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New version of lead product of Fast Reports for .NET-platform FastReport .NET 1.1 released!What is new?Version 1.1---------------+ added new UI styles - Office2007Blue, Office2007Silver, Office2007Black, VistaGlass. You can choose the designer and the preview form appearance using the EnvironmentSettings component (its UIStyle property)+ added CSV export+ added Text/Dot-matrix export+ added Designer.exe and Viewer.exe end-user applications+ added DesignerControl control+ added the "Format Painter" command to the standard toolbar+ added two new system variables - "TotalPage#" and "Page#"+ added design-time support for BindingSource+ added the property "RTFExport.ImageFormat"+ added HideIfNoData, NoDataText properties to BarcodeObject+ added new demo project - MdiDesigner+ added "Table/Fit Dynamic Table To Page" report+ added "Dialogs/Cascaded Data Filtering" report+ added "Interactive Reports/Interactive Matrix With Chart" report+ added "Dialogs/Labels With Dialog" report+ added Chinese (simplified) localization+ added Arabic localization+ added export of transparent colors and pictures (alpha blending) in PDF format+ added export of lines, arrows, rectangle shapes, shadows in PDF format+ added export of page watermarks in PDF format+ added export of dash-dot patterns in PDF format+ added export of horizontal and vertical lines, rectangle shapes, shadows in Excel(xml), RichText, OpenOffice and HTML formats* enhanced support of Unicode in PDF export* MSChart object moved to main FastReport.dll, no need to plug-in it anymore* FastReport.Dock library now replaced with FastReport.Bars- fixed bug with designer in Vista 64-bit- fixed bug with subreport & breaked band- fixed Matrix object bug (break spanned cell)- fixed bug with creating an event handler for multiple selected objects- fixed bug in PDF export with right border of table object- fixed focus lost when closing the preview window- fixed error with text justification- fixed error in data window (when you pass bad DataRelation object)- fixed bug in VS IDE (designer silently closes after you close the preview)- fixed bug with clipboard keys in TextObject in-place edit mode- fixed bug with MS SQL guid-type parameter- fix in business objects processing- fixed bug with subreport's PrintOnParent- fixed issue with printing static & dynamic TableObjects on the same band- fixed bug with report parameters- fixed bug with SQL parameters- fixed duplicate table names issue- fixed TableRow, TableColumn "Visible" property- fixed Matrix "Count" function- fixed bug with TableObject break- fixed bug with relations and empty data columns- fixed rotation of text in Excel(xml), RichText, OpenOffice, HTML and PDF export- fixed bug with subreport and "RepeatOnEveryPage" flag- fixed bug with inserting items of "generic" data type from "Data" window to a script- fixed bug with incorrect escaping of "Script" node content in the .frx file- fixed bug with delays in the designer when selecting a lot of objects- fixed bug with PictureObject.Tile- fixed bug with page breaks and margins in XML export- fixed bug with export of different border lines in Excel(xml), RichText, OpenOffice, HTML and PDF export- fixed bug with underlined and strikeout text in PDF export- fixed bug with borders of TableObject in PDF export- fixed bug with document title in PDF exportFastReport.NET is a full-featured reporting solution for Windows Forms and ASP.NET. It can be used in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008. It is compatible with .NET Framework 2.0 and higher. Main features:- own report visual advanced report designer. It does not depend on development environment and can be integrated to end-users' application;- optimized for corporate heavy load, big data mining processing and preparing really big reports.

FastReport Studio 4.7 released!• Added new demonstration program for Sybase PowerBuilder• Improved DrillDownd mechanism, should work correct with master-detail-subtetail nesting• Extened functionality of Vertical Bands• Extended interface of TfrxADOQuery object - added ability to dynamically set Master/Detail relation between SQL queries and dynamically set parameters of SQL queries.• Extended interface of TfrxReport object.• Extended functionality of build-in FastScript language.• Improved export abilites.• Improved compability with scripting languages like VB Script.• Fixed several demo programms.• Extended functionality of TfrxLineView object - now you can dynamically create LineView object and control its properties by external application.• Extended functionality of TfrxADOTable object - added new properties for access to table header - field names, field types and field size.• Fixed bug in vertical bands• Fixed small memory leak in subreports• Fixed minor bugs in Object Inspector and extended functionality of Objct Inspector• Fixed bug when Engine try to split non-stretcheable view and gone to endless loop• Fixed bug with HTML tags in memo when use shot text and WordWrap• Fixed MailExport and extended its diagnostic messages.FastReport Studio – is a “win32” report generator for software developers and business users. Our customers can order FastReport Studio with discount.

We are glad to announce a new product - FastReport.NET. FastReport.NET is a full-featured reporting solution for developers who use Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008. FastReport.NET is written in C# and compatible with .NET Framework 2.0 and higher.

FastCube 1.5 released!+ Changed: row height calculation algorithm of the X Axis+ Added property: TfcGrid.MaxRowHeightInXAxis+ Added properties in Measures[] ColOffsetValueWithDimValue[ADimValue: Variant] and ColOffsetValueWithDimValue[ADimValue: Variant]+ Added support for the mouse wheel in the detail grid.+ Added: Properties FieldsOrder and ShowSplitFieldsInFieldList are saved in Schema file+ Added property TfcSlice.ShowSplitFieldsInFieldList+ Added: Index of the field in DataSet is saved in Cube file+ Added events TfcSlice.OnSliceChanged+ Added opportunity of copying in the Clipboard with headers+ Added events TfcSlice.OnStartChange and TfcSlice.OnStopChange.+ Added French resources (thanks Hugues Van Landeghem)+ Better WideString field support. In combination with new defines UseWideString, UseUnicodeString (d2009 only) it allows to show unicode charaters in grid+ Added PercentFormat property to the TfcCube.DefaultFormat+ Added option mdgoCloneMasterValueOnExport to the TfcGrid (copy master value to all rows(columns) in export)+ Field width is saved in Schema and does not reset after move field in a grid region+ Added support for TBCDField for Delphi5+ Added German resources (thanks Daniel Soppe)+ Added property GridCanvas to the TfcGrid for using in events OnDrawCell and OnDrawAxisItem+ Added CopyToClipboard button to the ChartToolbar+ Added Spanish resources+ Added method TfcCube.Refresh to refresh data in Cube from DataSet* Function af_Count does not required a base field.- Removed grid properties: Crl3D, ParentCrl3D- Speed of expand/collapse operations has been dramatically increased- Fixed error: Axes were drawn very slowly with the big amount of data- Fix error with Dimensions[] in calcilation field script- Fix error with BCD fields in Fib+ and InterBaseExpress- Fixed error: DefaultFormat is nil in TfcFieldOfRegion- Fixed error in the html export with Delphi 2009- Fixed error: the schema loss in TfrcChartView editor.- Fixed recompile in BCB6 package with support of FastScript- Fixed wrong charset assignment- Fixed errors in the Recompile Wizard for Delphi 2009- Fixed errors in the frcd12.dpk package (Delphi 2009)- Fixed errors in the Measure Editor

+ Added Windows Authentification mode* Improved CGI for IIS/Apache server* Advanced log information on errors* Stability improvements* Speed improvements- Bug fixes

What is new in version 1.3?---------------+ added monochrome TIFF export+ added Excel 2007 export+ added PowerPoint 2007 export+ added MHT (web-archive) export+ added DBF export+ added ODBC connection+ added Oracle ODP.NET connection+ added ability to print copy name on the printed page (see + "Features/Print Copy Names" report) added built-in support for + cascaded data filtering (DetailControl property). See the + "Dialogs/Cascaded Data Filtering" report added "apply" flags to the + style elements added band's context menu items for easy creation of + child band and detail data band added TextObject.NullValue property + (to replace null values with specified string) added + TextObject.ProcessAt property (allows to print totals in the header) + added the ImageExport.MonochromeTiffCompression property added + HTMLExport.WidthUnits, HTMLExport.HeightUnits properties (allows + selection between Pixel and Percent) added the Message-HTML (MHT, + MHTML, web-archive) mode in HTML export (HTMLExport.Format property) + added Config.DesignerSettings.FilterConnectionTables event added + DataSourceBase.Load event to load detail rows in code added Croatian + localization added Persian localization added new demo projects in the + Demos\VB.Net folder added "Script/Sort Group By Total" report* improved "Keep with data" mechanism- fixed bug with Matrix and Table objects (Visible property is not working)- fixed bug with MS SQL connection (can't use tables in schemas other than dbo.*)- fixed bug in Medium Trust mode- fixed bug in business objects (duplicate datasource names)- fixed bug in dialogue forms (switch to the dialog page may throw an exception)- fixed bug in query builder- fixed bug with OutlineExpression and RepeatOnEveryPage- fixed bug with KeepChild- fixed bug with exporting barcodes- fixed bug in dialogue controls (Enabled & data filtering)- fixed bug with RepeatOnEveryPage band with child- fixed Matrix&Table bug (infinite loop if there is not enough space to print a column)- fixed bug in PDF export (file structure)- fixed designer exception when copying the total- fixed exception when closing the designer- fixed bug with disabling the navigator in HTML export- fixed bug with size of WebReport in percents- fixed PDF export (digits substitution in Arabic)- fixed bug with sorting on a calculated column- fixed bug in the PDF export (export of band with zero height and non-solid fill)- fixed bug in the text/expression editor (drag&drop items from the data tree)- fixed bug in the Excel 2007 export- fixed bug in the printer settings dialog (printer properties)- fixed bug with Outline when several reports are joined into one- fixed search in the preview- fixed bug in the group when there is no data to displayFastReport.NET is a full-featured reporting solution for Windows Forms and ASP.NET. It can be used in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/2008 and Delphi Prism.It is compatible with .NET Framework 2.0 and higher.  With FastReport.NET, you can create application-independent reports.In other words, FastReport.NET can be used as a standalone reporting tool.