on some Web stuff but this is for a DT app to replace an Access installation.
      See our Hybrid Option here;
      https://hybridapps.example-software.com/


      Apologies to anyone I haven't managed to upset yet.
      You are held in a queue and I will get to you soon.

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