ANN: about FastReport VCL 5


Dear friends!

Recently, many ask us: "Will you develop FastReport.Net only?", "Why don't we see new builds of FastReport VCL 4?"

We will tell you a small secret. The team which developed FastReport VCL is now developing FastReport VCL 5!

And it will contain many new useful features for Delphi and C++Builder developers.

We plan to release FastReport VCL 5 this autumn. See a not full list of news in FastReport VCL 5:

Improved Engine:
- improved shift mechanism;
- duplicated combining;
- new aggregates;
- improved cross object;
- changes in xml format(write collections in XML);
- improved report inheritance;
- hierarchy;
- watermarks/ objects fill;
- improved linear barcodes;
- improved interactive reports: OnMouseEnter/OnMouseLeave events;
- detailed reports;
- multi-tab preview for detailed reports;

New Objects:
- new 2D barcodes: DataMatrix and PDF417;
- Table object;
- Cellular text;
- Zip Code;

New exports:
- BIFF XLS export;
- PPTX export;
- XLSX export;
- DOCX export;

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