FastReport® Studio for developers includes powerful full-value COM+ program interface for further verification and managing of report building and handling; command line interface for report building and bringing out management; file package for end-user free application distribution; development means and source texts of samples for different programming environments (Microsoft® Visual Studio v.6, Microsoft® Visual Studio .Net, Microsoft® Access, Microsoft® Excell, Microsoft® FoxPro, and also SyBase® PowerBuilder, Borland® Delphi.Net etc.).
　
FastReport® Studio for Business

• Modern manager will not be satisfied with simple usage of exterior reports any more. Experts in economics and business (managers of different levels, analysts and other professionals), for whom reports are necessary for decision-making, need to create reports themselves according to their needs. For the best solution of these tasks FastReport Studio contains all facilities allowing to use this instrument fully independently: powerful visual report designer (reports can also contain dialogue forms and macro-language constructions – special visual means are built in for their development); report distribution means – from printing or export to plenty of different formats to forming and saving or dispatching via e-mail according to time-table.

FastReport Studio for developers

• FastReport Studio presents fast, compact and multi-functional report generator for developers using Microsoft Visual C++ 6; Microsoft Visual Basic 6; Microsoft Visual C++ .NET; Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft C#.NET, Microsoft Visual FoxPro, Microsoft Access, Microsoft ASP.NET, SyBase PowerBuilder and Borland Delphi .NET. Besides, FastReport Studio supports any other development environments compatible with COM technology or supporting command line.
• For developer there is COM library. It gives possibility to view, generate, export and analyze data from different sources, presenting results in nice and convenient form. This library contains own Basic, C++, Java and Pascal macro-languages interpreters. That enables to handle data dynamically while report generating, and to include analysis mechanisms of any complexity into report. You can include interactive dialogue elements into report. That gives report generator more flexibility and enhances area of its practical usage. Thus, logic of interaction with end-user with possibility of report building management may be included into report.

Report generator possibilities

• Basic possibilities
  
  • Powerful, compact and flexible environment for creating reports;
  • Compatible with various development environments, which supportsCOM model (Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft CSharp.NET, Microsoft Visual Fox Pro, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Visual Basic, Borland Delphi, etc.);
  • Includes set of language resources for 27 languages.
• Data sources
  • Microsoft ADO engine;
  • Data supplied by application;
  • Data generated by built-in script.
• Supported report types and data processing
  
  • Free-form;
  • Simple list;
  • Multilevel groups;
  • Multilevel master-detail;
  • Multicolumn;
  • Cross-tabs;
  • Charts;
  • Labels;
  • Nested reports (subreports);
  • Special dot-matrix reports to print on dot-matrix printers;
  • Interactive (dialogs, hyperlinks, etc);
  • All of above in any combination.
• Preview, print, and export
  
  • Friendly WYSIWYG interface;
  • Multipage, continuous, side-by-side previews;
  • Outline support;
  • Search text in preview window;
  • Edit report in preview window;
  • Print on any local and network printers, including dot-matrix printers;
  • Export in PDF, RTF, Microsoft Excel, XML, HTML, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, plain text, and CSV formats.
• Report design
  
  • Built-in report designer with customizable interface;
  • In-place editing, zooming, rulers, guides and undo/redo;
  • Three types of grid: centimeters, inches, pixels;
  • Script editor with syntax highlight;
  • Script debugger;
  • Wizards for base type reports;
• Advanced features
  
  • Rich set of add-in objects: text, image, barcode, shape, line, chart, rich text, OLE object, gradient, checkbox;
  • Full-featured Text object (paragraphs, text alignment, char spacing, line spacing, text rotation, Unicode, HTML tags);
  • Various fill types and shadow;
  • Build-in dialog designer allows you to create dialogs with standard set of wincontrols:
  • label, edit, memo, button, checkbox, radiobutton, listbox, combobox, dateedit, etc;
  • Built-in script languages: PascalScript, C++Script, BasicScript and JScript;
  • Access to base classes, report objects, controls and forms from a script;
  • Storing reports in XML or compressed XML formats.