"FastReport – report generator with visual designer, dialog forms and scripting languages."

FastReport is an add-in component for giving your application the ability to generate reports quickly and efficiently. FastReport provides all the tools you need to develop reports. All variants of FastReport contains: Visual report designer with rulers, guides and zooming, wizard for base type reports, export filters to html, tiff, bmp, jpg, xls, pdf, Dot matrix reports support, support most popular DB-engines. Full WYSIWYG, text rotation 0..360 degrees, memo object supports simple html-tags (font color, b, i, u, sub, sup), improved stretching (StretchMode, ShiftMode properties), Access to DB fields, styles, text flow, URLs, Anchors.

FastReport features:

Core: Rewritten class architecture; Storing reports in XML format; Precise object`s coordinates and sizes; Full WYSIWYG (now for text objects too); New object – diagonal line; New fill types, shadow; Text rotation 0..360 degrees; Paragraph gap; Memo object supports simple html-tags (font color, b, i, u, sub, sup); Object`s properties ParentFont, Printable; Improved stretching (StretchMode, ShiftMode properties); Group and Data-band properties – KeepTogether, KeepFooter; Band property KeepChild; Access to DB fields via TfrxDBDataSet. TfrxIBODataSet for IB_Objects; Styles; Text flow; URLs, Anchors; Dot matrix reports.

Script: One script in the report (like an unit in the Delphi); Dramatically increased performance; New events for FR objects; Standard Pascal features: variables, constants, procedures, functions (nested allowed) with var/const/default parameters, all standard operators and statements (includind case, try/finally/except, with), types (int, float, bool, char, string, multi-dimensional array, enum, variant), classes (with methods, events, properties, index and default properties); Strict type checking; Multi-language architecture allows you to use many languages (Pascal, C++, Basic, Java); Access to any object inside your application (in case you`ve allowed this). Standard libraries to access to base classes, controls and forms. Easily expandable library architecture; Debugger.

Designer: New architecture; Improved interface, ability to dock tool windows; Improved Object Inspector; Zooming; In-place editing; Rulers, guides; Better line drawing; Better bands handling; Better DB-field selection; Grid: mm, inches, pixels; Better Left/Right margin handling; Wizard for base type reports; Copy objects to Windows clipboard; Full Undo/Redo.

Export filters: Improved WYSIWYG TXT, RTF, CSV, HTML, PDF, XLS, XML, JPG, BMP, TIFF exports is available.

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