In the FastReport Online Designer 2025.1 release, we have added a new components menu, implemented new features in the context menu of the "Table" object, improved watermark settings, added the option of creating guidelines on the page, and much more.
What's new?
In the latest version of FastReport .Net 2018.2 we added support of TeeChart components for rendering graphs and diagrams.
SVG is now an embedded artwork instead of a plugin as in previous versions
RichText objects can now be exported to all output formats. We also added support of editable text objects in WebReport and Online Designer
FastReport .Net core can now be installed directly from Nuget package manager's central repository
All changes:
[Engine]
+ SVG is now included as an internal graphic object, not as a plug-in (only for .Net Framework 4)+ added compatibility with Fips Algorithm Policy (with limitations: encryption of PDF export, encryption of report) [.Net Core]
- fixed error with packages installation
[Designer]
+ added an event indicator for objects and bands, a small triangle in the upper left corner; this feature is able to be enabled or disabled in the designer settings (disabled by default)+ added a new tab of the designer's settings: "Objects appearance"- fixed import from rdl 2010 report template
[Exports]
+ added property RichTextObject.ConvertRichText for conversion the RichText in text objects on exporting+ added paragraph based export in Word 2007 (experimental), property Word2007Export.ParagraphBased* increased speed of export to CSV* improved speed of PDF export- fixed bug with removing the last character of each row when exporting to CSV without separator- fixed bug with text resources in FTP export- fixed bug with latin characters in interactive PDF in Chrome- fixed bug with large size of PDF files- fixed bug with transparent background of cells in Excel 2007 export- fixed bug with lines and shapes in layered Word 2007 export - fixed bug with checkboxes in layered Word 2007- fixed bug with default value Word2007Export.Wysiwyg- fixed bug with opening exported files in Excel 2007- fixed bug with slow export of reports with unlimited width or height
[WebReport]
+ added support for editable TextObject and CheckBoxObject+ added properties WebReport.DocxWysiwyg, WebReport.DocxParagraphBased- fixed position of loading indicator- fixed bug with null pointer in service javascript code
[Extras]
+ added Steema TeeChart object plugin (\Extras\Misc\TeeChartObjectPlugin) https://www.steema.com/+ added new demo \Demos\C#\PrintZPL
[Online Designer]
+ added ability of horizontal resizing the bands + added online/offline notifications+ added offline working of designer with service workers+ added property Editable for text objects and checkboxes+ added component SimpleProgressGauge* changed style of tooltips on moving the components - fixed bug with adding the components in dialog page- fixed bug with incorrect drawing the resize line of the band- fixed bug with incorrect selection of DataSource for DataBand on save a report
1. When will FastReport VCL 6 be released?We plan on releasing on March 1, 2018
2. What’s new?Look here: brief review
3. What versions of Delphi / RAD Studio / C++ Builder will be supported?All the versions from v.7 to the current one as of today. As tech partner of Embarcadero we add support of the latest versions as soon as possible.
4. Can I get FastReport 6 for free and before the official release?Yes, if:a) you buy FastReport 5 license right now and get FastReport 6.b) as always, we will be glad to give license of FastReport 6 to our partners
5. I bought FastReport 5 while ago - what can I do?If you bought license after August 31, 2017 you'll get upgrade to FastReport VCL 6 for free! - Look at your CP. Is it there?If you bought license before September 1, 2017 you can get FastReport VCL 6 (the same edition) with 20% discount. Look at CP -> upgrades.
6. Oops. I only have license of FastReport 4 (3, 2). Is there any discount for me?Why not? Look at CP -> upgrades and get 20% discount!
7. Is it possible to use FastReport VCL 6 in new project? Is it still Beta?It is stable enough now. And traditionally, all our official Beta-testers of 6th version will get release.
Wait, how do I use it? Where is the new documentation with description of new functions and features? At the moment we are working on updating the documentation. For now we wrote several "how-to" articles (and continue writing new ones) - check them out here
By the way we plan seminars and webinars about new possibilities of FastReport VCL 6. Stay tuned for more news!
A lot of new features in version 2018.1!
We added WebReport for ASP .Net Core – now making reports in .Net Core applications is faster and easier.
We also added support of Online Designer in .Net Core application.
New interactivity feature – you can edit text objects and checkboxes with enabled Editable property. It allows creating blanks and forms, which can also be edited in PDF.
We added export to ZPL format: you can now make labels with Zebra label printer!
New gauge objects, bug fixes, improved and optimized code.
All changes:
[.Net Core]+ added WebReport for ASP .Net Core (FastReport.Web.Core\README.md)+ added support Online Designer
[Preview]+ added the ability to change of TextObject and CheckBoxObject in Preview when these objects have Editable property- fixed non-working search in preview
[Engine]+ added Editable property for TextObject and CheckBoxObject- fixed error when parameter with type double initialized by int value
[Designer]+ added Gauge editors, semi-radial gauges, added gradient fill to Pointer* improved report generation speed with UseFileCache option* imroved selection of LineObject when zoom > 100%- fixed bug with processing mouse event on PolyLineObject and PolygonObject toolbars
[Exports]+ added polygons and polylines to PowerPoint export+ added ShiftNonExportable property indicating that the report bands should be shifted, if page has any non-exportable bands (Exportable = false)+ added PreserveAspectRatio, UseWidthAndHeight and UseViewBox properties to SVG export+ added forms export for pdf export, objects with the Editable property, will be exported as an input field+ added export in ZPL (Zebra printers)- fixed bug with SVG export to multiple files- width and height replaced to vievBox in svg export- fixed bug with multiple export from one export class instance- fixed bug when exporting report from code with Report.MaxPages equal 1 or more- fixed bug with ImageExport if report contain tables- fixed bug with ampersand in links for Excel2007Export
[WebReport]+ added outline (TOC) of report in WebReport- fixed issue when fastreport handler in 'location' tags
[Extras]- fixed bug with encoding in json connector, added DataEncoding property
[Online Designer]+ added ability to hide of preview button on building+ added SVGObject+ added grouping of similar components (Gauge etc.) in tab with components+ added dialog window with error text from server on saving of report* info (i) is showing in dialog instead of popup in top corner- property values of Cursor have been updated- fixed bug with selection of color from toolbar in IE browser- fixed bug with field with selection for color in Highlight editor and Border editor in IE browser- fixed bug with empty properties panel for TableColumn and TableRow- fixed bug with showing of bands in incorrect order in Chrome browser
What's new in FastCube 2.7?
As always the new version not only brings some improvement and bug fixes, but also - the new features!
Added new export filter to Microsoft Excel 2007 (xlsx)
Just put TfcxXLSXExport component and export filter is ready to use
Parameters of export filter are identical to Microsoft Excel (xls) export filter
Also added support of latest RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo IDE
Full list of changes:
+ Added procedure TfcxMeasuresContainer.Recalculate+ Added property TfcxCube.AbortLoading: boolean to abort data loading in event OnProgress* Fixed names of TeeChart units in fcxpChartEditor.pas- Fixed error with Null values in export to Microsoft Excel 2007 (.xlsx)- Fixed error of reading milliseconds from XML- Fixed stack overflow error in popup list of unique values- Fixed text drawing using themes (noticed on dark themes)- Fixed error with creating measures with missed base field during loading schema- Fixed error with Unassigned and 0- Fixed error with drawing Fields zone- Fixed error with Highlights- Fixed error with HideZero- Fixed error with Dataset in TfcxpCube- Fixed error in ColOffsetValue and RowOffsetValue- Fixed error with comparing Date in Ranges- Fixed error with export to Excel introduced in 2.6- Fixed errors with export to Excel for 64-bit systems
A lot of new things in FastReport .NET 2017.4:
Support of .NET Core (Professional and Enterprise editions)
New report objects: SVG images and Gauges
Delivery via Telegram messenger
Saving to LaTeX format
Highlights and hyperlink editors in Online Designer
FastReport Pages: Android report viewer is now on Google Play Market - http://fast.report/1ffff
And not only that!
[Core]
+ added initial support of .NET Core (\Demos\Core\FastReportCore.MVC\readme.txt)
[Engine]
+ Trim property has been added for linear barcodes
+ Tag property has been added for all components
+ added saving of meta data (ReportInfo.Name, ReportInfo.Author, ReportInfo.Description,
ReportInfo.Created, ReportInfo.Modified, ReportInfo.CreatorVersion) in prepared report file
+ added RegisterData(DataSet data, bool enableAllTables) and RegisterData(DataSet data, string name, bool enableAllTables)
functions for registering DataSet and enabling all its tables
+ added possibility to access the Report.Dictionary without case sensitivity
+ added RadialGauge control
+ added SimpleProgressGauge control
- fixed wrong result for n.9999 values in NumToWords functions
- fixed bug with multi-thread preparing and using the cursors inside a report
- fixed borders for Gauges
- adjusted scale and pointer for SimpleGauge
[Designer]
+ added pagination in Data View Window
+ added Space to separators list in CSV connection
+ added possibility to open List and Label files with extensions crd, srt, inv, lab and let
+ added selecting previous file filter in open file dialog
- fixed bug with deleting of bands
- fixed bug with empty fields when connecting to CSV table
- fixed bug with space separator when connecting to CSV table
- fixed bug with strings without separator when connecting to CSV table
- fixed bug when viewing business object data
- fixed bug with null value of System.Guid instance
- fixed bug in PageColumns class when number of positions is not equal number of columns
[Exports]
+ added Word2007Export.RowHeight property with enum (Minimum, Exactly)
+ added converting to Percent format for Excel2007 export
+ added export in LaTeX (without pictures, works with XeLaTex)
- fixed bug with barcode duplicates in PDF export
- fixed bug with table cells duplicates in XAML, SVG exports
- fixed bug with tilde in Excel2007 export
- fixed bug with image duplicating in PDFExport
- fixed bug with Biff8 export from prepared report
- allowed export TextObjects with not default FontWithRatio to Excel 2007
[WebReport]
+ added property WebReport.DesignerConfig for storing custom configuration of Online Designer
- fixed bug with WebReport object resizing
[Extras]
+ added Web API self-hosted example (Demos\C#\Web\WebApiSelfHosted)
+ added SVGObject plugin (\Extras\Misc\SVGObjectPlugin)
+ added TelegramMessenger plugin (\Extras\Misc\Messaging\TelegramMessenger)
+ added support for MaxiCode and Intelligent Mail barcodes
+ added editor for hyperlink property
* improved Crystal Reports converter, now works with the latest versions of Crystal
[Online Designer]
+ added Highlight editor
+ added resizing area for the left sidebar
+ added MaxiCode & Intelligent Mail barcodes
+ added ability to call control dialogs from properties panel by clicking button in the title of subsection
+ switch all the customization panels at once
+ font editing dialog
+ border property editing dialog
+ hyperlink property editing dialog
+ building process changed
* popup restyle in the upper right corner
- fixed bug with positioning DataHeader Band after DataBand
- fixed bug with freezing in IE
In the new version of FastReport .NET 2017.3 we added 2 new barcodes: Intelligent Mail Barcode operated by USPS and MaxiCode that carries freight information during transport. Also added ability to attach files to the PDF which allows creating e-invoices in ZUGFeRD format. And there’s now an example of using FastReport .Net with ASP.NET Web API framework.
All changes:
[Core]
+ added Intelligent Mail (USPS) barcode+ added MaxiCode barcode+ added property Report.ReportInfo.Tag+ added property Report.ReportInfo.SaveMode+ added support functions with optional parameters* added thread-safe collections support for .net 4
[Designer]
+ added ability of multi-line editing of Report.ReportInfo.Description and Report.ReportInfo.Tag- fixed bug with wrong width of different lines of border
[Exports]
+ added ability to embed any file in PDF export with methods: PDFExport.AddEmbeddedXML, PDFExport.AddEmbeddedFile- fixed creating blank page after a table in RTF and Word2007 exports- fixed bug with bands Exportable property- fixed appearance of dates in Excel2007 export- fixed bug with padding and height of text in PDF export- fixed bug with black boxes in exports
[Extras]
+ added new example for working with ZUGFeRD and PDF/A-3b \Demos\C#\ZUGFeRD + added new example for Web API \Demos\C#\Web\WebApi - fixed bug with relative path to JSON file in JSON connector
[WebReport]
+ added properties WebReport.RequestHeaders, WebReport.ResponseHeaders+ added catching of exceptions on call of WebReport.DesignerSaveCallBack- fixed page margins in printing from browser- fixed bug with lines in HTML export and WebReport- fixed TTF exceptions processing for PDFExport
[Online Designer]
+ added support of new property ReportInfo.Tag in Report object- fixed muli-level view of childs links- property Padding can contain only integer values