On-the-fly data aggregation of "flat" database tables is one of the first tasks faced by information system developers and their users. At the same time it is usually difficult to foresee the user needs in terms of data selection criteria (filters), dimensions in which the data needs to be aggregate...
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You've probably heard that our team is working on porting the FastReport.NET to the Mono platform - we told this at our conference, held last year in Rostov-on-Don. Then followed a long silence, and now we are ready to show where do we go. The main feature of this demo is that it can work in Wind...
Import Crystal Reports template Crystal Reports template it's a report created by Crystal Reports designer. These reports are stored in files with rpt extension. Importing a report template Converter is implemented as a plug-in. You can download it here, in Extras. The plugin should be compiled in ...
Why is it necessary Possibility to save FRX report to RDL is needed for some users. Unfortunately, some objects of FRX report will be lost, because there is no relevant in the RDL. Saving the report to RDL format To do this go to the File menu in designer and select Save As.... On next window selec...
As you know, Embarcadero RAD Studio XE2 is coming with the special edition of FR4. Many people have been asking us: is it possible to convert Rave reports (.rav files) to Fast reports (.fr3 files)? It is possible, because we have developed a convertor from Rave reports for this purpose. How to conv...
Frankly say I have never used Microsoft Visual Basic 6 until begin my job in Fast Reports. I can't say that VB6 is my favorite language but it is good enough to make many things. I recieve many questions how to build a Master/Detail report based on application's data. VB6 example demonstrate how to...
What is the RDL import RDL report it's a report template in format of Report Definition Language. The format used in Microsoft Reporting Services. Reports can be generated in Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft Report Builder, and in some third-party editors. Reports are stored in files with exten...
What is the RDL import RDL report it's a report template in format of Report Definition Language. The format used in Microsoft Reporting Services. Reports can be generated in Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft Report Builder, and in some third-party editors. Reports are stored in files with exten...
What is fonts "embedding" PDF documents often contains text written with various fonts. In order Acrobat Reader or another pdf viewer can display this text, it must have access to font files used in the document. If the OS where you open the document doesn't have needed fonts, the document may beco...
Starting from FR VCL 4.11.15 the BIFF export can export formulas. For example, to export the formula SUM(A1:B2) put a TfrxMemoView on a report and write in it Code =SUM(A1:B2) The first character of the text must be the equality sign "=", and the rest of it - a correct Excel formula....