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We have added a new import function from JasperReports. To use it, go to the "File" menu in the FastReport .NET designer and select "Open ...". In the window that appears, select the filter "JasperReports files (*.jrxml)". The selected file will be automatically converted to a FastReport .NET report and opened in the designer. The resulting imported report may have differences, and most likely, you will have to finalize it — change the properties of objects and add connections. JasperReports "Table" objects will be converted into subreports with similar functions. JasperReports reports may also include custom not importable elements. The user will need to replace such objects with analogs himself. For the rest, the locations, sizes, and types of objects with some properties will be the same as those in the JasperReports report. Comparison table of JasperReports and FastReport .NET reports: Function FastReport .NET JasperReports Report objects   Text + +   Figure + +   Image + +   SVG + +   Subreport + +   Service text + -   Diagram + +   Barcode + +   2D barcode + +   Map + +   ZIP code + -   Text in cells + -   Rich Text + +   Gradient + -   Cross-tab (Matrix) + +   Advanced Matrix (AdvMatrix) + -   Table + +   Container + +   Indicator + +   Checkbox + -   Spark graph + -   HTML + +   Digital signature + - Reporting functions   Dialogue Forms + -   Report Inheritance + -   Master-detail-subdetail + +   Drill-downs + -   Grouping + +   Sorting + +   Headers and footers + +   URLs and hrefs + +   HTML tags in text objects + +   Dimensionless pages + -   Preview component + +   Report designer in the development environment + +   Report designer in the executable program + +   High DPI support - +   Visual SQL Query Builder + -   Interface languages 29 1 Example of a report when importing from JasperReports to FastReport .NET This is the original, which was built in the JasperReports trial version:   Import result with a small improvement:    There is a noticeable difference in these examples: the part of the page occupied by the table is different with the same number of lines — this is due to the different space between the text lines. Let’s look at another report that contains Code 128, Codabar, 2/5 Interleaved, 2/5 Industrial barcodes.   You can see the result of the conversion to the FastReport designer in the following screenshot:   This import should allow FastReport users to quickly convert their reports from JasperReports with maximum accuracy. This will reduce the labor efforts required for migration and building familiar reports in our designer.

Import of StimulSoft reports is now available with the 2022.2.13 release. To use it, go to the “File” menu in the FastReport .NET designer, FastReport CoreWin and FastReport Mono and click on the “Open ...” item. Select the filter "StimulSoft files (*.mrt)" in the window that appears. The uploaded file will be automatically converted into a FastReport report and opened in the designer. The resulting imported report may differ. Most likely, you should finalize it by adding connections and changing functions with variables in text objects. StimulSoft report code cannot be converted to work properly for FastReport reports due to technical features of the product. Thus, the program code will be converted into a comment. Also, StimulSoft reports may contain implementation objects that are not supported by the FastReport designer. These objects will not be exported or will be replaced by others in the way that the generated report is as similar as possible to the one created in StimulSoft. It is important to note that cross-bands are imported by moving their contents to the parent band. StimulSoft. Otherwise, the locations, sizes and types of objects with some properties will match those in the StimulSoft report. Comparative table of StimulSoft and FastReport reports: Possibility FastReport StimulSoft Report objects   Text + +   Figure + +   Image + +   SVG + +   Subreport + +   Service text + +   Diagram + +   Barcode + +   2D barcode + +   Map + +   Postcode + +   Text in cells + +   Rich Text + +   Gradient + +   Cross-tab (Matrix) + +   AdvMatrix + -   Table + +   Container + -   Indicator + +   Checkbox + +   Sparkline + +   HTML + +   Digital signature + +   Clone - +   Mathematical formulas - + Report Features   Dialogue Forms + +   Report Inheritance + +   Master-detail-subdetail + +   Drill-downs + +   Grouping + +   Sorting + +   Headers and footers + +   URLs аnd hrefs + +   HTML tags in text objects + +   Dimensionless Pages + +   Preview Component + +   Report designer in development environment + +   Report designer in the executable program + +   High DPI support + +   Visual SQL Query Builder + -   Interface languages 39 38   A report imported from StimulSoft to FastReport Original report built in trial version of StimulSoft:   The result with some modifications:   You can notice one difference in these examples — there is no band that closes the footer of the table in the imported report. This is explained by different implementation of the data footer (DataFooterBand). Let’s look at another report that contains Code 39, Code 39 Extended, Code 93, Code 93 Extended, UPC-Sup2, UPC-Sup5 barcodes.   You can see the result of converting to the FastReport designer in the following screenshot:   This import feature will enable FastReport users to very quickly convert a report from StimulSoft and as accurately as possible. This will save labor effort for converting and building familiar reports in the FastReport designer. Please contact our support for all questions related to importing.

Often, the developers of report generators create their formats to store templates. For example, FastReport uses the .frx format for storing templates and .fpx for storing reports to be exported and Crystal Reports uses .rpt files. This article will tell how to import a report template from RPT format created in Crystal Reports to FRX format, which is used in FastReport. To import templates, you’ll need the desktop report designer. The import is possible when the correct RPT file is opened. You can add this feature to the designer if you compile a special add-on (plugin). Let's take a look at the whole process from start to finish. First, download the plugin project. It is available at the link in the Add-ons section. The required link is signed as “Converter from Crystal Reports (*.rpt) to FastReport .NET (*.frx)”. When you click on it, the archive will be downloaded, which you must unpack to any convenient location. Then you need to open the FastReport.RPTImportPlugin.sln file using Visual Studio. Download the package required for the work of the plugin. It is called “Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio” and can be downloaded at the following link (registration at sap.com is required). Several download options will be offered via the link. Download and install the following package, available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions: SAP Crystal Reports for Visual Studio (SP30) runtime engine for .NET framework MSI. The following links will be configured in the downloaded FastReport.RPTImportPlugin project: Delete all links mentioning FastReport and CrystalDecisions, and then add links to the current files: 1) CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll and CrystalDecisions.Shared.dll. After installing the downloaded package, these DLL files will be located in the following path: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\CrystalDecisions.Shared 2) FastReport.dll, FastReport.Compat.dll and FastReport.DataVisualization.dll. These DLLs are located in the root folder of the installed FastReport .NET. If you haven't changed the default installation destination, you can find them here: C:\Program Files (x86)\FastReports\FastReport.Net Make sure you are using the correct DLLs! If you have several versions of FastReport .NET installed, you may mistakenly select the wrong version of the DLL. The designer will not recognize the plugin or will not start. Your list of links will look like this after these steps: Compile the project. After that, go to the FastReport.RPTImportPlugin\bin\Debug folder and find the FastReport.RPTImportPlugin.dll file. Open the report designer, and select the "Plugins" tab in the "Settings .." menu. Click on the “Add” button and select the FastReport.RPTImportPlugin.dll file. After that, you will see it in the list of installed plugins: After adding the plug-in, restart the designer, and select "Open ...". After that, the file selection menu will open, and a new item should appear in the file format selector: Attention! If during compilation, you select DLLs that do not match the DLLs used by the designer, then: Designer may not start when you run it again. The item “Crystal Reports File” will not be added to the export menu. In these cases, reopen the FastReport.RPTImportPlugin project, remove FastReport.dll, FastReport.Compat.dll and FastReport.DataVisualization.dll from it, add the correct DLLs and recompile the plugin. If the designer doesn't open after replacing DLLs, double-check all other steps. If this did not help, then remove the link to the plugin from the Config file and contact our support. The Config file is located in the following path, and contains a number of FastReport .NET settings: …AppData\Local\FastReport To remove connection with the plugin, find and remove the line starting with <Plugin Name and save the file. After that, the designer will open but without the plugin. The whole line will look like this: <Plugin Name="your path to the plugin\FastReport.RPTImportPlugin.dll"/> Please note that there are some technical limitations when importing. For example, configured data source connections will not be saved, and some objects will be output with small inaccuracies. If you are not satisfied with any aspect of importing templates, please contact our technical support. We always strive to improve our products, including improving the quality of import reports. To sum up, by this moment you should have a compiled plugin that you added to the FastReport designer. After these steps, you can open RPT files created in Crystal Reports in the FastReport .NET designer and save them as FRX files, i.e. report templates for FastReport .NET.