Just received your Ultimate upgrade offer and it mentions Report Writer. I have been unable to find any information about this. Is this a Silverlight Data Visualization only product? Any usage capability with winforms?
Nick
Okay I found a little more information by clicking on the Learn More button in the email and looking in the Roadmap - Other Products area. A very broad outline of the report writer. No specific answer as to particulars of usability with winforms,web,silverlight etc.
Glad I am the one making the decision to upgrade or not. Might be kinda hard to go to the boss and say hey trust me sometime next year this feature will be available and it might be something we can use.
Nick- I too found the same information as you and am in the same situation to upgrade or not. The only 'hint' I found was this sentence in the more information page:
In 2011, we're planning to release a fast reporting engine with a rich API for .NET developers.
That tells me that this is probably for winApps and not the web (.NET developers vs ASP.NET developers). I hope someone from Infragisitcs will reply for an official clarification.
Yes I think with all the report writers out there a little more information isn't going to tip off anyone to a competitive advantage. Since it seems to be considered a new product then perhaps it will be usable by winforms, web, wpf and silverlight is some manner. Would be nice to know things like can the designer be supplied to the users so they can create or modify their own reports? How about pivot type reports?
I also would like to know the answer to this.
We are doing heavy report generation where I am, and I would be interested in learning more.
Why would I upgrade to a product that has no information? I will not ask for $200 more for vaporware with no details. Even if it is Infragistics.