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OCR: Feature Description ReportSmith ReportSmith 2.5 has a Data Dictionary Data Dictionary Utility that allows a developer to pre-define table and column aliases, field visibility rights, etc. There is no 32-bit version of this utility. However, the editions of ReportSmith that are included in the Delphi 2 Update release do allow you to use Data Dictionaries created in the 16-bit tool when you develop 32-bit reports in ReportSmith 3.0. Delphi 2 includes a Delphi 1 installation directory on the CD. You will have to install the ReportSmith Data Dictionary tool from the Delphi 1 directory to enable this feature in ReportSmith 3.0. Menu Structures The text of some menu items has changed from ReportSmith 2.5 to 3.0 to reflect the Win32 standards. For example, 2.5 uses "Character" where 3.0 uses "Font" in the SpeedMenus. (ReportSmith 3.0 currently is the only Windows 95 logo-compliant reporting tool.) These differences may affect program code that relies on specific text in a menu selec- tion when you have to support both 16-bit and 32-bit applications, Picture Support Both versions of ReportSmith support the use of BMP, . PCX, and .DIB graphic formats. Due to a change in the copyright license for cer- toin graphic formats, the 32-bit version no longer supports the .GIF and . TIF formats. If you need to support both 16-bit and 32-bit reporting, you will need to avoid using .GIF or .TIF graphics. Figure 2: 16-bit features supported differently in ReportSmith 3.0.