FastReport isn’t just about report components—it has a lot more to offer! In particular, there are several components that you can use in your applications just like the other Delphi components, and we’re always adding more to the library. In this article, we’ll check out one of these: TfrShellTreeView.

Currently, XML and JSON formats have emerged as the primary standards for data storage and information exchange between computer systems. At the request of users, classes for handling XML and JSON have been added to FastScript. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at how to work with these classes, explore their properties and methods, and also create reports from code using scripts.

Starting from version 2023.2, the localization mechanism in FastReport VCL has been significantly improved — it is no longer necessary to recompile in order to translate FastReport into other languages.

In this article, we will look at the new transport in S3 (Amazon) for FastReport VCL, which is an object storage of files and buckets.

Instructions for installing FastReport in Lazarus for various operating systems with a comparison of Trial, Professional editions.

Detailed instructions on how to use the new transport to connect to NextCloud to save the built reports to the cloud.

Starting from version 2023.3, another powerful tool has been added to the FastReport VCL reporting engine – text reduction in the Text object.

With the latest release of FastReport VCL 2023.2, older versions of Delphi are no longer supported. We explain in detail why.