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 CassandraCsDriv...
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 that...
Many need a solution that will generate reports for Linux systems, and support working with SQL-like databases and not only. We have such a solution FastReport.Core. This library allows you to create reports under different Linux distributions and it can connect to different databases. In this artic...
This article continues the previous article, in which we looked at how to create a complex report. The report created in that article has become a source of inspiration for a new object - AdvancedMatrix. The report in the previous article included three sections: 1) yearly statistics;2) quarterly ...
The demanding criteria for modern electronic reports are quite high — they must not only display the necessary information, but have a certain design, data format, and graphic content. A modern report is a complex document with design elements. The rapid development of report generators has...
FastReport Business Graphics library contains a set of classes that developers can use in their applications to visualize data and build business charts. In this article, we will explore one of such classes - the Bubble chart. It makes sense to start the Bubble chart overview by comparing it to ...
As you already know, FastReport.NET reports can have dialog forms that are displayed before the report is built. They allow you to set some text, boolean or numeric variables. These can be text fields, tables, lists, dropdowns, dates, checkboxes, and even lists with checkboxes. As a rule, dialog...
More recently, the AdvancedMatrix object was implemented in FastReport .NET. In this article, we will look at the structure of the new matrix, its new features, and compare the old and new matrix. First, let's look at the structure of the matrix. It consists of the following elements: The st...
With the release of FastReport .NET 2022.2, we added a plug-in to connect .XLSX files as a data source. To use it, you must first build the project: С:\Program Files (x86)\FastReports\FastReport.Net\Extras\Core\FastReport.Data\FastReport.Data.Excel After building the project, you will need to ...
A ruler has been added to the RichText editor. It allows users to control tab width and set indents before the left and right margins. To add a tab stop, you need to double-click the left mouse button on the horizontal ruler in the place where it is needed. An "arrow" will appear in the selected ...
If you need to print particular pages of the report in several copies, we have to use an encoding. You can configure printing properties from the user application code, as well as manually in the print dialog box. This enables you to choose particular pages of the report and set a number of copie...
The Visual Basic .NET programming language is seen by many as an entry-level language. But this, of course, is not the case. We’ve got used to knowing that Visual Basic.NET is most often used in Desktop applications. However, this language allows much more - for example, to create web appli...
Sometimes creating a report can turn into to be a real headache. For example, when you need to manage the content of the report based on the conditions in the program. It is easier to do this in the program code than to transfer parameters to the report and develop the report script logic. Today...
In the article on working with NuGet packages we considered all the specific features of using with Fast Reports software. One of the most frequent questions of our clients is the following one: How do we install your licence packages in our product using Linux, MacOS or Windows so that we won&rsq...