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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

In FastReport .NET 2015.1 we have released an On-line Report Designer. It can be used directly in the user's browser and allows editing the appearance of a report template, modifying the object properties, and editing the script and events. The full-featured version of the On-line Report Designer is available in the Professional edition of FastReport .NET. A demo version is available in Trial edition. You can download it from our site for free. The evaluation version cannot save reports back in the server. Report Designer is still in development. Some types of objects are not supported yet. Also, you cannot edit dialog forms. All unsupported objects or properties retain their original values and do not change. Read more...

If you bought Delphi XE 7 from September 2014 to January 2015 then you know that it was additionally supplied with FastCube VCL 2. This special offer is over now but we know that some of you are still having difficulties installing the free FastCube. We decided that everyone should be able to use the benefits of full version of FastCube 2. We want all of you to receive access to FastCube VCL 2 along with Delphi XE7 even if it wasn't installed right away. Just visit your customer panel at cp.fast-report.com and get your FastCube 2. In case you missed the special offer – there's one more chance to receive FastCube VCL 2 with 25% discount! Get it here before March 31 - https://www.fast-report.com/en/

Fast Reports is a proud media partner of bit Time Academy online in-depth ‪Delphi‬ training which will take place from 10th to 13th of February presented by bit Time Software. The training will help you improve productivity, quality, robustness and elegance of code. Read all about it and sign up at www.bittime.it/update_online/

On February 13th Fast Reports will take part in Embarcadero Technologies series of webinars “Embarcadero Technology Partner Spotlights”, where our lead developer Denis Zubov will tell you all about rapid report development with FastReport.Presentation will be followed by Q&A session.Sign up at http://forms.embarcadero.com/14Q1TechPartnerSpotlights

New version of FastReport VCL 5.2 includes a number of changes. Lazarus: Added support of free cross-platform development environment Lazarus. It's the first beta-version that includes designer and preview. New opportunities will be added later, as for now we offer to try it and give us your feedback.   SVG: Popular vector image format widely used over the Internet is now available in FastReport exports. SVG's main advantage involves maintaining picture quality through enlargement of any of its part. It is useful when creating maps, big charts or diagrams.   RAD Studio XE7: Added support of the new version of RAD Studio XE7.   Designer: Improvement of the reports inheritance and quality synchronizing of the templates. Added some new options of working with data tree such as multi-selection, dragging and editing.   Export: Transparency and color mask in PDF. We've translated Fast Report 5 User manual to Portuguese and it can be downloaded here: http://www.fast-report.com/public_download/files/FR5UserManual-br.pdf + Added Embarcadero RAD Studio XE7 support for x32 and x64 windows platforms + Added initial support of Lazarus for Fast Report 5 - first beta release with includes ther report designer and the report preview. + Added new export filter to SVG format - SVG is a graphical vector format used in web and now FastReport allow you to export reports to this format. + Added ability to reset object properties to parents in inherited report (whole report or single object) - ability to restore object properties of any object in inherited report to default values introduced in base report. + Added multi-selection for data tree and ability to drag whole dataset(create band) - allow to drag any count of fields from "data tree" or/and include whole dataset. + Added ability to move/select/edit report objects from report tree window - new enhanced "report objects tree" gives ability to select move and edit objects more easily. + Added transparency and color mask in PDF export (Pictures/HTML-tags/RTF) - pictures and some objects like RTF may uses alpha mask during export to PDF. + Added selection mode in report designer - new selection modes allow to select all object of the same kind as selected. + Changed preview tabs mechanism. TfrxPreview.EachReportInTab allow to bind few report components to a single preview and show each in the separate tab. + [enterprise] Added new Enterprise demo to show how to build client application for mobile platform in FMX framework - learn how you can build a mobile client for FastReport Enterprise edition. + Improved variables and styles editor to handle new inheritence items + Added export of page frame in PDF + Added cell rotation in XLSX and DOCX exports filters + Added packages for IBO4 for D2005-XE3 - [enterprise] Fixed unicode problems in FR Server navigator toolbar - Fixed TfrxFontComboBox now uses TfrxReport.iniFile for saving data - Fixed FireDac components compatibility for XE7 - Fixed align of text in DOCX export - Fixed Indy SMTP mail transfer - Fixed frxTeeChart problem in multy-threaded inviroment - Fixed error with export of 2d barcode from code - Fixed problem with new DBX behaviour in master detail reports starts from Delphi XE - Fixed problem with KeepFooter in subreports - Fixed DateTime format in BIFF export - Fixed preview window flickering with drilldown reports - Fixed text align fix for negative LineSpacing - Fixed minor problems with report inheritance - Fixed preview error which may appears during preparing crosstab - Fixed TIFF export problem when using Stream - Fixed problem with crosstab header resizing in some cases - Fixed problem with minimizing report designer in application compiled with delphi 2010 and above - Fixed visibility of several components for x64 platform - Fixed script inheritance in reports when used fsGlobalModule - Fixed OnLoadTemplate and OnGetUnit events for inherited report - Fixed OnPreviewDblClick event - Fixed missing Fill property for some objects - Fixed double frames in PDF export - Fixed font embedding problem with x64 platform - Fixed incorrect preview behaviour in some cases - Fixed PDF checkbox export - Fixed EAN13 barcode bug - Fixed numeric formats in XLSX export - Fixed TabOrder in frxEditPage - Added missing bcCode128 support in report script - Restored published Color property for TfrxSysMemoView