When using the FastReport.NET (Core), FastReport Open Source and FastReport Mono libraries on Linux operating system, as well as when saving documents as images or PDF files, there is a possibility to experience the incorrect display of Unicode texts in the report preview. One of the most common pr...

On the Data protection day, we decided to prepare an article about the PDF documents protection. PDF has become one of the world standards today; it’s a good idea to understand how to protect it. From what do you need to protect a PDF document? From unauthorized editing. From unauthoriz...

Speaking of text editors, we immediately present coryphaeus as Microsoft Word, which for many years has occupied a pedestal among office applications. And although its first version appeared in 1986 for the IBM platform, it gained real popularity in the nineties already among Windows users. Like all...

Tables. For centuries, they have been used to present similar data for record-keeping, counting amounts, and data analysis. For a long time, tables have been a constant tool in accounting and statistics. And it was not until the end of the 20th century that they acquired a completely different quali...

In FastReport 2020.1 we have added the ability to change export parameters. To do this, you must subscribe to the ExportParameters event in WebReport.Report. Until now the FastReport.Net library did not provide access to the export parameters. Or rather, it did, but only to some of the parameters, ...

In FastReport 2019.4 added the ability to subscribe to PreviewControl.OnPrint and PreviewControl.OnExport events, which are called directly when the corresponding buttons are pressed. When viewing a report, a viewer is called with a toolbar that has elements such as a print button and a drop-down l...

Speaking of the .Net framework, we usually imagine the #C programming language. Simply because the share of C# programmers is overwhelming. But we should not forget about other languages as well. For example, a user of the report generator from Stimulsoft wants to create a report from the applicatio...

Sometimes you need to update the report, for example if you input a new variable value, or if you want to display another report in the same Web report object at all. This usually updates the entire view (we're talking about MVC applications) for the sub-set. But it would be much better if you updat...

FastReport .NET supports calculation of expressions for displaying values in the desired form, or any object visibility conditions. It is also possible to process events for each object of the report, e.g., before printing it. Event handlers are placed in a report script that supports C # and VB.NET...

By default, FastReport.Net allows you to send e-mails with an attached report file in one of the available export formats. However, it is sometimes necessary to include the report content in the body of the email. This feature may be useful if you intend to discuss the report content in corresponden...

Many report developers had situations when they needed to add a page that had already been implemented in another report. And you had to rework an existing report - add a new page, data sources. Not everyone knows that you can simply merge reports when they are displayed. The user of Stimulsoft rep...

I guess every WinForms developer came across the idea that the standard form controls look too unitary and that it would be nice to bring more interesting design to the application. So, especially for such cases when we need a special design, Microsoft created a special library – WPF (Windows ...

Data sources do not always contain data. And when you build reports, even if the data source is empty, the page will be created, at least with headlines. On report generator forums, you can find questions from users about how to hide blank pages: "Please tell me how to skip (not print) a blank pag...

Most advanced report generators let us generate reports for web applications. When displaying reports to users, consider the ability to navigate on their web pages, send to print, export to any format, and other functions. This is usually a special toolbar in the report output window. Quite often, ...

Few believed in the success of the new open-source ASP.Net Core framework from Microsoft. It’s all because of the low popularity of the previous ASP.Net platform. However, very soon everyone appreciated the advantages of the new cross-platform framework. Nowadays ASP.Net Core occupies a high p...

ASP.Net Core Framework is a cross-platform solution for creating web applications. This means that you can develop in various operating systems and applications created will also work in them. These and other benefits have made ASP.Net Core very popular. Many desktop developers who wrote in C# langu...

Most likely every .Net developer started from Windows Forms applications. Countless number of such applications is created every day all around the world. These are the applications that bear the brunt of the user’s daily work, whether it is a text editor or some kind of information accountin...

As you can see from the name, Windows Forms type of applications is designed to work in the Windows environment. For example, good old MS Word or Calculator application and many other programs with window interface. This actually is the whole API for working with the Windows GUI, which is part of th...

Raspberry PI is a miniature single-board computer with ARM processor. This microcomputer is often used as an educational platform or for development of embedded solutions. For our experiments we use Raspberry PI 3B board with 1GB of RAM and the installed Linux Raspbian Buster with desktop operati...