Quite often, you need to get a PDF document from a Pascal application - either Delphi or Lazarus. Usually it is recommended to use specialized solutions, PDF converters (such as itext, Synopse PDF Engine, PowerPDF, HotPDF, PDF Creator Pilot, PDFtoolkit VCL, Debenu Quick PDF Library etc.). In this article we will not consider their advantages and disadvantages. Unexpectedly for us, it turned out that even if there is no “PDF” in the product name, the capabilities of FastReport VCL for PDF output in Delphi cover many of the developer’s needs. And many of our customers use ONLY FastReport features to make PDF! So, first of all – you can send any arbitrary complex report to PDF. Let’s try!
Create a new VCL application in Delphi ...