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New client-server architecture and internationalization
options simplify complex deployments.
Santa Clara, CA -- May 11, 2004 -- Quadbase Systems,
a leading supplier of Java™-based information delivery and presentation
solutions, today announced the availability of EspressReport® 4.0. The
new version adds 50 new features and enhancements to Quadbase’s powerful
reporting tool.
EspressReport is a sophisticated reporting solution
from Quadbase Systems. Written in pure Java it allows users to develop
and deploy professional-looking reports across virtually any platform.
With the robust API, users can easily integrate reporting into servlets,
JSPs, and applications to deliver Web and print ready content on the fly.
The template-based reporting system extends report design capabilities to
end users with the powerful, easy to use Report Designer UI. With its
flexible design and extensive features, EspressReport can handle virtually
any reporting requirement from the simple output of application data to
detailed presentations of corporate information. EspressReport can generate
reports in HTML/DHTML, text, CSV, XML, Rich Text, PDF, and Excel formats.
New client-server architecture
In version 4.0, the EspressManager component can be deployed as a
servlet. This allows users running the Report Designer and Scheduler
interfaces to deploy them in a client-server configuration without running
a separate application process on the server-side. In this configuration
all client-server communication is handled through http with the app
server/servlet container, allowing users to avoid any port conflict or
firewall issues.
Enhanced drill-down and sub-report capabilities
Version 4.0 adds several new parameter options for sub-reports. Parameterized
sub-reports can take values from a column in the main report (linked), or take
values from a parameter in the main report or another sub-report (shared), or
have independent parameters with user-supplied values. In addition to clicking
on column values to trigger report drill-down, users can now drill-down directly
on charts in a report.
New internationalization support
New internationalization features allow users to export reports in many
different languages from a single installation. Users can set the text
encoding to be used for a particular export, as well as the HTML encoding
for HTML/DHTML exports.
Enhanced CSS support
Several new CSS support features have been added to EspressReport. Users
can import their own CSS definitions to mark-up the DHTML report export,
and also to format the HTML parameter forms. In addition CSS definitions
for the elements in a report can be exported separately for use in other
reports and Web/application pages.
ABOUT QUADBASE SYSTEMS, INC.
Quadbase Systems Inc. provides the tools, technologies
and services that enable clients to establish E-commerce Web sites,
Enterprise Information Portals, and to enhance Internet/Intranet
applications. Since 1997, many Global 1000 companies, including:
IBM, Fidelity Investments, Lehman Brothers, PNC Bank, Deutsche Bank,
Daimler Chrysler, Sun Microsystems, Vanguard Group, and GE, have selected
Quadbase solutions for their data delivery and visualization needs.
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