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...
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We continue to tell you about the export options of FastReport VCL. Our development team adds many new and exciting features with each update. Today we want to remind you about the export format that we added back in 2017. We will talk about PDF/A and its functions. The well-known PDF document form...
Code 11, also known as USD-8, is a discrete, high-density symbology, which is primarily used in labeling telecommunications equipment. The symbol includes the following elements: Start character; Symbol characters that represent data; Optional checksum digits; Stop character. The first ...
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...
Earlier we reviewed BMP, JPEG, TIFF, and GIF in the article about various graphic image formats. It remains to discuss the last most common format - PNG. Currently, Portable Network Graphics (PNG) is one of the best-known and most commonly used file formats. Why did it happen that this format is ...
The time for Fast Reports products is not standing still. Every month we add new functions and objects and improve and optimize the current code. There have been some updates in FastReport Online Designer, which improve usability and simplify report creation. Here is their list: Autosave; Select...
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...
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...
In recent years, QR codes have become an everyday part of our lives. They are a two-dimensional barcodes that can be easily read by a digital device and that store information as a series of pixels. They have become widely used in trade, logistics, and production. Unlike a simple barcode, a QR c...