WebP is a file format developed by Google in 2010. Its feature is an advanced compression algorithm that allows you to reduce the image size without visible quality loss. Starting from version 2023.2.14, FastReport .NET has a plugin that allows opening images in the WebP format. It extends the oppo...
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We no longer support older versions of Delphi with the latest release. We will tell you why. Even though we have been using Delphi since 1995, it is evolving and has undeniable advantages in the work of programmers. FastReport products for Delphi do not stand still as well, and we try to offer d...
In this article, we'll take a look at the world of the .NET platform on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS without using Microsoft Visual Studio, as it can't be installed on Linux, and create a PDF exportable report. The current analog of Visual Studio is, of course, JetBrains Rider. It is a cross-platform .NET IDE...
The latest update in FastReport .NET allows you to add pages from other reports to the developed one. This will help you work with reports faster. Before you would need to merge several files or redo the report manually. To add a page, open the File menu and select Open Page. You will see a f...
Microsoft has long introduced a framework for creating an interactive web interface with C#, HTML and CSS. It comes in two versions: Server-side (Blazor Server) and Client-side (Blazor WebAssembly). WebAssembly is particular because it is executed right in the user’s browser and accesses th...
The RFID tag is an alternative to identifying goods using barcodes. There is an exception that RFID tags use radio signals, which allows the scanning of large batches of goods in short intervals of time. Also, tags are often used to identify employees in companies. The tag contains 4 data banks: 1...
FastReport Online Designer Builder now can build the designer using the API. Previously, users had to manually build in FastReport Online Designer Builder. You could download the result or receive it by mail. Now you can automate this process to update FastReport Online Designer if the product ve...
It is hard to imagine our life without electronic document management. Such documents are convenient because they do not deteriorate over time, they are more difficult to lose, easy to store, and quickly transfer to any distance. But as it is known, only signed document comes into force. Electro...
We continue to develop new FastReport .NET functions. Our team is increasingly expanding the features of our library for generating reports. With a recent update, we have added the function of connecting to MsSQL stored procedures. These stored procedures are a set of instructions that are execut...
Our FastReport .NET offers rich features and wide functionality. Today we will look at how to connect to a database through the FastReport plugin for the report designer. This plugin is based on the Npsql.dll library. First, let's figure out how to build the right plugin for FastReport .NET. Aft...
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...
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...
The latest update FastReport .NET adds the ability to interact with your reports located on the FastReport Cloud server. Now you can open the file manager in two ways. Through a preview of the prepared report in .fpx format). Using the raw report designer in .frx format). ...
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...
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...
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...