One of the key tasks of a report generator is data retrieval. Most often, databases are used to store and retrieve data. But what if it is remote cloud storage, which is used to store certain data? How to upload a company logo via http to a report to ensure that it is always up-to-date? To solve th...

Beginning from the first release of FastReport VCL 6 there is an ability to set connections for Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, OneDrive through special components – “Transports”. To improve the experience of internet transports using starts from FastReport VCL 2021.3 we have reworked ...

First of all, FastReport VCL is a report generator. Based on this conclusion, we can assume that previewing or embedding documents of other formats into a report is excessive. But according to requests from our customers, we can see the opposite point of view. Many of our customers are solving tasks...

A new ITF-14 barcode has been added in FastReport VCL 2021.2. Let me remind you that ITF-14 (Interleaved Two of Five) is a two-band numeric code, or a high-density code that can encode an even number of digits only. Each such barcode encodes an odd digit with a bar and an even digit with a space bet...

LOGMARS stands for Logistics Applications of Automated Marking and Reading Symbols. It is a specification used by the U.S. government for the military goods supply. LOGMARS is a standard based on the Code 39 barcode. Code 39 consists of self-checking barcode symbols that usually do not require a ch...

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 for the sake of encoding mail addresses and 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...

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...