Tom Chamberlain

We have used Report Builder by Digital Metaphors for 10+ years, we also have the TRichView component for great RTF support in and out of the reporting engine. The one time I had a problem they sent me a hot-patch to fix the issue within 24 hours and version to version I cannot think of an upgrade issue we have had, and we started using it in Delphi 7...maybe it has been a little more than 10 years 😮 We have not installed the included reporting software that comes with Delphi since then.

If you use VirtualBox do not do defrags from inside the VM, use a tool like CloneVDI. We use this once a month to compact and optimize the VDI files before making backups of the VMs.

We have used Delphi in Virtualbox for 10+ years using a separate SSD for the VM makes the biggest improvement and using the extensions help, no AV software in the VM. We keep the source on the host drive with a share to the VM, this lets us upgrade the VM/Delphi faster, source control also lives on the host with the source directories excluded from AV monitoring. We run multiple VM's at the same time, 2012 Server with SQL and our services for a complete isolated (virtual networks) production like environment. No need to ever access the internet from the VM's except for Windows updates. We use i7 laptops with 32GB and multiple SSD/M.2's on docking stations with multiple monitors so the Delphi VM has it's own full screen, the 2012 server is minimized 90% of the day.

Ordered epub and it is printing now...

It is all explained here

I have the same no-show on the reset password email...I did it twice thinking maybe I fat-fingered my email address the first time.