FastReport_v2.53_Full_Source_Code_for_Delphi_BCB

FastReport 2.53 for Delphi 3-7 & C++Builder 4-6 READ THIS FILE ACCURATELY BEFORE INSTALLING FR2.53! VERY IMPORTANT! Before installing, remove older packages of FastReport from the Delphi component palette and remove paths to older version sources from Tools->Environment Options->Library->Library Path! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Capabilities 3. Installing 4. Backward compatibility 5. Changes 6. Ordering 7. Notes 8. Credits 9. Other products recommended to use ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. INTRODUCTION FastReport is reporting tool component. It consists of report engine, designer and preview. It written on 100% Object Pascal and can be installed in Delphi 3-7 and C++Builder 4-6. Also available cross-platform version FR CLX for Delphi 6,7 C++ Builder 6 and Kylix 1,2,3 - check out webpage to get latest information. FastReport 2.53 is "try before buy". See "Ordering" topic for details. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CAPABILITIES - Fast, compact and flexible code allows you to extend FR functionality. No additional DLLs needed. - Built-in powerful and easy-to-use designer (also available in run-time). - Suitable MSWord-like report preview with "Search text" and "Edit" functions. - Set of most useful components: Text, Line, Picture, Shape, OLE, RichText, Chart, Barcode. You can also write your own components. - Ability to export your reports to other formats (such as TXT, RTF, CSV, HTML, PDF and other). - Built-in Pascal-like language allows you write code without programming in Delphi. It allows you to create reports that can't be created in other tools. - Script editor with syntax highligt. - FR reports can contain dialogue forms that you can use to ask parameters before prepare a report. You can have as many dialogs as you need. FR uses the same designer for dialogs and have set of standart dialog controls like Button, Edit, CheckBox and other. - Set of DB engines for FR allow you to create table/query/database components in run-time. Your reports can be completely independent of your application! - FR can obtain data from tables and queries, arrays and data files - from any source. FR is not BDE-dependent, you can use it with *any* DB library that is based on standard TDataset component. You can also use FR with IB_Objects - powerful and wide-known library for Interbase DBMS. - Localization in 21 languages. You can use FR in international applications. - Full Bi-directional text output. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. INSTALLING FR2.53 includes full source code. Trial version contains almost all sources (only one compiled unit FR_Class.dcu / FR_class.obj ). ! DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING IN FR.INC FILE OF TRIAL FR VERSION ! 3.1. Run fr253.exe and follow to instructions of installation program 3.2. FastReport supports a significant number of languages. FastReport has several language sets: English, German, French, Danish, Portuguese-brazil, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish, Italian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene, Catalon, Slovak, Russian, Chinese, Ukrainian. Resources are located in ..\FR\RES folder. By default, FastReport library setups with English resources. To use German resources, copy the files with RES-extensions from ..\FR\RES\GERMAN folder to ..\FR\SOURCE folder and recompile package (see more in setup.txt). That way, you can make your application fully German, French etc 3.3. Installing additional components. There are three additional components included in standard FR package. These components can be found in SOURCE\BDE, SOURCE\IBX and SOURCE\ADO folders. They supersede old datamanager (TfrDataStorage component). To install them, use same technique as described above. Each component have a package file. To install in Delphi2, use file with Reg suffix (for example, FR_BDEReg.pas). WARNING! The old datamanager (TfrDataStorage) is outdated. It included in this FR version, but will be removed in the next version. We highly recommended to stop using it, move to new components and convert your existing reports. 3.4. For recompile libraries see setup.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY .frf files from FR2.1...FR2.53 is compatible. You can use FR2.1 .frf in FR2.4; but you can't use new .frf files in older FR versions and builds. See faq.txt if you want to open FreeReport 2.21 files. FR CLX files can be opened by FR2.45 version and higher. Since CLX and VCL uses different paper numbering you may need to change paper format after opening FR CLX report file. Old datamanager (TfrDataManager) is not installed by default. Remove comment from {$DEFINE DATAMANAGER} line in FR.inc file to install it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Changes in FastReport v2.5: - added improved text file export with dot-matrix printer support - added HTML file export (based on table/styles) - added Excel file export (based on XML (MS Office 2000/XP/2003 supported)) - modified Excel file export (OLE) - modified RTF file export (table structure, MS Office 97-2003 supported) - modified FastReport 3.0 (fr3) save from designer - Open QueryBuilder optional install - bug fixes. See full changes list in file changes.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. ORDERING FastReport 2.53 is "try before buy". You can try trial version of FastReport2.53, which prints only one page of report with nag label "FastReport - unregistered". Full version of FR shipped with full source code. Single copy of FR2.53 costs $99. Site license (unlimited number of copies) costs $990. You can register it with RegisterNow! or ShareIt online services which accepts all kinds of payment. Use this link for register: http://www.fast-report.com/en/buynow.php Registered users gets technical support and can upgrade to the next version of FR with no additional payment (FR CLX is separate product, you need to buy it even if you already registered FR 2.53). See Dealers.txt for more information about our resellers in countries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. NOTES All units written by authors, except the following: - RichEdit editor taked from \DEMOS\RICHEDIT. - Delphi version determining taken from RX 2.60. - TfrSpeedButton component is based on RX TrxSpeedButton. - Barcode component (frBarcod.pas) is written by Andreas Schmidt and friends (freeware). - See also "CREDITS" topic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. CREDITS Olivier Guilbaud <golivier@free.fr>: - Barcode add-in (FR_BarC.pas) - RoundRect add-in (FR_RRect.pas) - Interface with OpenQueryBuilder (FR_QBEng.pas) Dmitry Statilko <dima_misc@hotbox.ru>: - Flat comboboxes (FR_Combo.pas) Andrew Semack <sammy@profix.poltava.ua>: - Interface with IB_Objects EMS Company, Alexander Khvastunov <avx@ems.chel.su>: - TfrIBXComponents - TfrFIBComponents Michael Shmakov <misha@petrosoft.karelia.ru>: - TfrDAOComponents Andrew Dyrda <andrewdyrda@chat.ru>: - Documentation Konstantin Butov <kos@sp.iae.nsk.su>: - Idea and first version of TfrPrintGrid component Sergey Repalov <ReSerg@mail.ru>: - TfrRTF_RS_ExportFilter Oleg Kharin <ok@uvadrev.udmnet.ru>: - Full WYSIWYG support Stalker <stalker732_4@yahoo.com>: - A lot of suggestions and bug reports - TfrAsaComponents and others Boris Loboda <barry@audit.kharkov.com>: - Help with hosting Akzhan Abdulin <akzhan@mtgroup.