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We are happy to inform our users that FastReport is included now into the developer solution for one of the most popular open-source databases – Firebird (www.firebirdsql.org). IBPhoenix (www.ibphoenix.com), the main company behind Firebird development, released Firebird Developer Pack 2007, which contains all necessary tools for development applications with Firebird, and as important part includes FastReport Standard Firebird Edition. Using Firebird Developer Pack 2007 and FastReport, Firebird developers now can easily create fast, robust and affordable reporting and business intelligence solutions. ...

Let's remember a fairly common situation when you need to do something very quickly and using whatever is available. But let's not forget that the structure and content of the report depend on external factors. The FastReport.NET report generator is a very flexible product and gives you two ways to solve this problem. Method 1. To create a report structure in the code of a custom application. Method 2. To control the behavior of the report inside, using a script. There is quite a lot of informa ...

In the new version of FastReport Desktop we have added support for high-resolution screens in the designer and preview of the prepared reports. We also added new exports DXF, XODT, XODS, PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-2u. Added new Visual Studio-styled icons. You may switch between icon packs in the "View/Options/User Interface" window (or, "File/Options/User Interface" if you use ribbon UI): ...

  In the new version of FastReport FMX, we added FmxLinux support so now you can build your application with FastReport FMX on Linux. Learn how to install and use FastReport FMX 2.8 for FmxLinux in our blog This version also improves work with the latest versions of macOS Big Sur and applications that have passed notarization. On top of that, we added packages for Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.4 and made general improvements. ...

Without reporting it is impossible to carry on business in any sphere of life. Bureaucracy is an irresistible part of human society. Whether it's steel plant or a school facultative - reports are needed everywhere: accounting, statistical, operational. Since the modern world strongly computerized - reports are also conducted electronically. Create reports in large quantities would be very difficult without special programs - report generator. FastReport report generator appeared in the early days of this kind of software, and became a real hit among Delphi programmers. And with the advent of version .NET Framework - it also became widespread among the adherents of the Microsoft platform. The name FastReport was created for a reason. This report generator is indeed one of the fastest in compiling complex reports. This can be said to be its main advantage over other competitors. A ...

A lot of new things in  FastReport VCL and FastReport for Lazarus In this version we added filtration of Variables and Functions tabs in “Data Tree”.                         It possible to hide all panels in “Data Tree” now.   It possible to use filter for fast search of the report objects in “Report Tree”.     Added new linear barcode type – Pharmacode. ...

New version of FastReport Desktop 2019.3 includes a parameter to change the name of saving file. Also digital signature is added and the font in query editor window can be changed Version 2019.3--------------- [Builder]+ added Save-FileName parameter [Engine]+ added ImageAlign property for image alignment inside PictureObject; by default, alignment is disabled- fixed a bug with infinite loop in AdvancedTextRenderer when WordWrap is true and width of object less than width of one character- fixed a bug when in some cases the TypeConverter`s were not loaded correctly- fixed a bug causing memory leak in HtmlTextRenderer- fixed a bug when using the KeepTogether property for a group with matrix, when in some cases the GroupHeader was placed on one page and the matrix was on another page- fixed image size calculation when AutoSize is enabled in the prepara ...

In this article we will discuss the use of stored procedures to retrieve data for a report. Using the MS SQL example, I'll show you how to create and use functions in a report. As you know, Transact SQL allows us to create stored procedures and functions. Stored procedures are used to automate any action. The functions are intended to expand the capabilities of queries. They can be executed as part of a query and always return a value. Stored procedures are called  by execute instructions and cannot return any values. To retrieve data in a report, you can use both a stored procedure and a function. But the topic of this article is the use of stored procedures. For example, here is the simplest stored procedure, which will return the list of employees by the unit name: ...