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FastCube VCL 2.4 includes the following changes and updates: + Added OnPrepareSaveDialog event for export components. This allows to setup save dialog before showing it to user.+ Additional totals uses property CalcTotalsOnTotals.- Fixed painting of expand/collapse icons when windows themes are disabled and some VCL style is used- Fixed error with SmallInt- Fixed: SliceFieldExtra is not saved in Measure Editor- Fixed error Out of memory in some case

New version key changes are:Improvement of Online designer's interface and functionality. Now it's even more convenient to use. Optimized memory consumption in WebReport. Support of WebReport in Windows Azure platform. In details: [Core]- fixed bug with change of application working path on call of Report.Prepare [Designer]+ added ability to use FastReport.dll without FastReport.Bars.dll if the designer is not shown* drop-down list width in relations editor now corresponds with items width- fixed bug with incorrect display of Japanese characters in Ribbon bar- fixed bug "Code tab loses focus to events window when typing"- fixed bug with deleting page after "CTRL+C -> CTRL+V -> DEL -> CLICK" sequence[WebReport]+ added support of Windows Azure working environment+ added properties WebReport.InlineRegistration, WebReport.ShowAfterPrepare+ added new property WebReport.Debug+ added ability to save report from On-line Designer through POST query in call-back page (when WebReport.DesignerSavePath is blank)+ added property WebReport.CloudEnvironmet for enable compatibility with Azure environment+ added event WebReport.OnSaveDesignedReport for work with saved report after On-line Designer (field FastReport.Web.SaveDesignedReportEventArgs.Stream)+ added methods for direct export in file from browser WebReport.ExportPdf(), WebReport.ExportOds(), etc.* improved error reporting* optimization of memory consumption- fixed bug with script registration- fixed bug with file name with spaces in export- fixed issues with WebReport.RegisterData- fixed bug with Parameters- fixed bug with size when height is 100% in Online designer mode- fixed bug with support of HTTPS on run the call-back page for save the report from On-line Designer- fixed bug with preview the reports with dialogs from On-line Report Designer- fixed bug with access to files on debug under Visual Studio with IIS server- fixed bug with serialization under Web Garden or Web Farm mode[On-line Report Designer]+ added tooltip for text objects with content greater than the size+ added context right mouse button menu on some objects+ added property in configuration file 'default-tab-menu' for setting default menu tab+ added properties in configuration file 'show-properties', 'show-events', 'show-rt', 'show-data' for enable or disable panels+ added change the size of the row or column of the table with the mouse+ added property in configuration file 'notifications', which change the type of notification ('default' or 'HTML5 Notifications'), or disable+ added deleting of cell with Totals in context menu of MatrixObject+ improved read Connections and DataSources from report+ auto set of DataSource to the band on first drag-n-drop of database field+ added context menu in Report Tree for objects and bands+ added context menu for bands+ added context menu for MatrixObject+ added new styles for MatrixObject+ added ability for open blank report without load of default template in WebReport+ added editor of DataBand, GroupHeaderBand on double-click and 'Edit' in context menu+ added 'Delete' in context menu of bands+ added DatePicker for data selection in some fields in properties+ added new tab "Report" in main menu with items Preview, Page, Save+ added helper button in right corner with hot-keys information+ added the popup window for edit the PictureObject+ added ability in config-data file to enable of progress indicator for save the report (propetry show-saving-progress)+ added showing of DataSource Relations* if the column of DataSource has the neested columns (or neested DataSources), then they show in Data panel* added context menu for components* window with delete confirmation of object|band is no longer shown* added colorpicker plugin for browsers (such as IE) without support of input type color- fixed bug with filters in data-bands and with html tags in text objects- fixed bug with invisible icons in on-line Designer- fixed json syntax error in configuration file- fixed bug with adding of GroupHeaderBand with DataBand and wrong position- fixed bug with saving of padding in text objects- fixed bug with save of Maps- fixed bug with quotes in report script- fixed bug with aliases for data sources in expressions 

The latest version of FastCube VCL supports Embarcadero RAD Studio XE8 (Delphi XE8/C++Builder XE8). And not only that: + Added sorting in CubeGrid and DetailGrid + Added TfcxSlice.ApplyDefaultSettings + Added TfcxSlice.ResetDisplayLabelOfFields + Added aggregate function Weighted arithmetic mean + Detail grid does not reset the list of fields on each show + Added aggregate function Median + Added option "Merge Cells" in export to Excel * Acceleration and optimization calculation of measures * Hide "Sort" menu item for "Measures" field since it has no sense for it * Renamed property TfcxMeasureField.SliceField2 to TfcxMeasureField.SliceFieldDistinct * Removed filters for number input in the Range editor - Fixed errors of calculation of totals which based on other totals - Fixed errors of measures calculation - Fixed error of loading filters with NULL value - Disabled DoubleBuffered, ParentDoubleBuffered for XE6+ since it cause painting glitches - Fixed error with attributes referenced from main dataset - Fixed error in TfcxMeasuresContainer.SetPosition - Fixed error in HideZero - Fixed memory allocation error in xls Export on 64bit platforms - Fixed error in TfcxAxisContainer.DimValue - Fixed error in CopyToClipboard from DetailGrid - Fixed error with determining of Minimal Value for conditional highlight in some situations

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Release of Visual Studio 2015 Preview includes new version of C# and VB.NET compilers called "Roslyn". Roslyn is a complete rewrite of C# and VB.NET compilers; if previously they were written in C++, now C# compiler is written in C#, and VB.NET compiler - in VB.NET respectively. Also Roslyn is fully open sourced and available on GitHub. When using the previous compiler, developer couldn't affect the compilation process. New compiler follows the idea of Compiler-as-a-Service: now it's a platform with API that allows the developers taking part in the compilation process. Read more    

We are pleased to announce the release of FastReport 5.3 VCL! The new version supports the latest RAD Studio XE8 development environment. It also has a lot of improvements and fixes for Lazarus IDE to work with Windows and Linux(qt). Export filters for Lazarus version will be available soon during daily updates. Stay tuned! New version also brings some new features like: - support of PDF/A-2a format - support of multiply ECI in QR code. This feature allows to switch codepage of the data directly in QR code (Can be set in barcode text by using '&ECIXX;' commands where XX is a ECI codepage number). - Detail reports now allow to pass a list of variables in hyperlink expression using Hyperlink.ValueSeparator property; - Value variable can be used inside hyperlink expression with a cross tabs and passes value of current cell; - Implemented PrintOnParent for multi-column pages - the new PrintOnParent  mechanism can detect columns free space and prints data there; - Added GDI->DMP and DMP->GDI converters; - Added ability to use Value variable in cross hyperlink expression; - Added paper orientation support for worksheets in the XML export filter; - Added support of exponential number formatin the XML and BIFF8 export filters; - Added paper sizes support for worksheets in the XML export filter; - Added <sub> and <sup> HTMLTags support in the BIFF8 export filter; - Added ability to save compressed prepared report - Added TfrxReportPage.BackPictureStretched property - Added TfrxFillGaps class in the frxClassRTTI And of course a lot of bug fixes(see the change log for details).Version 5.3 --------------------------- + Added Embarcadero RAD Studio XE8 support for x32 and x64 windows platforms + Added PDF/A-2a compatibility + Added haBlock alignment for frxPDFExport filter (thanks to Nikolay Zverev) + Added support of multiply ECI in QR code. Can be set in barcode text by using '&ECIXX;' commands where XX is a ECI codepage number + Added ability to pass a list of variables in hyperlink expression using Hyperlink.ValueSeparator + Added GDI->DMP and DMP->GDI converters + Added ability to use Value variable in cross hyperlink expression + Added paper orientation support for worksheets in the XML export filter + Added support of exponential number formatin the XML and BIFF8 export filters + Added paper sizes support for worksheets in the XML export filter + Added <sub> and <sup> HTMLTags support in the BIFF8 export filter + Implemented PrintOnParent for multi-column pages + Added ability to save compressed prepared report + Added TfrxReportPage.BackPictureStretched property + Added TfrxFillGaps class in the frxClassRTTI + [lazarus] Added 2D barcodes support - [lazarus] fixed many issues with the report designer and improved x64 support - Fixed <sub> and <sup> split text behaviour - Fixed TFDAdaptedDataSet and TFDRdbmsDataSet classes in the frxFDRTTI - Fixed debugging with dialog pages - Fixed Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode - Fixed AV in the Connection Wizard - Restored Color property for linear barcodes - Fixed range check error in frxpngimage unit - Fixed 2D barcodes memory leaks - Fixed TfrxCrossView.OnCalcHeight for PlainCells = False - Fixed Quick Report compatibility of DelphiZXingQRCode unit - Fixed bug with active page frame in the preview - Fixed infinity loop in the TfrxRichView - Fixed TfrxBrushFill frame - Fixed text for EAN8 barcode with checksum - Fixed PreviewOptions.ZoomMode behavior - Fixed Hyperlink editor for cross-tab - Fixed bug with units in the preview pages settings window - Fixed FooterAfterEach and KeepFooter behavior - Fixed bug with printing current page with Join Small Pages mode - Fixed HAlign and VAlign for Rotation = 90, 270 in the TfrxXLSExport, TfrxXMLExport, TfrxXLSXExport and TfrxBIFFExport - Fixed HTML tags support in the TfrxHTMLDivExport - [enterprise] Fixed frxISAPI for D2009-XE7 support - Fixed TfrxDesigner.Restrictions drDontSaveReport option behavior after changes in the script - Fixed problem with TfrxIBXQuery parameters - Fixed TfrxSubreport's page properties changing after adding of TfrxSubreport - Fixed TeeChart Standart support - Fixed Quality property behavior in the TfrxPDFExport filter  

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