FastReport 4.11

Report generator with visual designer, dialog forms and scripting languages

FastReport VCL is an add-on component that allows your application to generate reports quickly and efficiently.

FastReport provides all the necessary tools to develop reports, including a visual report designer, a reporting core, and a preview window. It can be used in the Borland Delphi 4-2007 and Borland C++Builder 4-2007 environments.

FastReport helps you generate reports with dialog forms, scripting languages and visual designer.
Here are some key features of "FastReport":

Core:

· Rewritten class architecture.

· Storing reports in XML format.

· Precise object's coordinates and sizes.

· Full WYSIWYG (now for text objects too).

· New object - diagonal line.

· New fill types, shadow.

· Text rotation 0..360 degrees.

· Paragraph gap.

· Memo object supports simple html-tags (font color, b, i, u, sub, sup).

· Object's properties ParentFont, Printable.

· Improved stretching (StretchMode, ShiftMode properties).

· Group and Data-band properties - KeepTogether, KeepFooter.

· Band property KeepChild.

· Access to DB fields via TfrxDBDataSet. TfrxIBODataSet for IB_Objects.

· Styles.

· Text flow.

· URLs, Anchors

· Dot matrix reports.

Script:

· One script in the report (like an unit in the Delphi).

· Dramatically increased performance.

· New events for FR objects.

· Standard Pascal features: variables, constants, procedures, functions (nested allowed) with var/const/default parameters, all standard operators and statements (includind case, try/finally/except, with), types (int, float, bool, char, string, multi-dimensional array, enum, variant), classes (with methods, events, properties, index and default properties).

· Strict type checking.

· Multi-language architecture allows you to use many languages (Pascal, C++, Basic, Java).

· Access to any object inside your application (in case you've allowed this). Standard libraries to access to base classes, controls and forms. Easily expandable library architecture.

· Debugger

Designer:

· New architecture.

· Improved interface, ability to dock tool windows.

· Improved Object Inspector.

· Zooming.

· In-place editing.

· Rulers, guides.

· Better line drawing.

· Better bands handling.

· Better DB-field selection.

· Grid: mm, inches, pixels.

· Better Left/Right margin handling.

· Wizard for base type reports.

· Copy objects to Windows clipboard.

· Full Undo/Redo.