Changes and additions in version 1.6 (from August 04, 1999):
1. is realized the possibilty to include any external print component, developed by other programmers (see an example in DEMOS\CUSTCNTR - the checkbox printing on report bands)
2. the new TSMRBarCode type is added for bar-code printing on the report bands. Now supports a the following types: Postnet, Code39, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPCA.
3. the new TSMRichText type is added for richedit control printing.
4. the SMRExplorer window is realized, with which help it's possible to move the any control with Drag'n'Drop technology from one band to other, or to change an control order.
5. enhanced SMRExplorer mode for operation with report structure, data sources list and variables list
6. in the SMRExplorer it's possible to drag a selected item (field in data source or variable) on a report band in wished place for the new control creation on a band
7. the report designing wizard is added (on the New button press in the Designer form)
8. the new TSMPrintStringGrid component is added in SMReport Autogenerated suite. With this component you can receive an autoreport with TStringGrid paper copy
9. the new TSMPrintDecisionGrid component is added in SMReport Autogenerated suite. With this component you can receive an autoreport with TDecisionGrid paper copy. For this component using you must install an SMRExt package with extanded components.
10. in the TSMPrintData component (autoreport from Dataset/DBGrid) now you can add the data grouping and display the on-fly calculated variables
11. two-pass mode of report generation. This feature is necessary for printing on each page of total page count and total bar/sheet count
12. in a report design-mode when you add a control on report band, the context-sensitive cursor will be displayed (now only in user run-time, not in IDE design-mode). At for a long time I dream to see such feature in Delphi Designer form. It was necessary to make most
13. for component, which is a TSMRShape successors (TSMRLine, TSMRRectangle and TSMREllipse), is added the new Stretch property. Now you can specify to these controls necessity automatically to be expanded up to band height (if band is stretched too)
14. the new system variables for TSMRSysData: sdColumnNo - column number and sdColumnCount - total column count on page
15. with the purpose of component size decrease is allocated in separated TSMRPreview component a visual part for report preview mode. It also allows to use a custom preview form. See examples of custom preview using (like QuickReport preview form) in the directory DEMOS: MDI, SAMPLE and DECISION
15. is added the new demo application (DEMOS\MDI directory). Old demo is included too (in DEMOS\SAMPLE directory)

Mike Shkolnik
mshkolnik@rs-ukraine.kiev.ua
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Grid/3989