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An intuitive interface saves the user time: if a clear icon—such as a country flag, a payment system logo, or a colored status indicator—is displayed next to the text of an option, selecting the desired item takes just seconds, rather than having to decipher dry text. It is precisely for such scenarios that a new control—the TfrImageComboBox—has been added to the FastEditors VCL component set, which is part of FastReport VCL Ultimate.

The progress indicator — one of the most illustrative interface elements — instantly shows how much work has already been done and how much remains until the process is complete. In this article, we will look at how to add such an indicator both to the interface of a Delphi application and to reports, using the new TfrProgressBar and TfrxProgressBar components.

In the previous article we made an overview of the main capabilities of FastGrid — the grid component for Delphi included in FastReport VCL. Now let us go one level down and examine the internal structure of the component: we will study the properties of the grid and of the visual elements it consists of, consider the View object, the columns, their properties and events, and at the end briefly touch on configuring data work. This material will be useful for developers on Delphi and C++ Builder who use FastGrid as part of FastReport VCL or are only planning to master it.

Every developer of accounting systems faces the challenge of analyzing large data sets. Transforming “data chaos” into structured reports is critical for making management decisions. For example, OLAP cubes (FastCube) allow you to solve these problems quickly, clearly, and without writing complex SQL queries. Unlike two-dimensional tables, multidimensional pivot tables allow you to view data from different angles (slices) in real time. In this article, we’ll walk through the process of creating an analytical application in Delphi using the TfrGrid component (for source data) and the TfcxSliceGrid component (for building pivot tables).

.NET 11 is moving toward its final release: the platform has already reached the Release Candidate stage, and the general availability version will ship in November 2026. The update is spread across the entire ecosystem. The platform ships with C# 15 — featuring union types, closed hierarchies, and a reworked memory safety model. Windows Forms gets kiosk mode and fine-grained painting control, EF Core 11 extends LINQ and full-text search support, ASP.NET Core brings a set of Blazor improvements, and the runtime speeds up asynchrony, interface dispatch, and JIT optimizations.

When working with large tabular reports, it is often necessary for row or column headers to remain visible while scrolling. This is especially convenient if the report contains a lot of data: the user can see column names, row numbers, or other important elements even when navigating to the bottom or right part of the table. In FastReport .NET, you can configure cell freezing when exporting a report to OpenOffice Calc (ODS) and Excel formats. In this article, we will look at how to freeze the first row, the first column, or define a custom freeze area for each page of the report.

FastReport .NET, version 2027.1, now supports working with the Greenplum Database DBMS. In this article, we will take a detailed look at how to configure a connection to Greenplum from the report designer using a special plugin and how to register the connector in your own .NET application. The plugin is built on the Npgsql.dll library: Greenplum is architecturally compatible with PostgreSQL, so the connection works via the standard PostgreSQL protocol.

Accessibility for people with disabilities is not merely a trend but a legal mandate in numerous countries. Support for PDF/UA-1 has been implemented in the FastReport .NET report generator starting with version 2027.1, enabling developers to create accessible documents without relying on third-party tools.