Released on = February 1, 2006, 4:48 am

Press Release Author = Fast Reports, Inc.

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Powerful, compact, and flexible report generator with visual
report designer

Press Release Body = FastReport® Studio for Business contains powerful standalone
visual report designer, scheduler of reports building, saving and distribution. Also
it includes many demo samples of reports as well as work methods together with MS
Access and MS Excell office applications.

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.
You can appreciate possibilities provided by report generator for usage from
application program!

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.

Web Site = http://www.fast-report.com/en/products/products.php?BID

Contact Details = Address: Stanislavskogo, 290, Rostov-on-Don
Russia

Phone Number: +7(863)2633383
Email: info@fast-report.com