FastReport VCL v5.4.3 for DX10.1 Berlin
FastReport VCL is an add-on component that allows your application to generate reports quickly and efficiently. FastReport® provides all the tools necessary for developing reports, including a visual report designer, a reporting core, and a preview window.
Report Designer:
new XP-style interface
the "Data" tab with all report datasets
ability to draw diagrams in the "Data" tab
code completion (Ctrl+Space)
breakpoints
watches
report templates
local guidelines (appears when you move or resize an object)
ability to work in non-modal mode, mdi child mode
Print:
split a big page to several small pages
print several small pages on one big
print a page on a specified sheet (with scale)
duplex handling from print dialogue
print copy name on each printed copy (for example, "First copy", "Second copy")
Features:
- Band-oriented report generator. Wide range of band types allows you to create any kind of report.
- Report can consist of several design pages. Thus you can build a report that consists of cover, data and back cover - all in one file.
- Wide range of objects that can be used in a report: text, picture, lines, shapes, charts, barcodes, cross-table, ole object, richtext, checkbox, gradient. screenshot
- Visual report designer supports zooming, undo/redo, guidelines, rulers. Fully customizable interface with MS Office look. You can give your users the ability to modify reports and create new ones. screenshot
- Report can contain datasets (tables, queries, DB connections). Thus you can not only use application-defined datasets, but connect to any databases and use tables and queries right inside a report. At this time the following libraries are supported: ADO, BDE, DBX, IBX, FIB, and many third-party DB libraries. screenshot
- Report can contain dialogue forms to ask for some data before the report is run. You can create fully standalone, application-independed reports! screenshot
- Built-in script engine that supports 4 languages: PascalScript, C++Script, BasicScript, JScript. You can perform complex data handling with it, manage the interaction with dialogue forms and controls. screenshot
- The debugging tools: step, breakpoints, watches. screenshot
- Visual query builder. You don't have to learn the SQL language to create a complex query from several data tables. screenshot
- Export filters allow you to export your report to many supported formats (PDF, RTF, XLS, XML, HTML, JPG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, TXT, CSV, Open Document Format).
- Send report by email with one mouse click.
- Web-reporting components. Distance no longer matters! You can browse a report using only web browser.
- Special kind of report for dot-matrix printing. This type of printer is still alive and used in many corporations. Use FastReport for fast dot-matrix printing! screenshot
- Report inheritance (supported both file-based inheritance and visual form inheritance used in Delphi/C++Builder). You have many reports with common elements such as titles, logos, footers Put the common elements into base report and inherit all other reports from a base.