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 C#...
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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 executed ...
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. After ...
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). You...
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...
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 ar...
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) quarter...
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...