User manual LJZSOFT PPTREPORT BROCHURE

[. . . ] n Saves money You do not need to buy extra costly reporting tools. No training is necessary because everyone uses Microsoft Office. n Saves time -1- Reduce development time and training time. n Improves productivity More productive when reports are in familiar formats like Microsoft PowerPoint. [. . . ] n Accessing to databases using SQL PTReportGen executes SQL statements to extract data from database. Supports all type SQL: DML, DDL and DCL. Multiple SQL statements can be executed in one report building process. You can perform queries on databases, insert data into databases, and create database objects like tables. The power of SQL can be harnessed for maximum efficiency in reporting. n Creating reports without programming experience You know how to use Microsoft PowerPoint and how to write SQL, it is enough. It does not require programming to create reports. n Connection to all databases using ODBC PTReportGen connects to databases using ODBC. Access to all databases which support ODBC such as Oracle, DB2, Sybase, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Teradata, MySQL, Microsoft Access, dBase. n Supporting multi-databases in one report -3- PTReportGen supports multi-databases in one report. You can get data from some different databases such as Oracle, DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server, and put these data into one report. n Generating reports with parameters PTReportGen gives you an opportunity to create reports with parameters. You may use parameters in SQL statements. You will be asked to input the values of parameters while generating reports. n Supporting Windows mode and command line mode PTReportGen supports command line mode. So it is possible to call PTReportGen from other program. For developers, you can integrate PTReportGen into your application. n Creating complex reports You can create complex reports. The complexity might come from report formatting as well as report content. n Creating reports with charts PTReportGen enables you to include sophisticated, colorful charts in your reports. [. . . ] Developing a report with PPTReport requires only three steps: Step 1. Create a report template file using Microsoft PowerPoint, define the layouts, styles, formats of reports. For example, to create a Customer List report, you make a report template as follows. Step 2. Create a PTR file with a . ptr extension using PPTReport. [. . . ]