Tables. For centuries, they have been used to present similar data for record-keeping, counting amounts, and data analysis. For a long time, tables have been a constant tool in accounting and statistics. And it was not until the end of the 20th century that they acquired a completely different quali...

In FastReport 2020.1 we have added the ability to change export parameters. To do this, you must subscribe to the ExportParameters event in WebReport.Report. Until now the FastReport.Net library did not provide access to the export parameters. Or rather, it did, but only to some of the parameters, ...

When using the FastReport.NET (Core), FastReport Open Source and FastReport Mono libraries on Linux operating system, as well as when saving documents as images or PDF files, there is a possibility to experience the incorrect display of Unicode texts in the report preview. One of the most common pr...

In FastReport 2019.4 added the ability to subscribe to PreviewControl.OnPrint and PreviewControl.OnExport events, which are called directly when the corresponding buttons are pressed. When viewing a report, a viewer is called with a toolbar that has elements such as a print button and a drop-down l...

ShapeFile, also known as Shape is a figure or a set of complex shape figures (probably, unrelated). A Shape field can be one of the following types of geometry: point, polyline or polygon. It is also notable that together with a *.shp file, *.dbf file is formed and it contains the header informatio...

Sometimes you need to update the report, for example if you input a new variable value, or if you want to display another report in the same Web report object at all. This usually updates the entire view (we're talking about MVC applications) for the sub-set. But it would be much better if you updat...

Speaking of the .Net framework, we usually imagine the #C programming language. Simply because the share of C# programmers is overwhelming. But we should not forget about other languages as well. For example, a user of the report generator from Stimulsoft wants to create a report from the applicatio...

For decades, the FastReport and FastCube libraries have been helping to organize fast reporting and powerful multidimensional analytics in various applications and industries. Particularly in Medicine. Dozens of development companies from all over the world (China, Africa, USA, Europe) responded to...

FastReport .NET supports calculation of expressions for displaying values in the desired form, or any object visibility conditions. It is also possible to process events for each object of the report, e.g., before printing it. Event handlers are placed in a report script that supports C # and VB.NET...

It is often necessary to combine several documents into one (for example, PDF). It could be several chapters of documentation, catalog directories etc. Strictly speaking, this sometimes needs to be done not only for PDF, it’s just that this file format itself does not imply editing and “...