Field Explorer

The Field Explorer has been enhanced. It now includes an Unbound Fields node.

Unbound Fields

The RDC now enables you to create report templates based on unbound field objects. Then, using minimal code, you can bind those field objects to a data source (or one of several data sources) at runtime. The Report Engine uses the data type and the Name property of the unbound field object to match it with a data field in the recordset.

This functionality makes it easy to build reporting into n-tier applications where you have on-demand recordsets and non-continuous data connections. It also makes it easy to build a single report that can work with a variety of recordsets, making development and maintenance more efficient.

Unbound fields allow for great flexibility, since you can easily change the data source for an unbound field at runtime.



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