In addition to the libraries themselves, FastReport.Net also includes separate programs - Designer and Viewer.
The first one, as you understand, is intended for creating and editing report templates. It has a report preview mode from which you can view the report, export it to the desired data format and send it to print.
The Viewer is designed to view reports in fpx preview format. The report file in this format contains, besides the report template, also directly the data that will fill this report. That is, the * .fpx file is essentially a ready-to-view report. In terms of functionality, the Viewer is almost identical to the report preview mode in Designer. Actually, Designer compiles the report for viewing in fpx.
Both of these programs have a graphical user interface. However, few people know that they can be run from the command line with parameters.
Let's take a look at the way to work with Designer from the command line.
- Firstly, you can ...