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The autumn update for the report generator is now available! The functionality of our solutions is expanding every day and we are pleased to present you a partial integration with FastReport Cloud, .NET 7 support, JasperReports template converter, connection to stored procedures in MsSQL, and much more.   Integration with FastReport Cloud FastReport .NET, FastReport Core, and FastReport Mono now support some interaction experience with FastReport Cloud.   Downloading and uploading reports Now you can download the report from Cloud and work on it in the designer, or vice versa — upload your files to Cloud.   Web Preview A web preview function has also appeared in addition to the standard preview. The report can only be viewed this way if it was opened from Cloud.   Connecting to FastReport Cloud data sources FastReport Cloud can store connections to data sources. From now on, you have the option to add these data sources to your report.    It also became possible to add the connection to Cloud. Read this article to learn more about the new features.    .NET 7 support We have added .NET 7 support for FastReport.Core and FastReport.CoreWin. This platform improves application performance and adds many new features to your projects.   Report validator improvements Increased work speed Now the report validator runs in a single thread. The speed of its work is significantly optimized. You can notice the changes in processing reports with a large number of errors. While the validator is checking the report, the check window shows a respective message.   In this case, you can edit the report. A table with errors will appear upon completion of the validator.   Validator table setup For convenience, we have added a new column with error numbers. Its display can be enabled or disabled via the table context menu. In the same way, you can customize the display of the error type column.   JasperReports Template Converter We have added the option to convert report templates from JasperReports to FastReport .NET templates. JasperReports reports may contain objects that are not supported by the FastReport designer. These objects will not be converted or will be replaced to make the generated report as similar as possible to the one created in JasperReports. Read more in the article. MSChartObject improvements and fixes The MSChartObject object has many properties and settings. The most frequently used ones are moved to the object editor. Properties that are not available in the editor can be modified using the Object Inspector. However, there was a problem with these properties — when they were changed, the report was not seen as modified. As a result, saving was not available. To save the report, it was necessary to change its other property or object. In addition, the values of the specified properties were reset to their default values when preparing a report and after closing the preview window. This bug has been fixed in the new version.   Connection to Stored Procedures in MsSQL We have added the option to connect to procedures stored in MsSQL. This was previously available via a database query. Now you can connect to procedures much more conveniently using the interface of database table connection. They will be displayed in the selection window along with the tables. Once you select a procedure, a window with parameter settings, if any, will appear. Read more in the article.   Export Improvements "Print optimized" option in RTF export We have added a new PrintOptimized property and a corresponding option in the export window. Enabling this option will greatly increase the quality of the exported image. However, the size of the output file will be bigger.   UseFileStream property in Excel 2007 export We have added a new option, UseFileStream, for exporting to Excel 2007. It can only be used when exporting from code to a file. This option is useful when exporting reports with a large number of pages (several tens of thousands) in multiple threads. This will help you avoid memory shortage errors. In other cases, it does not make much sense to use it and it is not recommended to do it. Example: Report report = new Report(); Excel2007Export export = new Excel2007Export(); export.UseFileStream = true; report.Export(export, "report.xlsx");   Accounting format when exporting to Excel 2007 You can now export the currency data format as an accounting format. To do this, a corresponding option has been added in the export window and the CurrencyToAccounting property.   Upgrading the minimum .NET Framework version from 4.0 to 4.6.2 We are upgrading the minimum supported version of FastReport .NET to .NET Framework 4.6.2 due to the following: support for .NET Framework 4.0 has long been ended; there are problems with building the FastReport source code in the latest versions of Microsoft Visual Studio; the need to implement new APIs. The full list of changes is available at the following link.

November 24-29 any edition of FastReport or FastCube for Teams of developers can be purchased at half price. 50% discount applies for all Fast Reports products of Team and Site editions: FastReport .NET FastReport VCL FastReport Mono FastReport FMX FastReport Business Graphics .NET FastCube .NET FastCube VCL FastCube FMX The Team license is suitable for 2-4 developers and includes Build server license. The Site license is suitable for a large development team of 4 people or more within one location and includes Build server license. The offer is valid for a new purchase only. Discount doesn’t apply to subscription renewals and upgrades. You can ask questions in the chat on our website or by emailing sales@fast-report.com Buy Now

With the FastReport .NET 2022.3.12 update, document and report conversion from JasperReports to FastReport .NET is now available. Users can now quickly import a template from JasperReports with maximum accuracy into .frx format for FastReport .NET, FastReport Mono and FastReport CoreWin. The resulted report may have some differences, also most likely this report will need to be refined - changing the properties of objects and adding connections. You can see the advantages of FastReport products in comparison with JasperReports in the table. Read more about how to import your data from JasperReports in our article.

What’s worse than working with unreadable data? Probably the annoying part is the uninformative report. To make sure you don’t run into that kind of data, we’ve prepared a holiday version of FastReport Business Graphics .NET for you! Theme colors and a new design will give your data a new look in our colorful Halloween version. Hurry up and try out our Halloween demo app!   Check out examples of data with a festive atmosphere:   Get the Halloween version of FastReport Business Graphics .NET here. If you have any questions, you can ask our managers.

In September a new converter for importing documents and reports from Stimulsoft to FastReport .NET was released. Now in FastReport .NET, FastReport CoreWin and FastReport Mono you can easily convert Stimulsoft product format templates (.mrt) to FastReport (.fpx) reports. The imported report may have some differences. Most likely this report will need to be improved by adding connections and changing the functions with variables in the text objects. The comparison of the StimulSoft and FastReport report generators can be viewed in the table. You can read more about how to convert your data in our article.

A software developer can have many reasons to look for a new reporting solution for his project and finding a new one is not an easy task, let alone integrating it into your system, which had been probably working for years. But moving to FastReport can actually save you hours of work: we have several converters from other solutions! And on top of that, you can save 10% of the license cost until November 30. Learn more about why software developers choose FastReport and how migrating to it can be easier than it seems. If you have questions - feel free to email us at sales@fast-report.com or in the chat box.