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FASTREPORT® FMX
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Introduction
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2. New FastReport FMX features
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3. Capabilities
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1. INTRODUCTION
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FastReport® FMX is an add-on component that allows your application to generate
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reports quickly and efficiently.
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FastReport® provides all the necessary tools to develop reports, including a visual
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report designer, a reporting core, and a preview window. It can be used in the
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Delphi XE2 and Embarcadero ® C++Builder XE2 environments.
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2. NEW FASTREPORT FMX FEATURES
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Report Designer:
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- new XP-style interface
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- the "Data" tab with all report datasets
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- ability to draw diagrams in the "Data" tab
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- code completion (Ctrl+Space)
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- breakpoints
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- watches
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- report templates
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- local guidelines (appears when you move or resize an object)
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- ability to work in non-modal mode, mdi child mode
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Report Preview:
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- thumbnails
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Print:
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- split a big page to several small pages
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- print several small pages on one big
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- print a page on a specified sheet (with scale)
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- duplex handling from print dialogue
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- print copy name on each printed copy (for example, "First copy", "Second copy")
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Report Core:
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- "endless page" mode
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- images handling, increased speed
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- the "Reset page numbers" mode for groups
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- reports crypting (Rijndael algorithm)
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- report inheritance (both file-based and dfm-based)
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- drill-down groups
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- frxGlobalVariables object
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- "cross-tab" object enhancements:
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- improved cells appearance
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- cross elements visible in the designer
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- fill corner (ShowCorner property)
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- side-by-side crosstabs (NextCross property)
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- join cells with the same value (JoinEqualCells property)
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- join the same string values in a cell (AllowDuplicates property)
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- ability to put an external object inside cross-tab
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- AddWidth, AddHeight properties to increase width&height of the cell
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- AutoSize property, ability to resize cells manually
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- line object can have arrows
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- added TfrxPictureView.FileLink property (can contain variable or a file name)
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- separate settings for each frame line (properties Frame.LeftLine,
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TopLine, RightLine, BottomLine can be set in the object inspector)
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- PNG images support (uncomment {$DEFINE PNG} in the frx.inc file)
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- Open Document Format for Office Applications (OASIS) exports, spreadsheet (ods)
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and text (odt)
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Enterprise components:
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- Users/Groups security support
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- Templates support
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- Dynamically refresh of configuration, users/groups
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3. CAPABILITIES
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- Band-oriented report generator.
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- Fast, compact and flexible code allows you to extend FastReport functionality.
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No additional DLLs needed.
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- Built-in powerful and easy-to-use designer (also available in run-time).
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- Full WYSIWYG
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- Set of most useful components: Text, Line, Diagonal line, Picture, Shape, OLE,
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RichText, Chart, Barcode. You can also write your own components.
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- Ability to export your reports to other formats (such as TXT, RTF, HTML, PDF, XLS,
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XML, JPG, BMP, TIFF).
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- Dot matrix reports.
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- Built-in language allows you write code without programming in Delphi.
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It allows you to create reports that can't be created in other tools.
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- Various fill types, shadow.
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- Script editor with syntax highligt.
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- One script in the report (like an unit in the Delphi).
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- Dramatically increased performance.
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- Strict type checking.
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- Multi-language architecture allows you to use many script languages (Pascal, C++,
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Basic, Java).
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- Access to any object inside your application (in case you've allowed this). Standard
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libraries to access to base classes, controls and forms. Easily expandable library
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architecture.
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- Debugger.
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- Report preview with "Search text" and "Edit" functions.
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- Text rotation 0..360 degrees.
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- Paragraph gap.
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- Memo object supports simple html-tags (font color, b, i, u, sub, sup).
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- Styles.
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- Text flow.
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- URLs, Anchors
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- Zooming in designer.
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- In-place editing.
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- Rulers, guides.
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- Grid: mm, inches, pixels.
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- Wizard for base type reports.
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- Copy objects to Windows clipboard.
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- Full Undo/Redo.
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- reports can contain dialogue forms that you can use to ask parameters before
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prepare a report. You can have as many dialogs as you need. FastReport uses the
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same designer for dialogs and have set of standard dialog controls like Button, Edit,
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CheckBox and other.
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- Storing reports in XML format, compressed XML format (compatible with GZip) also
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available.
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- Set of DB engines for FastReport allow you to create table/query/database
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components in run-time. Your reports can be completely independent of your
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application!
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- You can use FastReport in international applications.
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- Full Bi-directional text output.
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Fast Reports Inc.
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e-mail: <info@fast-report.com>
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web site: <http://www.fast-report.com>
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