Report objects

The FastReport Designer represents reports as a collection of schematic pages. Objects are placed anywhere on the report pages and are used to define the report's appearance and to display various information, such as text and graphics. FastReport objects which are included in the standard package are:

Icon	Name	Description
	“Band” object	an area on a design page which behaves according to its type (e.g. Header band, Data band)
	“Text” object	displays one or more lines of text within a rectangular area
	“Picture” object	displays a graphic file in BMP, JPEG, ICO, WMF or EMF format
	“Line” object	displays a horizontal or vertical line
	“System text” object	displays either system information (date, time, page number, etc) or aggregate values
	“Subreport” object	allows insertion of another report design page within the host page
	“Draw” category objects	displays various geometrical shapes (diagonal line, rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, triangle and diamond)
	“Chart” object	displays data in various chart formats (pie chart, histogram, etc.)
	“RichText” object	displays text in Rich Text Format (RTF)
	“CheckBox” object	displays a checkbox with either a tick or a cross
	“Barcode” object	displays data as one of several barcode types
	“OLE” object	displays any object using OLE technology.

The basic objects most commonly used are the “Band” and “Text” objects. You will learn about their capabilities in detail later in this chapter.