WebP is a file format developed by Google in 2010. Its feature is an advanced compression algorithm that allows you to reduce the image size without visible quality loss. Starting from version 2023.2.14, FastReport .NET has a plugin that allows opening images in the WebP format. It extends the oppo...
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Simple Storage Service is a service for storing large volumes of data. This service divides stored data into logical units—buckets. User objects are already inside the buckets. The structure of storing objects in a bucket is similar to the file system of an OS. In FastReport .NET, we have add...
In this article, we'll take a look at the world of the .NET platform on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS without using Microsoft Visual Studio, as it can't be installed on Linux, and create a PDF exportable report. The current analog of Visual Studio is, of course, JetBrains Rider. It is a cross-platform .NET IDE...
The latest update in FastReport .NET allows you to add pages from other reports to the developed one. This will help you work with reports faster. Before you would need to merge several files or redo the report manually. To add a page, open the File menu and select Open Page. You will see a f...
Microsoft has long introduced a framework for creating an interactive web interface with C#, HTML and CSS. It comes in two versions: Server-side (Blazor Server) and Client-side (Blazor WebAssembly). WebAssembly is particular because it is executed right in the user’s browser and accesses th...
The RFID tag is an alternative to identifying goods using barcodes. There is an exception that RFID tags use radio signals, which allows the scanning of large batches of goods in short intervals of time. Also, tags are often used to identify employees in companies. The tag contains 4 data banks: 1...
It's no secret that FastReport .NET has broad functionality. It is also a great solution that can be integrated with the Apache 2 web server. Next, we will look at the fine-tuning of Apache2 on the Linux operating system. First, let's install .NET 5 with a few commands. Download the necessary packa...
In this article, we'll take a look at the world of the .NET platform in Windows 11 without using Microsoft Visual Studio and create a report that can be exported to PDF. The analog of Visual Studio is, of course, JetBrains Rider. It is a cross-platform .NET IDE developed by JetBrains. It supports...
We continue to develop new FastReport .NET functions. Our team is increasingly expanding the features of our library for generating reports. With a recent update, we have added the function of connecting to MsSQL stored procedures. These stored procedures are a set of instructions that are execut...
Our FastReport .NET offers rich features and wide functionality. Today we will look at how to connect to a database through the FastReport plugin for the report designer. This plugin is based on the Npsql.dll library. First, let's figure out how to build the right plugin for FastReport .NET. Aft...
We have added a new import function from JasperReports. To use it, go to the "File" menu in the FastReport .NET designer and select "Open ...". In the window that appears, select the filter "JasperReports files (*.jrxml)". The selected file will be automatically converted to a FastReport .NET rep...
LATEX is a typesetting system, designed for the production of high-quality technical and mathematical documentation. The system also works for other documents, from simple letters to complete books. LATEX uses TEX as its layout engine. The initial data for LATEX is a plain text file in ASCII. You c...
The latest update FastReport .NET adds the ability to interact with your reports located on the FastReport Cloud server. Now you can open the file manager in two ways. Through a preview of the prepared report in .fpx format). Using the raw report designer in .frx format). ...
FastReport .NET report templates are stored in frx files, and their internal format is based on XML. This allows to edit the report manually in any text editor. Usually this is not used, but it is needed sometimes. For example, when searching for errors in a report that are difficult to detect in t...
The "Validation" window has been added to the FastReport .NET designer and FastReport Mono, which will display errors and warnings. Warning - Unwanted object configuration that may cause some graphical errors when exported or previewed. Errors - The object configuration will result in export erro...
To create high-quality reports and correctly export them to different formats (PDF, Word, Excel, etc.), it is necessary to use the graphics engine. Since the earliest versions of the .NET Framework, Microsoft has used GDI+ and its wrapper as part of the System.Drawing library. FastReport .NET has lo...
We are pleased to present you a new plug-in for configuring а connection to Cassandra, which is available for FastReport .NET, FastReport Core, FastReport CoreWin, FastReport OpenSource. Let’s note an important detail that the order of the records will be overset because of the CassandraCsD...
Often, our users need to display two reports with different data on the same page. Imagine a situation where you need to compare reports for the first and last month. Blazor WebReport support can solve your problem. Let's take a closer look at how to implement this in your Blazor app. We will...
Import of StimulSoft reports is now available with the 2022.2.13 release. To use it, go to the “File” menu in the FastReport .NET designer, FastReport CoreWin and FastReport Mono and click on the “Open ...” item. Select the filter "StimulSoft files (*.mrt)" in the window t...