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What's new in FastCube 2.7? As always the new version not only brings some improvement and bug fixes, but also - the new features! Added new export filter to Microsoft Excel 2007 (xlsx) Just put TfcxXLSXExport component and export filter is ready to use Parameters of export filter are identical to Microsoft Excel (xls) export filter Also added support of latest RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo IDE Full list of changes: + Added procedure TfcxMeasuresContainer.Recalculate+ Added property TfcxCube.AbortLoading: boolean to abort data loading in event OnProgress* Fixed names of TeeChart units in fcxpChartEditor.pas- Fixed error with Null values in export to Microsoft Excel 2007 (.xlsx)- Fixed error of reading milliseconds from XML- Fixed stack overflow error in popup list of unique values- Fixed text drawing using themes (noticed on dark themes)- Fixed error with creating measures with missed base field during loading schema- Fixed error with Unassigned and 0- Fixed error with drawing Fields zone- Fixed error with Highlights- Fixed error with HideZero- Fixed error with Dataset in TfcxpCube- Fixed error in ColOffsetValue and RowOffsetValue- Fixed error with comparing Date in Ranges- Fixed error with export to Excel introduced in 2.6- Fixed errors with export to Excel for 64-bit systems    

A lot of new things in FastReport .NET 2017.4: Support of .NET Core (Professional and Enterprise editions) New report objects: SVG images and Gauges Delivery via Telegram messenger Saving to LaTeX format Highlights and hyperlink editors in Online Designer FastReport Pages: Android report viewer is now on Google Play Market   And not only that!    [Core] + added initial support of .NET Core (\Demos\Core\FastReportCore.MVC\readme.txt)     [Engine] + Trim property has been added for linear barcodes + Tag property has been added for all components + added saving of meta data (ReportInfo.Name, ReportInfo.Author, ReportInfo.Description,   ReportInfo.Created, ReportInfo.Modified, ReportInfo.CreatorVersion) in prepared report file + added RegisterData(DataSet data, bool enableAllTables) and RegisterData(DataSet data, string name, bool enableAllTables)   functions for registering DataSet and enabling all its tables + added possibility to access the Report.Dictionary without case sensitivity + added RadialGauge control + added SimpleProgressGauge control - fixed wrong result for n.9999 values in NumToWords functions - fixed bug with multi-thread preparing and using the cursors inside a report - fixed borders for Gauges - adjusted scale and pointer for SimpleGauge     [Designer] + added pagination in Data View Window + added Space to separators list in CSV connection + added possibility to open List and Label files with extensions crd, srt, inv, lab and let + added selecting previous file filter in open file dialog - fixed bug with deleting of bands - fixed bug with empty fields when connecting to CSV table - fixed bug with space separator when connecting to CSV table - fixed bug with strings without separator when connecting to CSV table - fixed bug when viewing business object data - fixed bug with null value of System.Guid instance - fixed bug in PageColumns class when number of positions is not equal number of columns     [Exports] + added Word2007Export.RowHeight property with enum (Minimum, Exactly) + added converting to Percent format for Excel2007 export + added export in LaTeX (without pictures, works with XeLaTex) - fixed bug with barcode duplicates in PDF export - fixed bug with table cells duplicates in XAML, SVG exports - fixed bug with tilde in Excel2007 export - fixed bug with image duplicating in PDFExport - fixed bug with Biff8 export from prepared report - allowed export TextObjects with not default FontWithRatio to Excel 2007     [WebReport] + added property WebReport.DesignerConfig for storing custom configuration of Online Designer - fixed bug with WebReport object resizing     [Extras] + added Web API self-hosted example (Demos\C#\Web\WebApiSelfHosted) + added SVGObject plugin (\Extras\Misc\SVGObjectPlugin) + added TelegramMessenger plugin (\Extras\Misc\Messaging\TelegramMessenger) + added support for MaxiCode and Intelligent Mail barcodes + added editor for hyperlink property * improved Crystal Reports converter, now works with the latest versions of Crystal     [Online Designer] + added Highlight editor + added resizing area for the left sidebar + added MaxiCode & Intelligent Mail barcodes + added ability to call control dialogs from properties panel by clicking button in the title of subsection + switch all the customization panels at once + font editing dialog + border property editing dialog + hyperlink property editing dialog + building process changed * popup restyle in the upper right corner - fixed bug with positioning DataHeader Band after DataBand - fixed bug with freezing in IE

In the new version of FastReport .NET 2017.3 we added 2 new barcodes: Intelligent Mail Barcode operated by USPS and MaxiCode that carries freight information during transport. Also added ability to attach files to the PDF which allows creating e-invoices in ZUGFeRD format. And there’s now an example of using FastReport .Net with ASP.NET Web API framework.  All changes: [Core] + added Intelligent Mail (USPS) barcode+ added MaxiCode barcode+ added property Report.ReportInfo.Tag+ added property Report.ReportInfo.SaveMode+ added support functions with optional parameters* added thread-safe collections support for .net 4 [Designer] + added ability of multi-line editing of Report.ReportInfo.Description and Report.ReportInfo.Tag- fixed bug with wrong width of different lines of border [Exports] + added ability to embed any file in PDF export with methods: PDFExport.AddEmbeddedXML, PDFExport.AddEmbeddedFile- fixed creating blank page after a table in RTF and Word2007 exports- fixed bug with bands Exportable property- fixed appearance of dates in Excel2007 export- fixed bug with padding and height of text in PDF export- fixed bug with black boxes in exports [Extras] + added new example for working with ZUGFeRD and PDF/A-3b \Demos\C#\ZUGFeRD + added new example for Web API \Demos\C#\Web\WebApi - fixed bug with relative path to JSON file in JSON connector [WebReport] + added properties WebReport.RequestHeaders, WebReport.ResponseHeaders+ added catching of exceptions on call of WebReport.DesignerSaveCallBack- fixed page margins in printing from browser- fixed bug with lines in HTML export and WebReport- fixed TTF exceptions processing for PDFExport [Online Designer] + added support of new property ReportInfo.Tag in Report object- fixed muli-level view of childs links- property Padding can contain only integer values

New version of FastReport Mono includes ability to create background pictures in RTF, added Apple fonts, BIFF8 export: + added Excel 97-2003 export+ added an overlapped pictures mode to RTF export+ improved PDF export - fixed crash on run in console mode (withut X Window Server) under Linux and many minor fixes improving stability

The newest report generator FastReport Desktop Green Edition has a disabled Print option.    Therefore you will never have to deal with empty paper trays, "Low ink" indicators and shredders again. It's a real thing! Check out our infomercial and never return to printing again!      *Happy April Fools'

With support of new IDE new version brings few new features and lots of improvements. Also we're making FastReport 5 better not only for Delphi, but for Lazarus too. New version gives ability to build Lazarus application with GTK widgets. What else?  + Added Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo support for x32 and x64 windows platforms+ Added Sup, Sub tag support for TfrxHTMLExport+ Added TfrxPDFExport.SaveOriginalImages property. True by default+ Added GS1 support for Code128C, EAN128C barcodes+ Added sorting of printers by name in the printer's list+ Added Norwegian resources+ Added TfrxFDTable support in the frxFDRTTI+ Added #0..#31 chars support in the Code128A+ Added TfrxBarcodeView.TestLine property+ Added TfrxRichEditor form state storing+ [Lazarus] Added support of GTK widget- Fixed frx2xto30.pas for XE2 and later- Increased PaperSizes count limit to 512- [Lazarus] Fixed scrolling in designer- Fixed smMaxHeight in TfrxRichView- Fixed TfrxXLSXExport for file with 1000 worksheets- Fixed TfrxPreviewPages.ClearPageCache- Fixed TfrxIBXQuery.ExecSQL- Fixed new event insert if main procedure of the script have line with "// begin"- Fixed component's name after Drag&Drop from Data Tree for fields with Unicode characters- Fixed TfrxBarcodeView baCenter, baRight align- Fixed reprint on new page and group keeping bug- Fixed update parameters after loading for TfrxADOQuery- Fixed preview's toolbar for RAD Studio Berlin 10.1 Update 2 when VCL styles applied- Fixed TfrxReport.PrintOptions.Duplex usage- Fixed printing of PNG images- Fixed TfrxReport.ReportOptions.Author in the DOCX, PPTX and XLSX exports- Fixed vsExport usage for export filters- Fixed export of non-alphanumeric chars (<, >, &) inside HTMLTags in the ODF export- [FastScript] Fixed Format function- Fixed HTMLTags in the TfrxMemoView- Fixed calculation of hyperlink expressions- Fixed image size in the DOCX export- Fixed MSI barcode- Fixed exporting of objects' hyperlinks to encrypted PDF- Fixed export to continuous XLSX for reports with many pictures- Fixed export of frames with width < 1 to HTML- Fixed export of empty pages to XLSX- Fixed band's with barcodes stretching- Fixed KeepChild behavior for TfrxReportTitle child bands- Fixed custom number format in the ODF export- [Lazarus] Fixed printer selection in the print dialog- Fixed export of hyperlinks with hkPageNumber kind when page number greater than pages count- Fixed component's name after Drag&Drop from Data Tree for some cases- Fixed "Divizion by zero" error with pmSplit print mode- Fixed PrintOnSheeet in the Print Dialog for some cases- [Lazarus] Fixed default printer in the print dialog- Fixed export images to BIFF8 for x64- [Lazarus] Fixed printer selection before print properties dialog- Fixed RAD Studio 10.1 Berlin size of dialog page issue in the designer- Fixed exporting of numbers with '%' in the format string (like #,##0.###%) in the BIFF8 export- [Enterprise] Fixed "Report not found" error message- Fixed "Print to file" option for GDI reports- Fixed export to PDF with embedded fonts and empty memos- Fixed export to PDF for HAlign = haBlock (GapX used now)- Fixed font's embedding for protected PDF if EmbedFontsIfProtected = False and EmbeddedFonts = True- Fixed exporting of TfrxShapeView to XLSX and DOCX exports- Fixed exporting of Unicode characters in the memos with HTML tags to DOCX for non-Unicode IDE- Fixed TfrxPreviewButtons in the frxClassRTTI- Fixed parent for objects for some cases- Fixed font's name in the ODF export

✔ In the new version of FastReport.Net we added new barcode – Pharmacode. This kind of barcode is used in pharmaceutical industry. In FastReport .Net it can be created in any color ✔ New addition to the list of database connectors – we added plugin for popular open source nosql database – RavenDB ✔ By popular demand we added export to binar format Excel 97-2003, also known as BIFF8 ✔ FastReport dotnet received support of right to left orientation both in user interface and report engine ✔ We also did some further code optimization, bug fixind and multiple improvements  Here's a video version of the main changes overview:    [Core] + added new barcode: Pharmacode+ added new option for images: Grayscale display mode+ added ability to change the color of barcodes+ added caching of compiled report script- fixed bug with losing precision in totals- fixed bug with enabled ReportPage.UnlimitedHeight and ReportPage.PrintOnPreviousPage- fixed bug with null initialization in text objects- fixed bug with deserialization on saving from On-line Designer [Designer] + added support of Right-to-Left Interface (RTL)+ added a new property to MSChartObject, that allows to use several series with automatic creation- fixed bug when instead of creating a new data source, editing of selected data source was opening [Preview] + added support of Right-to-Left Interface (RTL)+ added mouse-relative zoom [Exports] + added export in Excel 97-2003 (BIFF8)+ added ability to insert images in original resolution when exporting to PDF+ in the PDF export window added ability to select a color space* improved quality of images in Excel 2007 export* changed work of export to Dropbox for using API 2.0 instead API 1.0* added converting to Date format for Excel2007 export* improved SVG export: added embedding images in file, HasMultipleFiles option was added, improved text rendering, text with angle, underlines added- fixed bug with blank pages in Excel 2007 export- fixed bug in PDF and HTML exports with vertical position of text which height is bigger than object height- fixed bug with metafile images in RTFExport- fixed bug with Vertical Alignment = bottom in PDF export- fixed transparent images appearance in XPS export- fixed export empty images in XPS- fixed bug in preview of CSV export with small amount of rows [Extras] + added RavenDB connector \Extras\Connections\FastReport.RavenDB+ added SQL Anywhere connector \Extras\Connections\FastReport.SqlAnywhere+ added new report demos: Pharmacode, Box [WebReport] + added ToolbarBackgroundStyle.None (you can use WebReport.ToolbarColor instead bitmap from style)+ added properties WebReport.UnlimitedWidth, WebReport.UnlimitedHeight for enable Unlimited size for all report pages (default: false - use report settings)+ added property WebReport.Dialogs for enable or disable all report dialogs (default: true - enabled)- fixed bug with handling of onClick event in WebReport [Online Designer] + added HTML object+ added Pharmacode barcode+ added page's properties UnlimitedHeight and UnlimitedWidth+ added barcode's property Color+ added grayscale property support for PictureObject* resize gui elements are always shown on resize component- fixed the issue with showing context menu on touch devices on long tap- fixed dblclick bug on PictureObject- fixed bug, related to building the designer with disabled code editor- fixed DataBand dblclick bug- fixed bug, related to showing default components of Dialog in report tree on create new Dialog