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Not long ago we added support of Lazarus IDE for FastReport 4 VCL (starts from Pro version, because Lazarus updates recently and require source codes for recompilation). As it's still in the beta stage there is no any detailed instruction about its installation , yet. This basic article wiill explain how to install Fast Report 4 under lazarus and issues you may have. First of all you need a FastReport 4 VCL (Pro version or above. Or you can try our trial version compiled under Lazarus 1.0.8) installation (you can use source only installation) and Lazarus IDE (with FPC) installed. After we have FastReport 4 VCL installed we can compile its packages using Lazarus. Lets start from Win32 compilation: Run Lazarus IDE (under win32 FastReport works with standard widgets set you don't need to do any additional recompilation). In Lazarus IDE follow "Packages" -> "Open package (*.lpk)" Read more...

Today we review the simplest way to use the library FastReport.Service.dll as WCF service. This example does not require programming and is intended for testing of library and configuration file. To complete the task, we use the programWcfSvcHost.exe, that comes with Visual Studio Read more...

Today we will talk about the new library FastReport.Service.dll which appeared in FastReport.Net 2013.3. This library is a WCF Service Library and is intended for use in custom services.   Now library contains the following features: read more...

FastReport.NET presents new opportunity for building safe and secure application on FastReport.Service (WCF Service Library). This library can be used for stand-alone application Windows Service and Web-Service in your product. Also added new demos: WCFWindowsService, WCFWebService, WCFClient, WCFWebClient.  + added new object SparklineObject (compact chart based on MSChartObject)+ added save to FTP from preview+ added Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Service Library FastReport.Service.dll+ added demo of Windows Service \Demos\C#\WCFWindowsService with WCF Service Library+ added demo of WCF web-service \Demos\C#\WCFWebService + added demo of WCF Windows client \Demos\C#\WCFClient + added demo of WCF web-client \Demos\C#\WCFWebClient+ added new methods WebReportGlobals.ScriptsWOjQuery() and WebReportGlobals.StylesWOjQuery() for disable jQuery in WebReport (MVC Razor)+ added property WebReport.ExternalJquery (default: false) for enable or disable jQuery in WebReport (ASPX)+ added WeekOfYear function+ added Slovenian localization* report.RegisterData(ds) replace existing datasources- fixed bug with the re-export to PDF from code- fixed bug in PDF export with print from Acrobat Reader with hyperlinks in document- fixed bug in Excel 2007 export with styles for multi-page report template- fixed bug in Excel 2007 export with empty page name- fixed bug in PDF export with double frame borders

+ Delphi XE4 support* Improve chart editor- Fixed errors with Variant to Double conversion- Fixed errors in resources- Fixed errors with style frame initialization* Change save toolbar item+ Implement chart Load/Save together with schema+ Implement filter Load/Save together with schema- Fixed error with AdditionalTotals

Visual Studio Express Edition by Microsoft is a popular software development enveronment. It is popular also because it is free. By the way this tool as all that is free has some lacks. In particular complexities with using some add-onces, third party components. For example many popular component-packs for .NET have reporting tools in set. Often they use developers environment of Visual Studio (fully or partially) as the visual report development environment. But such way is impossible in Express Edition. FastReport .NET uses another approach. There are own fully independent report designer which can be called from application (from Winforms Edition and higher). That is Visual Studioàs envirinment does not need for visual design of reports. read more...

Modern mobile technologies provide worldwide access to any information. FastReport .Net brings reports in your favorite tablet or phone, and helps you communicate with dialogs. more...