Our users often need to change the appearance of the toolbar or customize the export menu, but not everyone knows how to do this. Let’s say that we already have a finished project. As an example, we can use any report from the FastReport .NET demo application. Let’s add some colors to o...

We have improved report and data trees in the FastReport .NET and Mono designer at the request of users. Buttons have been added, which allow to minimize and to expand these trees. The fields for searching tree elements have also been added. This example shows how to minimize and expand report tree...

Some users prefer to create tables by adjusting the tab width, or they want to create a table in a format that does not support them. In previous versions of FastReport .NET, RichObject offered the function to modify the width of a tab in a line, but all their sizes after the first tab were the sam...

Japanese Post was created for the Japanese postal system to encode addresses on mail for faster automatic processing. The Japan Post Barcode encodes a 7-digit postal code plus an optional address data of up to 13 alphanumeric characters. The postal code section may have a hyphen char at the 4th cha...

Often, the developers of report generators create their formats to store templates. For example, FastReport uses the .frx format for storing templates and .fpx for storing reports to be exported and Crystal Reports uses .rpt files. This article will tell how to import a report template from RPT for...

This article shows how to install FastReport Business Graphics .NET on your computer and how to add Business Graphics components in Visual Studio. First, download the FastReport Business Graphics installer. You will find it in your user panel. Agree to the terms of the license agreement and enter...

To output the data cube, we will create a SPA application by means of Knockout.js (library for creating web apps). With the help of this library, we will be able to use TypeScript for the frontend part of our application and also ASP.NET Core MVC for the backend part. With it, we will be able to use...

Sorting data is a very important analysis tool that allows you to quickly assess the dynamics of growth or decline, as well as rank the data to make it reader-friendly. The matrix in the current version of FastReport .NET enables to sort only measurements. For example, you are building a report that...

In FastReport, the Matrix object allows us to filter data. This is one of the most popular functionalities and many users like to use it. However, sometimes filtering the original data is not an option. Let's take a look at the matrix below. As you can see, these are sales statistics by employe...

Today we will look at a complex report with a band-oriented approach, which is usually used in FastReport. For example, a report on sales broken down by years, quarters and months, where you want to display three tables with data, which should be located not from top to bottom but from left to right...