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jjay
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June 6, 2008
Question

Cold Fusion Report Builder - A Dud ???

  • June 6, 2008
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I have spent the last 2 weeks working on a (one) report. In general I have been happy with what I have been able to produce, but have been naively thinking that the issues I have been working through have just been part of the learning curve associated with becoming familiar with any new tool.

After 2 painful weeks, all I can assume is that Cold Fusion Report Builder is a load of rubbish. This thing is just so damn buggy it should never have been released. It should still be in Adobe Labs !!!

I am interested in hearing the thoughts of others who use this tool. Should I quit while I still have my sanity (and business) or is it worth persisting with?

Look forward to hearing peoples thoughts.
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jjayAuthor
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June 6, 2008
I have come to the conclusion that Report Builder is a fantastic tool for creating invoice templates or basic single page / single query reports, but a "REPORT Builder" IT IS NOT!!! For large, complex reports it is just a big waste of time. Much easer to just script with CFML and convert to PDF.

CF Dev / Marketing team.. if you are reading this (I hope you are, cause it looks like no-one else does), plaase do your loyal and trusting users a favour and rename "Report Builder" to "invoice builder" so as not to mislead other developers into thinking this thing can do stuff (such as build report templates) that it can't. Alternatively, could you at least attempt to assist with some of the queries/issues I have posted here.

Thanks
Rodrigo Alarcon
Rodrigo Alarcon
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June 25, 2008
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Originally posted by: jjay@aus
I have come to the conclusion that Report Builder is a fantastic tool for creating invoice templates or basic single page / single query reports, but a "REPORT Builder" IT IS NOT!!! For large, complex reports it is just a big waste of time. Much easer to just script with CFML and convert to PDF.

CF Dev / Marketing team.. if you are reading this (I hope you are, cause it looks like no-one else does), plaase do your loyal and trusting users a favour and rename "Report Builder" to "invoice builder" so as not to mislead other developers into thinking this thing can do stuff (such as build report templates) that it can't. Alternatively, could you at least attempt to assist with some of the queries/issues I have posted here.

Thanks


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