In the new version of FastReport .Net 2017.3 we added 2 new barcodes: Intelligent Mail Barcode operated by USPS and MaxiCode that carries freight information during transport. Also added ability to attach files to the PDF which allows creating e-invoices in ZUGFeRD format. And there’s now an example of using FastReport .Net with ASP.NET Web API framework. 

All changes:

[Core]

+ added Intelligent Mail (USPS) barcode
+ added MaxiCode barcode
+ added property Report.ReportInfo.Tag
+ added property Report.ReportInfo.SaveMode
+ added support functions with optional parameters
* added thread-safe collections support for .net 4

[Designer]

+ added ability of multi-line editing of Report.ReportInfo.Description and Report.ReportInfo.Tag
- fixed bug with wrong width of different lines of border

[Exports]

+ added ability to embed any file in PDF export with methods: PDFExport.AddEmbeddedXML, PDFExport.AddEmbeddedFile
- fixed creating blank page after a table in RTF and Word2007 exports
- fixed bug with bands Exportable property
- fixed appearance of dates in Excel2007 export
- fixed bug with padding and height of text in PDF export
- fixed bug with black boxes in exports

[Extras]

+ added new example for working with ZUGFeRD and PDF/A-3b \Demos\C#\ZUGFeRD
+ added new example for Web API \Demos\C#\Web\WebApi
- fixed bug with relative path to JSON file in JSON connector

[WebReport]

+ added properties WebReport.RequestHeaders, WebReport.ResponseHeaders
+ added catching of exceptions on call of WebReport.DesignerSaveCallBack
- fixed page margins in printing from browser
- fixed bug with lines in HTML export and WebReport
- fixed TTF exceptions processing for PDFExport

[Online Designer]

+ added support of new property ReportInfo.Tag in Report object
- fixed muli-level view of childs links
- property Padding can contain only integer values

A lot of new things in FastReport .Net 2017.4:

• Support of .Net Core (Professional and Enterprise editions)
• New report objects: SVG images and Gauges
• Delivery via Telegram messenger
• Saving to LaTeX format
• Highlights and hyperlink editors in Online Designer
• FastReport Pages: Android report viewer is now on Google Play Market - http://fast.report/1ffff

And not only that! 

[Core]

+ added initial support of .Net Core (\Demos\Core\FastReportCore.MVC\readme.txt)

  [Engine]

+ Trim property has been added for linear barcodes

+ Tag property has been added for all components

+ added saving of meta data (ReportInfo.Name, ReportInfo.Author, ReportInfo.Description,

  ReportInfo.Created, ReportInfo.Modified, ReportInfo.CreatorVersion) in prepared report file

+ added RegisterData(DataSet data, bool enableAllTables) and RegisterData(DataSet data, string name, bool enableAllTables)

  functions for registering DataSet and enabling all its tables

+ added possibility to access the Report.Dictionary without case sensitivity

+ added RadialGauge control

+ added SimpleProgressGauge control

- fixed wrong result for n.9999 values in NumToWords functions

- fixed bug with multi-thread preparing and using the cursors inside a report

- fixed borders for Gauges

- adjusted scale and pointer for SimpleGauge

  [Designer]

+ added pagination in Data View Window

+ added Space to separators list in CSV connection

+ added possibility to open List and Label files with extensions crd, srt, inv, lab and let

+ added selecting previous file filter in open file dialog

- fixed bug with deleting of bands

- fixed bug with empty fields when connecting to CSV table

- fixed bug with space separator when connecting to CSV table

- fixed bug with strings without separator when connecting to CSV table

- fixed bug when viewing business object data

- fixed bug with null value of System.Guid instance

- fixed bug in PageColumns class when number of positions is not equal number of columns

  [Exports]

+ added Word2007Export.RowHeight property with enum (Minimum, Exactly)

+ added converting to Percent format for Excel2007 export

+ added export in LaTeX (without pictures, works with XeLaTex)

- fixed bug with barcode duplicates in PDF export

- fixed bug with table cells duplicates in XAML, SVG exports

- fixed bug with tilde in Excel2007 export

- fixed bug with image duplicating in PDFExport

- fixed bug with Biff8 export from prepared report

- allowed export TextObjects with not default FontWithRatio to Excel 2007

  [WebReport]

+ added property WebReport.DesignerConfig for storing custom configuration of Online Designer

- fixed bug with WebReport object resizing

  [Extras]

+ added Web API self-hosted example (Demos\C#\Web\WebApiSelfHosted)

+ added SVGObject plugin (\Extras\Misc\SVGObjectPlugin)

+ added TelegramMessenger plugin (\Extras\Misc\Messaging\TelegramMessenger)

+ added support for MaxiCode and Intelligent Mail barcodes

+ added editor for hyperlink property

* improved Crystal Reports converter, now works with the latest versions of Crystal

  [Online Designer]

+ added Highlight editor

+ added resizing area for the left sidebar

+ added MaxiCode & Intelligent Mail barcodes

+ added ability to call control dialogs from properties panel by clicking button in the title of subsection

+ switch all the customization panels at once

+ font editing dialog

+ border property editing dialog

+ hyperlink property editing dialog

+ building process changed

* popup restyle in the upper right corner

- fixed bug with positioning DataHeader Band after DataBand

- fixed bug with freezing in IE

What's new in FastCube 2.7?

As always the new version not only brings some improvement and bug fixes, but also - the new features!

• Added new export filter to Microsoft Excel 2007 (xlsx)
• Just put TfcxXLSXExport component and export filter is ready to use
• Parameters of export filter are identical to Microsoft Excel (xls) export filter
• Also added support of latest RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo IDE

Full list of changes:

+ Added procedure TfcxMeasuresContainer.Recalculate
+ Added property TfcxCube.AbortLoading: boolean to abort data loading in event OnProgress
* Fixed names of TeeChart units in fcxpChartEditor.pas
- Fixed error with Null values in export to Microsoft Excel 2007 (.xlsx)
- Fixed error of reading milliseconds from XML
- Fixed stack overflow error in popup list of unique values
- Fixed text drawing using themes (noticed on dark themes)
- Fixed error with creating measures with missed base field during loading schema
- Fixed error with Unassigned and 0
- Fixed error with drawing Fields zone
- Fixed error with Highlights
- Fixed error with HideZero
- Fixed error with Dataset in TfcxpCube
- Fixed error in ColOffsetValue and RowOffsetValue
- Fixed error with comparing Date in Ranges
- Fixed error with export to Excel introduced in 2.6
- Fixed errors with export to Excel for 64-bit systems

A lot of new features in version 2018.1!

• We added WebReport for ASP .Net Core – now making reports in .Net Core applications is faster and easier.
• We also added support of Online Designer in .Net Core application.
• New interactivity feature – you can edit text objects and checkboxes with enabled Editable property. It allows creating blanks and forms, which can also be edited in PDF. 
• We added export to ZPL format: you can now make labels with Zebra label printer!
• New gauge objects, bug fixes, improved and optimized code.

All changes:

[.Net Core]
+ added WebReport for ASP .Net Core (FastReport.Web.Core\README.md)
+ added support Online Designer

[Preview]
+ added the ability to change of TextObject and CheckBoxObject in Preview when these objects have Editable property
- fixed non-working search in preview

[Engine]
+ added Editable property for TextObject and CheckBoxObject
- fixed error when parameter with type double initialized by int value

[Designer]
+ added Gauge editors, semi-radial gauges, added gradient fill to Pointer
* improved report generation speed with UseFileCache option
* imroved selection of LineObject when zoom > 100%
- fixed bug with processing mouse event on PolyLineObject and PolygonObject toolbars

[Exports]
+ added polygons and polylines to PowerPoint export
+ added ShiftNonExportable property indicating that the report bands should be shifted, if page has any non-exportable bands (Exportable = false)
+ added PreserveAspectRatio, UseWidthAndHeight and UseViewBox properties to SVG export
+ added forms export for pdf export, objects with the Editable property, will be exported as an input field
+ added export in ZPL (Zebra printers)
- fixed bug with SVG export to multiple files
- width and height replaced to vievBox in svg export
- fixed bug with multiple export from one export class instance
- fixed bug when exporting report from code with Report.MaxPages equal 1 or more
- fixed bug with ImageExport if report contain tables
- fixed bug with ampersand in links for Excel2007Export

[WebReport]
+ added outline (TOC) of report in WebReport
- fixed issue when fastreport handler in 'location' tags

[Extras]
- fixed bug with encoding in json connector, added DataEncoding property

[Online Designer]
+ added ability to hide of preview button on building
+ added SVGObject
+ added grouping of similar components (Gauge etc.) in tab with components
+ added dialog window with error text from server on saving of report
* info (i) is showing in dialog instead of popup in top corner
- property values of Cursor have been updated
- fixed bug with selection of color from toolbar in IE browser
- fixed bug with field with selection for color in Highlight editor and Border editor in IE browser
- fixed bug with empty properties panel for TableColumn and TableRow
- fixed bug with showing of bands in incorrect order in Chrome browser

1. When will FastReport VCL 6 be released?
We plan on releasing on March 1, 2018

2. What’s new?
Look here: brief review 

3. What versions of Delphi / RAD Studio / C++ Builder will be supported?
All the versions from v.7 to the current one as of today. As tech partner of Embarcadero we add support of the latest versions as soon as possible.

4. Can I get FastReport 6 for free and before the official release?
Yes, if:
a) you buy FastReport 5 license right now and get FastReport 6.
b) as always, we will be glad to give license of FastReport 6 to our partners

5. I bought FastReport 5 while ago - what can I do?
If you bought license after August 31, 2017 you'll get upgrade to FastReport VCL 6 for free! - Look at your CP. Is it there?
If you bought license before September 1, 2017 you can get FastReport VCL 6 (the same edition) with 50% discount. Look at CP -> upgrades.

6. Oops. I only have license of FastReport 4 (3, 2). Is there any discount for me?
Why not? Look at CP -> upgrades and get 30% discount!

7. Is it possible to use FastReport VCL 6 in new project? Is it still Beta?
It is stable enough now. And traditionally, all our official Beta-testers of 6th version will get release.

Wait, how do I use it? Where is the new documentation with description of new functions and features?
At the moment we are working on updating the documentation. For now we wrote several "how-to" articles (and continue writing new ones) - check them out here

By the way we plan seminars and webinars about new possibilities of FastReport VCL 6. Stay tuned for more news!

What's new? 

• In the latest version of FastReport .Net 2018.2 we added support of TeeChart components for rendering graphs and diagrams.
• SVG is now an embedded artwork instead of a plugin as in previous versions
• RichText objects can now be exported to all output formats. We also added support of editable text objects in WebReport and Online Designer
• FastReport .Net core can now be installed directly from Nuget package manager's central repository

All changes: 

[Engine]

+ SVG is now included as an internal graphic object, not as a plug-in (only for .Net Framework 4)
+ added compatibility with Fips Algorithm Policy (with limitations: encryption of PDF export, encryption of report)

[.Net Core]

- fixed error with packages installation

[Designer]

+ added an event indicator for objects and bands, a small triangle in the upper left corner; this feature is able to be enabled or disabled in the designer settings (disabled by default)
+ added a new tab of the designer's settings: "Objects appearance"
- fixed import from rdl 2010 report template

[Exports]

+ added property RichTextObject.ConvertRichText for conversion the RichText in text objects on exporting
+ added paragraph based export in Word 2007 (experimental), property Word2007Export.ParagraphBased
* increased speed of export to CSV
* improved speed of PDF export
- fixed bug with removing the last character of each row when exporting to CSV without separator
- fixed bug with text resources in FTP export
- fixed bug with latin characters in interactive PDF in Chrome
- fixed bug with large size of PDF files
- fixed bug with transparent background of cells in Excel 2007 export
- fixed bug with lines and shapes in layered Word 2007 export
- fixed bug with checkboxes in layered Word 2007
- fixed bug with default value Word2007Export.Wysiwyg
- fixed bug with opening exported files in Excel 2007
- fixed bug with slow export of reports with unlimited width or height

[WebReport]

+ added support for editable TextObject and CheckBoxObject
+ added properties WebReport.DocxWysiwyg, WebReport.DocxParagraphBased
- fixed position of loading indicator
- fixed bug with null pointer in service javascript code

[Extras]

+ added Steema TeeChart object plugin (\Extras\Misc\TeeChartObjectPlugin) https://www.steema.com/
+ added new demo \Demos\C#\PrintZPL

[Online Designer]

+ added ability of horizontal resizing the bands
+ added online/offline notifications
+ added offline working of designer with service workers
+ added property Editable for text objects and checkboxes
+ added component SimpleProgressGauge
* changed style of tooltips on moving the components
- fixed bug with adding the components in dialog page
- fixed bug with incorrect drawing the resize line of the band
- fixed bug with incorrect selection of DataSource for DataBand on save a report

FastReport VCL 6 is the next generation of reporting library for Delphi!

What’s new in FastReport VCL 6?

1. Improved report engine expands editing and interactivity abilities. Report objects can be selected and edited instantly even from the preview
2. Expressions post processing and new duplicates processing.
3. Transport input-output filters: now you can save your reports to various cloud storages: DropBox, OneDrive, Box.com, Google Drive or send it by email
4. New report objects:
   • Table object – for super easy creating and editing of tabular reports
   • Map object that supports OSM, ESRI and GPX
   • Gauge object
   • New barcodes: Aztec, MaxiCode and linear USPS
5. Improved export filters to PDF, SVG, HTML5 will let you process complicated objects like RichText, Diagrams, Maps and exports them directly as vector/text format
6. And of course report designer couldn’t be left without upgrade:
   • Improved Guide lines allow to move and resize docked objects.
   • Extended script debugger
   • Improved code completion
   • Copying and pasting of not only report objects, but their content as well
   • Enabling and disabling the quick editors

Fixes and improvements during beta

----------------------------
+ Added Cellular Text object
+ Added TfrxPageControl.OnChanging event
+ Added new Interactive map layer (it possible to draw on map layer)
+ Added ability to copy/paste table's rows/columns
+ Added events for PageControl component
+ Added Object selection in report preview (Hold Shift and mouse click + move. Use PreviewOptions.Buttons to turn it off)
+ Added New copy/paste editors (it's possible to copy content of objects)
+ Added TfrxPageControl.HotTrack property
+ Added Band.AlignChildren in script Rtti
+ Added Rtti module for Table object (and example how to use it)
+ Added TfrxPageControl for dialog form
+ Added Gauge control for dialog form
- Added IO packages to recompile.exe
- Improved export of Table and CellularText objects
- Improved compatibility with components designed for FR5 (like FastCube report components)
- Improved vector export engine
- Guidelines now works with table rows/columns
- Optimized Table object XML serialization
- InPlace editors now stores state in system Registry
- Fixed codepage in TfrxRichView under Windows 10
- Fixed resorces in export dialogs
- Fixed Height calculation of TfrxMemoView with vertical font rotation
- Fixed DropDown inplace editor
- Fixed copy/paste codepage for Table object
- Fixed copy/paste of whole Table object
- Added missing text resources
- Fixed problem with wrong text wrap in PDF export (in some cases)
- Fixed problem with "tight" text in PDF export (symbols overlap each other)
- Fixed problem with AutoWidth and Preview
- Fixed Error message after closing IDE
- Fixed compatibility with C++Builder
- Fixed IO filters issue
- Removed unused Options from "Options dialog"
- Several visual improvements of Designer and Preview UI
- Added missing icons for TfrxComponent's
- Fixed Horizontal and Vertial text align in SVG and HTML5 exports
- Fixed missing IOTransport package for Delphi 2010
- Fixed bug with TfrxMemoView.Unerlines
- Fixed AV in the PDF export
- Fixed MirrorMargins in PDF export
- Fixed missing resources for some languages
- Fixed preview save dialog without Transport filters
- Fixed compressed report
- Fixed text kerning in PDF export
- Fixed duplicated field in TfrxDBDataSet
- Fixed issue with Table object in some exports filters
- Fixed compatibility with old E-mail export filter (better to use new Transports)
- Fixed Interactive maps with detailed report
- Fixed problem with map editor (adjust maps to wrong layers)
- Fixed missing default string resources
- Fixed error in Code Completion thread when using fsGlobalUnit
- Fixed Break points saving in file
- Fixed container dialog controls behavior in report designer workspace
- Fixed save to file IOTransport registration
- Fixed IOTransport network path
- Fixed several issues with TfrxPageControl
- Moved some fixes and improvements from Fast Report 5 branch
- Fixed InPlace data editor

Version 2018.2
-----------------
+ added print of unlimited pages on roll printers
+ added a new property ParagraphFormat for formatting paragraphs in a text object only when the HtmlParagraph value is set in the TextRenderType property. This property allows you to adjust the line spacing and the first line indent.
* The new text render supports the following tags: b, i, u, strike, br, sub, sup, img, span.
+ added a new logic for converting objects before exporting, the process is automatic, this is necessary to convert some objects into vector graphics.
- fixed the rendering of the subscript and superscript for the new type of the text renderer HtmlParagraph, when in some cases the size and layout of the text was incorrectly calculated.
+ now for exporting the Barcode Object is converted to vector graphics for PDF, HTML and SVG exports
- fixed bug with svg objects, that contains "DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC"
+ added possibility to set default script language
- fixed bug with default script language when standalone designer run first time
- fixed rare bug when table is not shown in View Data window
- fixed bug in View Data window when columns more that 655
* improved image caching method for SVG object
- SVGObject exports as SVG into HTML now
- fixed bug with screen resolution in Word 2007 export
- fixed bug with paragraph formatting in Word 2007 export
* improved paragraph based export in Word 2007
* reduced size of output file in Word 2007 (duplicate images are not saved)
- fixed bug with wrong size of "unlimited" page in Word 2007
+ SVGObject exports as vector graphics into PDF now
+ added a new tab "Vector Graphics" to export pdf, you able to set the quality of gradients, gradients interpolation and curves interpolation for SVG object and fonts in curves
* export in Word 2007 in paragraph based mode saves the document without pagination
* added converting to Number format for Excel2007 export
- fixed bug with field names in DBF export
+ added the TextObject with TextRenderType = HtmlParagraph to pdf, html, word2007 exports
+ added checkboxes "Print optimized" in dialogs Word 2007 and Excel 2007
+ added an event indicator for objects and bands, a small triangle in the upper left corner; this feature is able to be enabled or disabled in the designer settings (disabled by default)
+ added a new tab of the designer's settings: "Objects appearance"
+ added property RichTextObject.ConvertRichText for conversion the RichText in text objects on exporting (experimental)
+ added paragraph based export in Word 2007 (experimental)
* increased speed of export to CSV
* increased speed of export to PDF
- fixed bug with removing the last character of each row when exporting to CSV without separator
- fixed bug with text resources in FTP export
- fixed bug with latin characters in interactive PDF in Chrome
- fixed bug with large size of PDF files
- fixed bug with transparent background of cells in Excel 2007 export
- fixed bug with lines and shapes in layered Word 2007 export
- fixed bug with checkboxes in layered Word 2007
- fixed bug with opening exported files in Excel 2007
- fixed bug with slow export of reports with unlimited width or height

In the latest version of FastReport Mono we significantly renewed and improved WebReport - added support of interactivity and Online Designer. New exports into JSON, LaTeX. Added support of Maps and new data source - CSV.

Version 2018
---------------------------------------------------
+ added support Online Designer in WebReport (https://www.fast-report.com/en/product/fast-report-online-designer/)
+ added outline (TOC) of report in WebReport
+ added property WebReport.DesignerConfig for storing custom configuration of Online Designer
+ added properties WebReport.RequestHeaders, WebReport.ResponseHeaders
+ added catching of exceptions on call of WebReport.DesignerSaveCallBack
+ added ToolbarBackgroundStyle.None (you can use WebReport.ToolbarColor instead bitmap from style)
+ added properties WebReport.UnlimitedWidth, WebReport.UnlimitedHeight for enable Unlimited size for all report pages (default: false - use report settings)
+ added property WebReport.Dialogs for enable or disable all report dialogs (default: true - enabled)
+ added property WebReport.ShowBackButton to display the "Back" button (return to previous report in the tabbed report)
+ added property WebReport.LogFile to log the errors in WebReport, may be combined with WebReport.Debug
+ added property WebReport.EnableMargins to use page margins in the output (default: false)
+ added support of Page.Fill in WebReport
+ added support of WebReport background color - WebReport.BackColor (default value: White)
+ added hyperlinks on bookmarks functionality (works only with Layers = true)
+ added hyperlinks on page number functionality (works only with Layers = true)
+ added click event handler functionality (works only with Layers = true)
+ added detailed reports - hyperlinks on hidden report page or report file (works only with Layers = true)
+ added new property WebReport.ShowTabCloseButton (default value: false)
+ added new property WebReport.TabPosition (default value: TabPosition.InsideToolbar)
+ added new example for Single Page Application \Demos\C#\Web\SPADemo
+ added new enum member TabPosition.Hidden for hidding tabs from toolbar
+ added properties Left, Top, Width, Height in CustomDrawEventArgs (can be used in WebReport.CustomDraw)
+ added showing Print Dialog in print in PDF
+ added properties WebReport.DocxRowHeightIs, WebReport.PdfShowPrintDialog
+ added function WebReport.PrintInPdf(bool ShowPrintDialog) for setup showing the Print Dialog in PDF
+ added event for rendering the custom objects in Web or overriding rendering of standard objects (WebReport.CustomDraw),
works only with enabled WebReport.Layer
+ added support of layered HTML in WebReport (WebReport.Layers) with better WYSIWYG
+ added property WebReport.RefreshTimeout (time for report refresh in seconds, 0 - refresh disabled),
this property may be useful for Dashboard functionality

+ added autosave report templates in designer
+ added abilty to save prepared reports into cloud storage
+ added export to JSON fomat
+ added export to LaTeX format
+ improved export to SVG format
+ improved export to graphics bitmap formats
+ improved Gauge object
+ added Map object
+ added new shapes
+ added new data source CSV format

- fix PostgreSQL issue
+ added experimental implementation of RichText object
+ data access objects has been ported from FR.NET
+ added support of OTF files with CFF fonts (OTTO fonts)
- fix font weight (!!! you should manually delete previous font.list file - ~/.local/share/FastReport/font.list or C:\Users\YourFolder\Local Settings\FastReport\font.list)
- fix command line build under Linux and OSX (xbuild instead of mdtool)
- fix clipping area in preview window under Linux and OSX
- fixed path to TrueType fonts
- fixed horizontal justify for "space before new line" case

This new technical release we add support of last Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.2 IDE and fix bugs reported by our customers.

Version 2.6
---------------
+ Added support of Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.2 with compatibility fixes:
- Added modal dialog OSX workaround (fixed when dialog appears behind non-modal form)
- Fixed wrong barcode text size when printing under OSX
- Fixed HTML tags on OSX
- Fixed variables editor
- Fixed general printers errors under OSX
- Fixed printing of HTML text

General fixes:
+ Added text split for simple text render
- Changed text alignment in PDF export
- Fixed calcheight function for simple text render under OSX
- Fixed Align grid in the report designer
- Fixed text search for OSX(frxCompareText)
- Fixed several multi-thread problems
- Double buffered preview fix for shapes objects
- Fixed printing from GDIP context
- Fixed parameters editor for RAD Studio 10.1
- Fixed TfrxDBLookupComboBox filling
- Fixed formatting in PDF export
- Fixed text vertical align on windows
- Fixed scrollbars in the XE3
- Fixed Financial series for TeeChart Pro
- Fixed OpenAfterExport in the CSV export

In new version :

- Extended abilities of "Table" object;

- Reworked and improved PDF export;

- Added ability to use anchors for report objects;

- New ability to fill empty space of page with child band

- Optimization of report engine with a lot of report objects in the report designer.

Version 6.1
----------------------------
- Improved ODT export filter to use different styles for different report pages
- Improved ODT export filter to use max page sizes for Continues sheet
- Fixed table(objects) width in ODT export filter (doesn't stretch to page width);
- Fixed text processing with AllowHTML in ODT export filter
- Fixed TfrxDateEditControl with WeekNumbers = True for Windows XP

[6.0.10]
----------------------------
- Fixed bug when OnPreviewClick does not refresh modified object
- Fixed performance drop with objects "Shift" mechanism
- Fixed C++ Builder issue with TfrxReportPage
- Fixed saving of processing property in DFM

[6.0.9]
----------------------------
+ Added support of PDF/A-2 format

[6.0.8]
----------------------------
- Improved rotated text in PDF, SVG and HTML-Div export filters
- Fixed bug with expressions processing and Drill-Down groups

[6.0.7]
----------------------------
- Fixed EMF export
- Fixed export of table object in graphics export filters
- Added Arabic numbers substitution in PDF export (with RTLReading)

[6.0.6]
----------------------------
- Fixed calculating of table cell with vertical Font rotation
- Fixed Hindy and Thai ligatures in PDF export
- Fixed Char spacing with HAlign in PDF export
- Fixed Copy/Paste of internal DB component
- Fixed vertical barcodes borders
- Fixed ADO parameters in the designer

[6.0.5]
----------------------------
+ Added Anchors for report objects and Dialog controls
+ Added Table rtti helpers for TableWidth and TableHeight properties
- Fixed bug in IO transports with network path (in DefaultPath)
- Improved multi-threading support in PDF export
- Fixed bug with bad position of images in PDF export

[6.0.4]
----------------------------
+ Added AutoSize property for barcodes (default true), set it to false prevent component from size changing (changes zoom instead)
+ Added MinWidth and MaxWidth for table column can be set ti limit auto size (0 unlimited)
+ Added MinHeight and MaxHeight for table row can be set ti limit auto size (0 unlimited)
- Fixed bug when using detail report with inheritance and OnLoadTemplate event

[6.0.3]
----------------------------
+ Added new report variables TableRow and TableColumn can be used inside table objects
+ Added ability to set path for "Indy" library in Recompile
+ Added new align mode baHidden objects with this mode don't collide with others
- Fixed line spacing in PDF and SVG exports
- Fixed ADO parameters
- Fixed highlight editor for group of objects
- Fixed issues with band Fill/Frame and aligned objects
- Fixed bug in column header with band Frame/Fill
- Fixed exporting of report properties in OXML exports
- Fixed FNC1 processing in Datamatrix barcode
- Fixed PadLeft/PadRight functions under with unicode environment
- Fixed issue when used RangeEnd = reCount to limit records of the dataset
- Fixed error which can appear after deleting table column

[6.0.2]
----------------------------
+ Added TfrxChild.ToNRows and ToNRowsMode properties allows to fill empty page space (see 15.fr3 report in FRMain demo)
- Fixed aggregate functions for table object
- Fixed issues when paste data component to report page
- Fixed SlaveExport property for export filters

[6.0.1]
----------------------------
+ Added TfrxPreviewOptions.AllowPreviewEdit property - Set it to False to disable any interactive editors in the report preview
- Fixed export of images embedded in RichView
- Optimization for big tables and big reports (Designer can handle tables with 10000 cells and more)
- Fixed vertical band behavior in the report designer
- Objects containers like table can be used on vertical bands
- Fixed SaveDialog when FileName is empty
- Fixed OpenAfterExport behavior
- Fixed HTML Tags in RTF export

In the new version of FastReport .Net 2018.3 we added various database connectors to the Nuget repository. These connectors can be used in both .Net Core and Windows Forms applications

We also made our .Net Core library compatible with MacOS System

Barcodes are now exported to PDF and HTML as vector images

We also added plugin for working with popular SQL editor Active Query Builder

---------------
[Engine]

+ now for exporting the Barcode Object is converted to vector graphics for PDF, HTML and SVG exports
+ added a new logic for converting objects before exporting, the process is automatic, this is necessary to convert some objects into vector graphics.
+ added a new property ParagraphFormat for formatting paragraphs in a text object only when the HtmlParagraph value is set in the TextRenderType property. This property allows you to adjust the line spacing and the first line indent.
+ added print of unlimited pages on roll printers (ReportPage.PrintOnRollPaper property)
* rewritten code of expressions substitution in RichObject
* the HtmlTags property of the TextObject was marked as obsolete, a new property TextRenderType was added.
> developer note: the HtmlTags property allowed some HTML tags to be used in the TextObject text, one of the available tags is the FONT tag, this tag is deprecated, and not all browsers adequately support it, so we added a new renderer that allows you to use some CSS styles, in the style attribute and the tag SPAN.
* The new text render supports the following tags: b, i, u, strike, br, sub, sup, img, span.
> developer note: we do not aim to make a copy of the browser in a text object, but we try to make the logic as similar as possible with limitations, the img tag only supports the src (http, https, base64), the width and the height attributes (values in pixels), tags b, i, u, strike, sub, sup and span support only the style attribute, with a minimum set of styles.
- fixed image size calculation for rotating SVG object
- fixed the rendering of the subscript and superscript for the new type of the text renderer HtmlParagraph, when in some cases the size and layout of the text was incorrectly calculated.
- fixed bug with svg objects, that contains "DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC"
- fixed bug with [COPYNAME#] in page watermark
- fixed TextObject property name where the word Multiply was used instead of Multiple

[Designer]

+ added possibility to set default script language
- fixed bug with default script language when standalone designer run first time
- fixed rare bug when table is not shown in View Data window
- fixed bug in View Data window when columns more that 655

[Preview]

+ added SaveInitialDirectory property (Config.PreviewSettings.SaveInitialDirectory = @"C:\user\initial_directory";)
+ added possibility to disable saving prepared report in Preview (PreviewExports.Prepared element)
* improved image caching method for SVG object
- fixed bug when all exports should be disabled in Preview (PreviewControl.PreviewExports == PreviewExports.None) but Excel 97, ZPL and LaTeX exports are enabled

[Exports]

+ added the TextObject with TextRenderType = HtmlParagraph to pdf, html, word2007 exports
+ added properties Word2007Export.PrintOptimized and Excel2007Export.PrintOptimized
+ added checkboxes "Print optimized" in dialogs Word 2007 and Excel 2007
+ SVGObject exports as vector graphics into PDF now
+ added a new tab "Vector Graphics" to export pdf, you able to set the quality of gradients, gradients interpolation and curves interpolation for SVG object and fonts in curves
* improved paragraph based export in Word 2007
* reduced size of output file in Word 2007 (duplicate images are not saved)
* export in Word 2007 in paragraph based mode saves the document without pagination
* added converting to Number format for Excel2007 export
- SVGObject exports as SVG into HTML now
- fixed bug with screen resolution in Word 2007 export
- fixed bug with paragraph formatting in Word 2007 export
- fixed bug with wrong size of "unlimited" page in Word 2007
- fixed bug with field names in DBF export
- fixed bug with overlapping of text labels in SVG export dialog

[WebReport]

+ added properties WebReport.DocxPrintOptimized and WebReport.XlsxPrintOptimized
+ added SVGObject to WebReport as svg image
- fixed bug with third and more drill-downs with detailed pages
- fixed bug with wrong URL's in drill-downs

[.Net Core]

+ added SVGObject
+ added FastReport.Data.MsSql package to Nuget repository (https://www.nuget.org/profiles/FastReports)
+ added FastReport.Data.MySql package to Nuget repository (https://www.nuget.org/profiles/FastReports)
+ added FastReport.Data.Postgres package to Nuget repository (https://www.nuget.org/profiles/FastReports)
+ added FastReport.Data.SQLite package to Nuget repository (https://www.nuget.org/profiles/FastReports)
+ added FastReport.Data.Json package to Nuget repository (https://www.nuget.org/profiles/FastReports)
+ added FastReport.Data.MongoDB package to Nuget repository (https://www.nuget.org/profiles/FastReports)
+ added FastReport.Data.RavenDB package to Nuget repository (https://www.nuget.org/profiles/FastReports)
* added compatibility with macOS
- fixed bug with export in Word 2007 in some cases
- fixed bug with blank images in Excel 2007
- fixed bug with drill-downs in WebReport Core

[Extras]

+ added new plugin for work with Active Query Builder \Extras\Misc\ActiveQueryBuilder (https://www.activequerybuilder.com/)
+ added Steema TeeChart object editor (double click on TeeChart object)
- fixed bug with some string values when connecting data source to TeeChart object
- removed the ability to select for properties LabelField, XValuesField and YValuesField fields from data sources to which the TeeChart object is not connected

[Demos]

* in the polygons demo report the stars were replaced by beautiful ones

[Resources]

* updated French resources

[Online Designer]

+ added the ability to change the language in the tab view
+ all requests are sent from the same-origin
- fixed abbreviations of some languages

We are having a busy-busy summer and invite you to meet us at the following events in Europe that we organized together with our partners: 

For the first time embarcadero is releasing their community edition and Fast Report VCL and FMX are already an essential part of it!

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It includes a streamlined IDE, code editor, integrated debugger, two-way visual designers to speed development, hundreds of visual components, and a limited commercial use license.

Fast Reports will be in Warsaw on .Net Developers Days again!

Here's how it was in 2016 and we are excited to be a part of this event again!

 Thousands of developers, speakers and exhibitor: a must attend event!

Learn more about .Net Developers Days here

Fall brings us another exciting series of events in Europe. Join us there! 

What's new in the latest version?

- Ability to access to totals, parameters and variables case-insensitively

- Division by zero doesn’t throw an exception anymore – instead there’s an error report now

- Improved built in parser of Rich Text – now it allows direct object conversion of export into text documents

- In report designer we added ability to create page duplicates and manage band size while dragging it to the upper part

- Export menu – now items are categorized

- Copy and delete prepared pages in preview with 1 click

- Improved compatibility of FastReport .Net with latest report layout of FastReport VCL and added export of tables, barcodes, maps and shapes.

- In export into Excel we added ability to manage document size for printer output. The entire document can be places on one page

- FastReport Core: we added new package for working with Oracle database into Nuget reporsitory and added many essential improvements

[Engine]

+ added possibility to access totals, parameters and variables without case sensitivity
+ added a new experimental feature to improve the work with memory
> we are constantly trying to improve performance and memory usage of FastReport.Net, at the moment we added a new experimental property Config.IsStringOptimization, which allows us to use strings from the string pool when loading very large fpx reports. To enable this feature, simply change the IsStringOptimization value to true. While the property is experimental the changing this property is only available manually from code. Especially this property will be interesting to users who use at least 1 000 000 objects in the report.
* new RTF parser - if "ConvertRichText" option is enabled, then an embedded RTF document is splitting to report objects - TextObject, TableObject, and PictureObject
* now division by zero does not lead to generator crashing, instead of that expression containing error will be exchanged to text "DIVISION BY ZERO!"
* optimized QR Code Barcode Object rendering
- fix CR/LF translation in an expression result inside Richtext object
- fix expression parser of RichObject
- fixed bug with RTF tags inside expression of RichText object
- fixed bug with encoding of character ";" in barcode Code128
- fixed a bug with the rotation of barcodes
- fixed a bug where in some cases, images when exporting to PDF were higher than needed
- fixed a bug of printing text objects with the property TextRenderType = HtmlParagraph
- fixed a bug where a large amount of text in a cell leads to in an infinite generation of blank pages in the report
> ATTENTION !!! We decreased the default value of the MaxHeight property from 5000 to 1000 for the TableRow object. You need to check your reports if you used rows in tables large then 10 inches in height!!!
- fixed "An item with the same key has already been added" bug in AssemblyDescriptor.Compile() method
- fixed bug in MSChartObject with AutoSeries in detailed reports
- fix parsing of multipage text in RichObject
- fixed bug with "SVGObject.Grayscale = true -> SVGObject.Grayscale = false is still Grayscale"
- fixed bug with position of SubreportObject on page with unlimited width

[Designer]

+ now in View Data window shown numbers of rows on page
+ added ability to resize band by dragging its top, in this case objects move in band
+ added ability to copy report pages in designer
+ added "Text file (*.txt)" and "All files(*.*)" filters in CSV connection
+ added Hyperlink.OpenLinkInNewTab property
* buttons in View Data window are disabled when window less than needed for one row
* now buttons in Data Tree become disabled when the tree loses focus
- fixed bug with entering Polish symbol "ą" (Right Alt + "A") in text editor
- fixed rare bug when View Data window is increased and not all rows are shown but there is enough space
- fixed bug with saving file to wrong folder in Save As dialog
- fixed a bug with file extension in Save As dialog, when report is converted from a file that is not FastReport .NET file
- fixed bug with incorrect movement of objects when mouse moves too fast if band is resizing by dragging its top
- fixed bug with System.NullReferenceException after closing Start Page tab in MDI designer
- fixed bug with System.ArgumentException when file name contains point "." in CSV connection
- fixed bug with equal field names in CSV connection when field names are stored in first line of file
- fixed bug with lost focus of Event Editor after Preview
- fixed bug with visibility of DataBand properties Left, Top and Width
- fixed bug with System.OverflowException in DesignerControl when loading report containing page with unlimited width
- fixed bug with incorrect addition of a new object if property of the selected object has changed

[Preview]

+ added ability to copy and delete prepared pages in preview

[Exports]

+ added property HTMLExport.EnableVectorObjects (enabled by default)
+ added a new property AsBitmap for Barcode which indicates to use a bitmap instead of vector, the default property is False, which means exporting as a vector
+ added the DoNotExpandShiftReturn property to the Word2007Export user interface, allowing you to control the horizontal alignment for soft return
+ added property Excel2007Export.PrintFit in Excel 2007 export (may be set in NoScaling, FitSheetOnOnePage, FitAllColumsOnOnePage, FitAllRowsOnOnePage)
* updated export to FR3 (FastReport VCL files), added export of tables, barcodes, maps and shapes
* the exports menu has been refactored, now the exports are grouped by category
* increased accuracy for SVG in high resolution when exporting to PDF
- fixed bug with negative width/height of picture in HTML export and WebReport
- fixed dynamic page orientation, page size and padding in MS Word 2007
- fixed memory leak with using barcodes in PDF, HTML exports
- fixed bug with barcode incorrect position inside TableCell in PDF, HTML, SVG exports
- fixed bug with incorrect file names in HTML export with Subfolder = true
- fixed bug with single picture in Excel 2003 (xls, BIFF8) and Excel 2007 (xlsx)
- fixed bug with transparent background of picture in Excel 2007 (xlsx)
- fix "Text in Curves" mode in PDF export
- fix font style simulation in PDF export
- deep refactoring of font embedding engine, added check font's rights for embedding/subsetting
- fixed bug with drawing the borders of table in PDF export with properties Layout = Wrapped, FixedColumns = 1 and dynamic count of columns
- fixed bug with paddings in Excel 2007 export
- fixed bug with opening export file in Excel 2007 with non-zero ParagraphOffset property
- fixed bug with exporting pictures to Excel 2003 (BIFF8, xls)
- fixed issue with decimal separator in Persian locale
- fixed the export property SvgAsPicture of PDF, when the barcodes were exported as SVG and not as images
- fixed a bug with the export of BarcodeObject with using the Padding property when it is converted to SVG
- fixed issue with exporting \ in Hyperlinks in PDF
- fixed null reference exception in ImageExport when Watermark.Text is null
- fixed issue with Watermark transparency in PDF export
- fixed bug with extra width documents in export in Excel 2007
- fixed bug with "too much bold" in PDF export
- fixed bug with export of some characters in Excel2007Export

[.Net Core]

+ added FastReport.Data.OracleODPCore package to Nuget repository (https://www.nuget.org/profiles/FastReports)
- fixed a bug where sometimes whitespace characters at the end of a line were moved to a new line
- fixed a bug with https-saving in Online Designer for FastReprot.Web.Core
- fixed a bug where Core exports were wrong
- fixed a bug with corrupted "new line" symbols in online designer

[WebReport]

+ added an example Demos/C#/Web/PreparedPreview/ that demonstrates of working with prepared report in Web
+ added a method WebReport.LoadFromFile(string fileName) that loads a report from file
+ added a method WebReport.LoadFromStream(Stream stream) that loads a report from stream
+ added a method WebReport.LoadPrepared(string fileName) that loads a prepared report from file
+ added a method WebReport.LoadPrepared(Stream stream) that loads a prepared report from stream
+ added a constructor WebReport(bool inlineRegistration) that makes fast initialization of control without any previous external scripts/css loading
+ added a constructor WebReport(bool inlineRegistration, bool stretched) that makes fast initialization with presets for 100% width and 100% height
+ added a property WebReport.XlsxPrintFitPage for enable stretching the Excel 2007 worksheet in one page on printing
- fixed bug with checking handlers in Web.config
- fixed bug with saving report with Referenced Assemblies in Online Designer from Firefox browser
- fixed bug with rendering of barcodes in Internet Explorer 8 and older

[Extras]

- fixed bug with ActiveQueryBuilder parameters
- fixed FastReport.Data.Json package bug with Newtonsoft.Json.dll location
- fixed bug with quotes in queries, that contain schema name in FastReport.Data.Postgres package; now available non-public schemas in designer

[Online Designer]

+ added property Hyperlink.OpenLinkInNewTab for opening links in new tabs
- HtmlTags replaced by TextRendererType
- fixed bug with spaces in object name

• Slice Grid menu now includes option of conditional group creation
• We added a new menu option, that allows set all total in rows and columns in the same position. No need to click through each of them individually
• We added ability to disable dropdown list in the grid zone
• For Cube Grid we enabled additional property Filter Manager, that allows view only filtered values of the cube
• Starting with this version there is ability to create native grid painters
• We also improved API for working with highlights, Cube Grid columns and Slice events

 All changes: 

+ Added TfcxCustomGrid.OnCreatePainter event which allows to create an own grid painter
+ Added group creation by condition in code and and in TfxSliceGrid menu
+ Groupping and filtering through the axes context menu now handles selection
+ Added TfcxCubeGrid.FilterManager property. If the property is set then grid shows filtered set of data.
+ Added class TfcxFilteredOrderedRecordSetProvider
+ Added TfcxZoneRestriction.zrDontShowDropDown to disable showing of drop down window and a corresponding icon
+ Added method TfcxContinuousHighlight.ImageReverseOrder to set reverse order or icon highlight
+ Added methods TfcxSlice.SetTotalPosition(const Value: TfcxTotalPosition) and TfcxAxisContainer.SetTotalPosition(const Value: TfcxTotalPosition)
+ Added property TDimensions.DetailValue: Variant - current detail value for total calculation by formula based on subtotals.
+ Added property TfcxCubeDataColumns.VisibleIndex[ACubeFieldName: String]: integer
+ Added automatic changing of Y-axis fields header height in report
+ Adding/removing measure runs events OnBeforeAddSliceFieldToRegion, OnAfterAddSliceFieldToRegion and OnBeforeRemoveSliceFieldFromRegion
+ Added chs_Created in TfcxChangeInSlice (creating base empty slice)
+ Added schema loading/saving in AppendData
- Fixed error in TfcxSourceFieldProperties.AssignTo
- Fixed error in cells size calculation
- Fixed error: Integer Overoverflow in CompareSQLTimeStamp
- Fixed error: value does not load from database when field size greater 8192 byte
- Fixed error in TfcxRange.Match
- Fixed error of export to XLSX for collapsed dimensions
- Fixed errors in German translations (thanks to Ralf Stegemann)
- Fixed declaration of TfcxChartsManagerOnNeedChart event

• In the latest version of FastReport VCL 6.2 we added ability to build the maps dynamically from the query. Map object can now load locations directly from the database with the support of WKT and WKB formats.
• We reworked and improved object shift mechanism. Now you can build report with complex shift by choosing one of the available options.
• Saving reports to the cloud became even easier and does not require third party components
• We also added new barcode: GS1-Code128 with automatic encoding according to GS1 standards.
• We improved guide lines in report designer and refined PDF, SVG and HTML5 export filters

[6.1.16]
+ Added new map layer which allows to load geo-data from DB (supports WKT and WKB)
* Internet transports improved and removed dependencies from third-party components (removed Indy HTTPS dependency)

[6.1.15]
+ Added new CanShrink property for all stretchable objects
* Re-worked and optimized standard shift mechanism (ShiftEngine = seTree)
+ Added new linear shift mechanism (mechanism can be changed by ShiftEngine property of Band. ShiftEngine = seLinear)
- Fixed TfrxReport in the object inspector
- Fixed TfrxPreviewForm.FormClose

[6.1.14]
- Fixed loading of TfrxReport.PrintIfEmpty property
- Fixed XLSX export for MS Excel 2003 compatibility
- Fixed page number editor in the preview
- Fixed 2D barcodes scaling when AutoSize = False and FontScaled = False
- Fixed preview's restoring in the C++ Builder
+ Added CharCase property for dialog controls
- Fixed GS1 Code 128 encoding

[6.1.13]
- Fixed OnContentChanged event for some cases
- Fixed font's exporting in the TfrxDOCXExport
- Fixed TfrxMemoView with Clipped = False in the preview
- Fixed expressions processing for memos with DataField
+ Added possibility to set custom font color in the style editor
+ Added ParagraphGap in the DOCX export
- Fixed ParagraphGap in the HTML export

[6.1.12]
- Fixed ParagraphGap in the RTF export
- Fixed LineSpacing in the RTF export
+ Added TfrxPreview.PageSetupDialog for C++Builder compatibility

[6.1.11]
- Fixed expressions in the TfrxRichView for Windows 10
- Fixed font embedding in PDF export for some fonts
- Fixed height calculation of memo object for large font size
- Fixed issue when CheckBox.Checked state doesn't save properly
- Fixed PDF export bug when some text may appears as RTL

[6.1.10]
- Fixed error when TfrxDBDataset.UserName = report's object name
- Fixed TfrxDBDataset.Next for RangeEnd = reCurrent and RangeBegin = rbCurrent
* Cross Editor form is scaled now
- Fixed Indy 10 with Delphi 7
- Fixed editors' windows restoring (menu View-Options-Restore defaults)
* Changed function GetStreamHash to procedure for C++Builder compatibility

[6.1.9]
----------------------------
- Fixed frame width in the DOCX and XLSX exports
- Fixed bad export output of RTF tables with page breaks

[6.1.7-6.1.8]
----------------------------
- Fixed division by zero in the PDF export
- Fixed bug in Biff8 export when old Excel versions won't open document
- Fixed Self value when using in Table cells
+ Added new helpers for Guidelines
- Fixed bug with MouseEnter/Leave events under x64 environment

[6.1.6]
----------------------------
* Changed method name TfrxView.GetMetaFile to GetVectorGraphic for C++Builder compatibility
- Fixed export of Table object via EMF processor
- Added EMR_PIE processing via EMF
+ Added Lazarus package (first Alpha version of main package)

[6.1.5]
----------------------------
- Fixed export Hebrew font via EMF processor
- Fixed crash when using the report Designer on panel
- Fixed export of Table object in PDF
- Fixed issue when DialogForm appears twice for DetailPage report

[6.1.4]
----------------------------
* Improved PDF and SVG export for Rotated text
- Fixed RTF export when document with page breaks had wrong objects size
- Fixed events for objects inside table when AutoSize set to False
+ Added new events for TfrxUserDataset (OnGetBlobValue/OnIsBlobField) for blobs processing
- Fixed PDF structure which may cause incorrect output in some PDF Viewers
- Fixed searching of expressions inside RichText with linebreak under Windows8 and above
- Fixed interactive objects events in preview (which may causes map shaking)
+ Added RTTI for USPS Intelligent Mail and GS1 Code128 barcodes
- Fixed initial values for USPS Intelligent Mail and GS1 Code128 barcodes
+ Added RTTI for TfrxCellurarTextObject

[6.1.3]
----------------------------
+ Added new barcode auto-encode GS1-Code128 (use simple GS1 rules)
- Fixed Crosstab bug with OnCalcWidth event when returned Width = MaxWidth
- Fixed memory leak in the TfrxMailExport with Indy
- Fixed FIB packages
- Fixed export filter error when DefaultPath not empty and FileName with full path

[6.1.2]
----------------------------
+ Added handing of Crosstab.OnCalcWidth event when AutoSize set to false
- Fixed Docx export with east Asia fonts names
- Fixed error caused by OnReportClickObject event
- Fixed issue when frxDotMatrixExport shows save file dialog
- Fixed shift mechanism for Table object
- Fixed FlowTo mechanism for objects used inside Table object

[6.1.1]
----------------------------
+ Added TfrxReportPage.AlignChildren support in the script RTTI
- Fixed Unknown error(1110) in the TfrxMailExport
- Fixed issue when decreasing height of column in OnCalcHeight event cut off text in column header
- Fixed bug when changing export ShowDialog property in AfterPrint event doesn't work
- Fixed bug with TfrxDBDataSet.OnNext event

We are very pleased to announce the launch of our Open Source project - Fast Report Open Source.

We are hoping to develop a friendly community of .Net Core developers who will share our eagerness to create fast, powerful and convenient reporting tool for Windows, Windows Server, Linux and MacOS. 

We also encourage you to be a part of the global reporting team! Join us on GitHub: github.com/FastReports/FastReport