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...
We are pleased to present you the long-awaited release of Lazarus version 2.2.0, in which we implemented the full-fledged function to work with packages without source code. On that occasion, we are releasing new edition of FastReport for Lazarus, namely Trial. The content of the article: 1. co...
Windows 11, which was announced in the middle of the year, caused heated discussions and sparked a lot of comments asking “why?”. Microsoft argued that they needed changes because during the pandemic people use more computers to solve everyday and business tasks, surf more, play with ...
UPD: Applies to the versions of FastReport .NET before 2022.2. License packages are now available on our NuGet server. NuGet is an open source package management system for Microsoft development platforms (formerly known as NuPack). NuGet is an extension (add-on) for easily adding, removing, an...
To host the created applications on Internet servers, you need a web server. Today we will launch our web application on IIS (Internet Information Services). It is a web server for hosting sites on the Internet. It is more often used to host web servers under server operating systems with a Windows ...
Most likely every .NET developer started from Windows Forms applications. Countless number of such applications is created every day all around the world. These are the applications that bear the brunt of the user’s daily work, whether it is a text editor or some kind of information accountin...
As you can see from the name, Windows Forms type of applications is designed to work in the Windows environment. For example, good old MS Word or Calculator application and many other programs with window interface. This actually is the whole API for working with the Windows GUI, which is part of th...
Today we will create a Windows service, which will serve as the WCF service. An example will be based on the use of the library FastReport.Service.dll (WCF Service Library), which can be found in the package of FastReport .NET. Open Visual Studio and create a project WindowsService. Open the des...