Valentina Studio How to create Reports - step by step?

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Agreed. Not the case. SMBs with messy users where I provide everything ready baked in the app.

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Hello Lynn

I have Valentina Studio Single, I just bought about a week ago. I want to create reports that can be run within the app, I guess using the ADK for Xojo.

I design on Windows 11, and distribute on Linux (ARM).

  1. Will the Valentina Studio Single be able to create the reports that I want to run within the app?
  2. Which ADK do I need?
  3. Is there anything else that I will need?

Thank you,
Tim

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If you are working on a mac, you can use Studio PRO macOS to make your reports. When you compile your app for Windows, you need the ADK for Windows which compiles into it.

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I am not the best one to talk about strategies for limiting exposure to users specifically for reports. You should ask over on our forum about the best way to do it.

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Hi Tim -

Single is a lower priced solution that doesn’t really touch anything that lives inside of a Valentina Project. That includes Reports and Forms. We have some customers that don’t need much more than a competent tool and support for a single database type (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc, you pick it at the time you order), which is why it is USSRP $79 as compared with PRO at $199. You can upgrade to PRO though at the RENEW price for PRO.

If you are only distributing reports with your Xojo apps compiling for Linux (our Linux license covers both ARM & Intel), then you need Valentina Reports ADK for Xojo (Linux).

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Thanks Lynn, your description made things a bit clearer!

Is there a way to test out the report design capabilities without having to buy it?

Thank you again,
Tim

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We have a page that shows what PRO features are testable (and how) right here on our wiki. Reports are for the most part, ‘save disabled’ in the free version. You can create a project, create reports, etc, but nothing is saved.

By the way, we just added ODT export to reports export options from within Valentina Studio PRO. It isn’t added yet to the ADKs but it is coming.

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Thanks Lynn,

I want to use this for web apps - both on a cloud and local. What format are the reports presented in? Is there a PDF output? Is there sample code to do this?

What does the report server actually do?

BTW, the single version crashed twice while using it today. Both times the crash report was sent.

Thanks,
Tim

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They can export as HTML, ODT, graphics, PDF. The PDF output can be configured to incorporate XML into the result, too.

I think there is some sample code for this on our wiki.

There’s a lot too it - too much to really summarize, but here are a few ‘basics’. Reports Server is a part of Valentina Server. You can also serve Forms from it. It also has two built in database servers: ValentinaDB & SQLite. This is just scratching the surface


There is a ‘client only’ portion to ADKs as well which works with Valentina Server and are licensed for use with Server. Purchasing an ADK is necessary for ‘local’ generation. So you can write server solutions with any of our ADK clients, Python, C++ / Swift, JS, etc. There’s also a client only ADK for iOS (works with iOS development with Xojo, too).

Thanks!