MetaReport

In the 21st century, computers have revolutionized the way we entertain ourselves and conduct various processes of business. Modern systems have been developed for keeping organizational database that assists the organizations by providing a powerful platform for storage and access of database by concerned users. Today, a simple mid to large sized organization, whose database requirements are extensive, uses a number of different programs for maintaining database and are equipped with a number of features for enhanced administrative capabilities, security and accessibility to the user. When there are multiple database programs for different purposes in an organization, the main problem arises when the database admin has to compile a consolidated report using various pieces of information from multiple sources. MetaReport v.2.9 helps you in generating such reports with ease.

MetaReport is a program for quick generation of reports in multiple output formats from a number of database sources like dBase, Access, Ms SQL, Paradox, Interbase, Oracle and many others. The powerful program uses Borland Database Engine and ActiveX data objects for generation of reports without requiring prior installation of Borland Database Engine for its functioning. The user can easily specify a number of data parameters without making any modifications in the original reports. It has an exclusive feature of working from any third party application where it works as an in-built AcitiveX object. The created reports can be exported in a number of output formats like CSV, XLS, PDF, HTML, TXT, RTF, WMF etc. This implies that the report can be easily exported to a remote user where it can be accessed as a web document, text document, presentation, and spreadsheet data and in many other ways. The program has a visual report generator and the reports can be easily saved and locked for preventing it from unintended alterations.

Overall, MetaReport v.2.9 gets a score of four rating points on the scale of five for its exclusive set of features for fast report generation.

MetaReport is a report building tool that can use multiple data sources of various formats (Access, dBase, Paradox, MS SQL, Oracle, InterBase and others) to create reports. Since most companies use different databases (Access for office, SQL for web and Oracle for inventory tracking, for example), the usefulness of this software is apparent to any person who worked in the database management field.
MetaReport offers several advantages. First, the program uses ADO (ActiveX Data Objects) and BDE (Borland Database Engine) to build reports, but does not requires having BDE installed. Second, the program can be used inside third-party applications as a built-in ActiveX object - the only program in its class that offers this feature. Third, various data parameters can be specified without having to alter the report itself.
Program owner can choose from several popular report formats - from simple TXT or CSV to WMF, XLS, HTML, RTF, PDF. It means that reports built with MetaReport can be processed later in Excel or other applications, placed on the web, e-mailed or made a part of presentation.
The report building process itself is a very simple one and is based on using a visual report builder module. The report templates can be not only saved, but also locked to prevent anyone from altering them.
All in all, MetaReport is a budget solution that is a fortunate combination of straightforwardness, added value and functionality.