The new report editor allows developers to visually create a layout for printing by dragging and dropping labels, fields, images and more. Reports can be created to print a single page or multiple pages. The layout is divided into sections (header, body, footer as well as grouping sections for reports that have sorted data).

“Reporting has been the most requested feature from our users and we are pleased to deliver,” commented Geoff Perlman, REAL Software Founder and CEO. “The report editor will allow users to print from any source including text files, arrays, databases, etc. and, since the interface is open, any database supported by REALbasic can be used.”

The new build automation feature of the Project Editor is only available in the REAL Studio Edition. With Build Automation, developers can visually drag and drop build steps to execute common actions (like copying files and running IDE scripts) before and/or after their application is built. All of this can be done from within their project.

You can download a free Trial version of REALbasic 2009 Release 4 from REAL Software website.