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Our Italian partner -int Tech - Italy-organizes Delphi Porte Aperte, a free half-day event to give participants an insight into the state of the art of Delphi (and RAD Studio) and delve into the most interesting features of the latest versions of Embarcadero development environments.   More information- here    

Release of Visual Studio 2015 Preview includes new version of C# and VB.NET compilers called "Roslyn". Roslyn is a complete rewrite of C# and VB.NET compilers; if previously they were written in C++, now C# compiler is written in C#, and VB.NET compiler - in VB.NET respectively. Also Roslyn is fully open sourced and available on GitHub. When using the previous compiler, developer couldn't affect the compilation process. New compiler follows the idea of Compiler-as-a-Service: now it's a platform with API that allows the developers taking part in the compilation process. Read more    

We are pleased to announce the release of FastReport 5.3 VCL! The new version supports the latest RAD Studio XE8 development environment. It also has a lot of improvements and fixes for Lazarus IDE to work with Windows and Linux(qt). Export filters for Lazarus version will be available soon during daily updates. Stay tuned! New version also brings some new features like: - support of PDF/A-2a format - support of multiply ECI in QR code. This feature allows to switch codepage of the data directly in QR code (Can be set in barcode text by using '&ECIXX;' commands where XX is a ECI codepage number). - Detail reports now allow to pass a list of variables in hyperlink expression using Hyperlink.ValueSeparator property; - Value variable can be used inside hyperlink expression with a cross tabs and passes value of current cell; - Implemented PrintOnParent for multi-column pages - the new PrintOnParent  mechanism can detect columns free space and prints data there; - Added GDI->DMP and DMP->GDI converters; - Added ability to use Value variable in cross hyperlink expression; - Added paper orientation support for worksheets in the XML export filter; - Added support of exponential number formatin the XML and BIFF8 export filters; - Added paper sizes support for worksheets in the XML export filter; - Added <sub> and <sup> HTMLTags support in the BIFF8 export filter; - Added ability to save compressed prepared report - Added TfrxReportPage.BackPictureStretched property - Added TfrxFillGaps class in the frxClassRTTI And of course a lot of bug fixes(see the change log for details).Version 5.3 --------------------------- + Added Embarcadero RAD Studio XE8 support for x32 and x64 windows platforms + Added PDF/A-2a compatibility + Added haBlock alignment for frxPDFExport filter (thanks to Nikolay Zverev) + Added support of multiply ECI in QR code. Can be set in barcode text by using '&ECIXX;' commands where XX is a ECI codepage number + Added ability to pass a list of variables in hyperlink expression using Hyperlink.ValueSeparator + Added GDI->DMP and DMP->GDI converters + Added ability to use Value variable in cross hyperlink expression + Added paper orientation support for worksheets in the XML export filter + Added support of exponential number formatin the XML and BIFF8 export filters + Added paper sizes support for worksheets in the XML export filter + Added <sub> and <sup> HTMLTags support in the BIFF8 export filter + Implemented PrintOnParent for multi-column pages + Added ability to save compressed prepared report + Added TfrxReportPage.BackPictureStretched property + Added TfrxFillGaps class in the frxClassRTTI + [lazarus] Added 2D barcodes support - [lazarus] fixed many issues with the report designer and improved x64 support - Fixed <sub> and <sup> split text behaviour - Fixed TFDAdaptedDataSet and TFDRdbmsDataSet classes in the frxFDRTTI - Fixed debugging with dialog pages - Fixed Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode - Fixed AV in the Connection Wizard - Restored Color property for linear barcodes - Fixed range check error in frxpngimage unit - Fixed 2D barcodes memory leaks - Fixed TfrxCrossView.OnCalcHeight for PlainCells = False - Fixed Quick Report compatibility of DelphiZXingQRCode unit - Fixed bug with active page frame in the preview - Fixed infinity loop in the TfrxRichView - Fixed TfrxBrushFill frame - Fixed text for EAN8 barcode with checksum - Fixed PreviewOptions.ZoomMode behavior - Fixed Hyperlink editor for cross-tab - Fixed bug with units in the preview pages settings window - Fixed FooterAfterEach and KeepFooter behavior - Fixed bug with printing current page with Join Small Pages mode - Fixed HAlign and VAlign for Rotation = 90, 270 in the TfrxXLSExport, TfrxXMLExport, TfrxXLSXExport and TfrxBIFFExport - Fixed HTML tags support in the TfrxHTMLDivExport - [enterprise] Fixed frxISAPI for D2009-XE7 support - Fixed TfrxDesigner.Restrictions drDontSaveReport option behavior after changes in the script - Fixed problem with TfrxIBXQuery parameters - Fixed TfrxSubreport's page properties changing after adding of TfrxSubreport - Fixed TeeChart Standart support - Fixed Quality property behavior in the TfrxPDFExport filter  

We often receive demands for Premium paid support that would include solving the unusual requests. And we are glad to announce that since today we are offering 4 new corporate service plans:“All-Hope-Is-Gone Report”Psychological counselling in case of “Nothing is working!”, “Oh no! Crash!” or “It's all up!”“Night-Of-Strange-Cravings Report”Customer can request for any kind of strange feature (e.g. a video in your report) and we'll get it done over the night.“Careless-ToR Report”We will do the terms of reference for you. What the heck, we'll even write the actual program for you, with all the features and reports!“Gremlin Report”Via FedEx we ship you a personal Gremlin, who will scare off the fails. You won't have to feed him and he also can live in a box he came in.

How to register Json as a data source in FastReport.NET without knowing its schema? If you need to register Json as a data source in FastReport.NET, then you can do it through the registration of business objects. Read here  

We are glad to announce the release of the newer version of FastReport .NET. The main changes include improvement of WebReport and On-line Designer objects interaction, bug patch and rework of the current functionality. And not only that. Here's a full change list: [Core]* updated Japanese resources- fixed bug with opening frx/fpx files with Unicode signature in begin of file- fixed bug with CantFindObject exception in report reader in WebMode- fixed bug with saving empty Excel 2007 files- fixed RichTextQuality in PDF export[Designer]+ added Preview button in File menu in Ribbon toolbar[WebReport]+ added export in Prepared report* page breaks in export to Excel 2007 from WebReport now disabled by default- fixed bug with exception CantFindObject in WebReport- fixed bug with preview from designer in ASPX mode- fixed bug with designer position- fixed bug with report load in designer in ASPX mode[Service]+ added report exporting methods in Service[On-line Report Designer]+ added barcodes Aztec, Plessey, GS1-128/EAN-128+ added support of hierarchical data arrays with BusinessObjects+ added Aliases for data sources+ added copy/paste of TableObject and MatrixObject+ added enable/disable of rows/columns in tabled objects+ added MatrixObject+ added more space between bands+ band height reduced twice on mobile devices+ cancel of creating object by ESC+ added scale of report page with "ctrl + mousewheel"+ added save of report on keys "ctrl + s"+ added corners highlight of selected objects+ added objects SimpleGauge, LinearGauge* changed panels with properties and events* improved work with TableObject* changed design of trees in Report Tree, data and in Expression Editor* improved of parse of report with error reporting * the icons are same as in desktop designer* added tab View change of settings of grid and units * changes in style of object creation* changed search algorithm of objects on page with selection- fixed bug with duplicate component/bands names- fixed bug with cell deletion in table object- fixed bug with deletion of child bands in last band of page- fixed bug with band resize to 0- fixed bug with save of included objects in frx report- fixed bug in TableObject with adding of rows and columns- fixed bug in TableCell with RowSpan and ColSpan - fixed bug with table witdh and height- fixed bug with selecting of non valid fields- fixed bug with showing of messages when toolbar is hidden- fixed bug with moving of child cells of table beside a left side- fixed bug with adding of new object on the mobile devices- fixed bug with create object on scaled page- fixed bug with create object inside a cell of table- fixed bug with positioning of LineObject in Firefox