CrossCompass ®
Ad Hoc Reporting Tools & Embedded Query Components

Embedded Query


Embedded Reporting Component

CrossCompass provides an embedded query server that enables software developers to add a query engine & report designer into their applications quickly and easily.

The CrossCompass embedded query component will allow programmers to extract data from various disparate data sources within their own applications, giving the developers more time on the application's core requirement with the query element being CrossCompass.

Typically this embedded query engine is invoked when the user clicks on a button within the developed application. Prior to this button action or invoking the embedded screens, the system will have already communicated with CrossCompass to validate the licence and the status of the environment.

The developer can also pass the name of their application to the embedded component so any messages or prompts will be in the guise of the developed application.

The developer can also invoke an error interface of the engine to decide how to communicate any warning messages to their end-users.

Architecture

Typical Configuration

CrossCompass will allow programmers to interface with its query engine via COM. By simply instantiating a Dynamic Link Library (DLL):

To deploy this engine and supporting files, simply use our MSI installer to distribute the DLL file with your application and instantiate the library as discussed in the demonstration executable (part of the download file)

Prerequisties:

A full installation of CrossCompass is mandatory on at least one PC to use as the administration suite to set-up the data catalogue.

End-users are registered as users of CrossCompass with associated privileges.

End-user PCs have Excel 97 upwards installed to allow Excel file creation as one of the query output file formats.

Windows 98 upwards.

Internet Explorer 5 upwards.

For more information on the capabilities of CrossCompass please download the overview documentation:

CrossCompass Embedded (PDF)

or order a CD