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Recently we had a session on CodeRage 9 about FastReport server. The session covers how you can easily build a server application and view your reports from browser. Also that session discovers how you can build server client application for mobiles using TWebBrowser component from FireMonkey framework. For all who watched the session and interesting in examples showed in the session you can download then from here: Delphi demos C++ Builder Demos

There was a long time without new release of FastCube VCL. By the way it has a lot innovations and improvements. So what's new: + Added support of Embarcadero Rad Studio XE7 (Delphi XE7/C++Builder XE7)+ Added support of Embarcadero Rad Studio XE6 (Delphi XE6/C++Builder XE6)+ Added properties Distinct and DistinctField into Measure editor+ Added: System counter can use Distinct and DistinctField + Added checking the number of rows and columns in Excel 97-2003 export+ Added property TfcxSlice.ClearUnattachedFieldsFilter: Boolean and function TfcxSlice.ResetUnattachedFieldsFilter: boolean (Reset filters in fields not placed in Axis or Filters)+ Сase insensitive compare in TfcxSliceFields.IndexOfField+ Added properties TfcxMeasureField.Distinct: Boolean, TfcxMeasureField.DistinctForTotal: Boolean and TfcxMeasureField.SliceField2: TfcxSliceField. It allows check uniqueness of values of additional field during calculation+ Added support of ftSingle fields+ Added property TfcxAxisContainer.DimValue[ALevel: TfcxSmallCount; AVisIndex: Integer]: variant+ Added property TfcxDataSource.UseOnlyVisibleFields + Added property TfcxSliceGridToolbar.DialogsDefaultPath for Save/Open dialogs.+ Added TMeasure.ColOffsetTotalValueForDims[Offset: integer; ADimNames:String]: Variant and TMeasure.RowOffsetTotalValueForDims[Offset: integer; ADimNames: String]: Variant+ Refactor code to split non-visual part from visual part + Added editor for additional calculated total into Dimension editor+ Added Axis editor + Speedup filters loading + Added compatibility with FastCube 2 FMX + Added Croatian translation by Kresimir Majdenic+ Added German translation by Thomas Werling+ Added Italian translation by Augusto Pellis - Fixed error in Excel 97-2003 export - Fixed error with size of filter region- Fixed error in TMeasure.ColOffsetValue[Offset: integer]: Variant, TMeasure.RowOffsetValue[Offset: integer]: Variant and TMeasure.ColRowOffsetValue[ColOffset, RowOffset: integer]: Variant- Fixed error: wrong filter setting after loading filter in some case.- Fixed errors: AV with property CreateAllCells in calculation measure when all measures are calculation- Fixed error: wrong measure values in some cases during script calculation- Fixed errors: AV in TfcxSliceGrid not linked with TfcxSlice- Fixed error: AV after editing measure- Fixed error: AV in export- Fixed error: AV during adding measure when TopN is active- Fixed error with national characters in incremental search- Fixed error with TIBBCDField- Fixed errors in property TfcxSlice.FieldsOrder - Fixed error: AV after the field drop to an axis with an expanded group- Fixed: OK button was not translated in Information dialog- Fixed property spelling (was ArgFuncs become AgrFuncs)- Fixed status zone popup menu checks - Fixed error: AV in TfcxSlice.InternalSetSelectedVis- Fixed error in SliceGrid styles applying (memory corruption)

Great reason to order licence or re-enroll support and updates - a lot of improvements in the new version of FastReport.Net 2014.4. + added an AutoSave feature in a Designer, you can enable it and set a time interval in View-Options-Saving + added picture editor in a Designer, now pictures can be resized, cropped and modified to grayscale or monochrome + added "Enable Code Completion" checkbox in Code Page Options in a Designer+ added selection of multiple objects with CTRL key in a Designer+ added proportionally scaling of objects with SHIFT in a Designer+ added selection of barcode type on a toolbar in a Designer+ added text editor for barcodes + added support of encodings Windows-1251, cp866 in QR-code object+ added transparency of the image in PDF export+ added compliance of PDF/A-2a,b and PDF/A-3a,b in PDF export+ added new property PDFExport.PdfACompliance (can be selected from PdfAStandard.PdfA_2a, PdfAStandard.PdfA_2b, PdfAStandard.PdfA_3a, PdfAStandard.PdfA_3b)+ added options for selection of PDF/A compliance, Jpeg quality, Initial Zoom in PDF export dialog + added support of dialog objects ListBoxControl, CheckedListBoxControl in WebReport* improved speed of PDF export with transparent images (now it became three times faster)- fixed bug in Designer with save from code editor (save icon is not active after code change)- fixed bug with band break- fixed bug with single page export in PDF

Main features: ability to export with transparency to PDF and RAD Studio XE7 support. + Added support of Embarcadero RAD Studio XE7 for both Delphi and C++Builder developing environment+ Added support of Embarcadero RAD Studio XE6 for both Delphi and C++Builder developing environment+ Added TfrxCheckBoxView component+ Added ability to export with transparency to PDF+ Improved CrossTab editor- Fixed performance issue with XE6 and above on OSX platform- Fixed problem with components registration on XE5 and above- Fixed embedded Fonts in PDF export on x64 platfoorm- Fixed CrossTab and TeeChart editors errors on XE5 and above- Fixed TfrxDBDataSet editor- Fixed printing report with different pages dimensions- Fixed Memo and Code editiors on XE6

Fast Reports on ITDevCon 2014. Den Zubov will explain how migrate to FastReport from other reporting tools.  ITDevCon is coming back on 23rd and 24th October 2014. The innovative feature of this edition is the location. This year, the European Conference for Delphi developers will be held in Milano. We will discuss about the main improvements of the RAD Studio suite and how is now possible work in a fluid development environment that makes your workflow more efficient. We will also talk about new technologies and development, also for mobile, on different platforms: Windows, MacOSX, iOS and Android. itdevcon.it

FastReport have an editor of QR-codes in the designer. Now you will free to create a QR-codes with the contents: vCard, URI, E-mail address, E-mail message, coordinates, SMS, Call, Event, Wi-FI, etc. Designer give new converter from List & Label in FastReport. Also you can use new linear indicators. + added QR-code editor in designer+ added import from List & Label report template+ added vertical linear gauge+ added simple gauge+ added vertical simple gauge+ added new properties AllowExpression, Brackets in Barcode object+ added new property Inverted in linear gauge+ increased customization options of scale in simple gauge+ added new property DefaultZoom in PDFExport+ added new property DefaultPage in PDFExport+ added WebMatrix demo (\Demos\C#\WebMatrix)+ added CSV export in WebReport+ added processing of event handlers Load, FormClosing and FormClosed in DialogPage in WebReport+ added MonthCalendar object in WebReport* updated German, French, Japanese resources- fixed bug with scaling of linear gauge- fixed bug with spaces in file names in exports in WebReport- fixed bug with metafile size in RTF export- fixed bug with line spacing in RTF export- fixed bug with HTML-tags in RTF export- fixed bug with landscape pages in Word 2007 (docx) export- fixed bug with selecting all text (Ctrl+A) in the object inspector in designer- fixed bug with refresh of DateTimePicker in WebReport

Our CEO Michael Philippenko will make presentation "Reports inheritance and live interactive reports - how to use it in applications" and will show methods of using inheritance in reports. What exactly (and for what) you can inherit in report? what the difference and restrictions of inheritance of report objects, script, etc.? How to use overriding in complex with inheritance? Interactive report - often you need some reaction of report to user's activity. The Conference will be in Germany from 3th till 5th of November, the EuroDevCon 2014 welcomes some of the worlds leading Delphi experts, thinkers and practitioners to share their craft and mastery secrets. The EuroDevCon 2014 offers a deep dive for the modern developer and architect aiming to transform technologies into valuable business solutions. The conference is focusing on Delphi innovations, Fundamentals, Tips and Tricks, Data bases, Frameworks and Tools and Cross platforms/ Mobile and Web technologies, as well as expert professional insight into the very latest methodologies and best-practices. Interaction and exchange of ideas is one of the great attributes of EuroDevCon 2014 – a meet, greet, listen and learn conference. For more information visit www.eurodevcon.com.