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How to Use FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition to Create Professional Reports in Delphi

If you are a Delphi developer who needs to create high-quality reports for your applications, you might want to consider using FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition. This is a powerful and flexible reporting tool that allows you to design and generate reports from various data sources, such as databases, files, web services and more. You can also customize and enhance your reports with charts, graphs, images, barcodes, rich text and other elements.

FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition is the latest version of the FastReport VCL product line, which has been trusted by thousands of Delphi developers around the world for over 20 years. The new version comes with many new features and improvements, such as support for RAD Studio 10.3 Rio, improved performance and stability, enhanced export formats and more.

In this article, we will show you how to use FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition to create professional reports in Delphi. We will cover the following topics:

How to install and configure FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition
How to create a simple report using the FastReport Designer
How to preview and print the report
How to export the report to various formats
How to use the FastReport components in your Delphi project
How to access and manipulate the report objects at runtime

How to Install and Configure FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition

The first step to use FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition is to install and configure it on your computer. Here are the steps that you need to follow:

Download the FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition installer from the official website or from the link provided at the end of this article.
Run the installer and follow the instructions on the screen. You will need to enter your license key and select the components that you want to install.
After the installation is complete, open your Delphi IDE and go to Tools > Options > Environment Options > Delphi Options > Library.
Add the path of the FastReport VCL source files to the Library path and Browsing path fields. The default path is C:\Program Files (x86)\FastReports\LibD26 (for Delphi 10.3 Rio).
Click OK to save the changes and close the Options dialog.
Restart your Delphi IDE for the changes to take effect.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition on your computer.

How to Create a Simple Report Using the FastReport Designer

The next step to use FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition is to create a simple report using the FastReport Designer. The FastReport Designer is a standalone application that allows you to design and edit reports visually. You can launch the FastReport Designer from the Windows Start menu or from your Delphi IDE (Tools > Fast Report VCL 6 > Report Designer).

In this example, we will create a simple report that shows a list of customers from a database table. Here are the steps that you need to follow:

Launch the FastReport Designer and create a new report (File > New > Report).
Add a data source for your report (Data > Data Dictionary). In this example, we will use an InterBase database file (C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\bin\EMPLOYEE.GDB) that comes with Delphi.
Select InterBase as the data source type and click Next.
Enter the connection parameters for your database file (such as server name, user name, password, etc.) and click Next.
Select the tables and fields that
the path of your .fr3 file that you saved from the FastReport Designer. This will load your report into the TfrxReport component.
Add a TButton component to your form (Component Palette > Standard > TButton). A TButton component is a component that represents a button on your form.
Select the TButton component and set its Caption property to “Preview” and its OnClick event to the following code:


procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  frxReport1.ShowReport;
end;

This code will show the report in a preview window when the button is clicked.
Add another TButton component to your form and set its Caption property to “Print” and its OnClick event to the following code:


procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  frxReport1.Print;
end;

This code will print the report using the default printer settings when the button is clicked.
Run your Delphi project (Run > Run) and test your buttons. You should be able to preview and print your report from your Delphi project.

Congratulations! You have successfully previewed and printed your report using FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition.

How to Export the Report to Various Formats

The next step to use FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition is to export the report to various formats. You can export the report to various formats such as PDF, HTML, Excel, Word, RTF, CSV, XML and more. You can export the report from the FastReport Designer or from your Delphi project. Here are the steps that you need to follow:

To export the report from the FastReport Designer, click on the Export button on the toolbar or press F10 on your keyboard. This will open an export dialog where you can select the format and options for exporting your report.
To export the report from your Delphi project, you need to add a TfrxExportFilter component to your form (Component Palette > Fast Report VCL 6 > TfrxExportFilter). A TfrxExportFilter component is a component that represents an export filter for a FastReport report in your Delphi project.
Select the TfrxExportFilter component and set its Filter property to the format that you want to export your report to. For example, if you want to export your report to PDF, set the Filter property to TfrxPDFExport.
Set other properties of the TfrxExportFilter component according to your preferences. For example, if you want to export your report to PDF, you can set properties such as FileName, OpenAfterExport, ShowProgress, Compressed and more.
Add a TButton component to your form and set its Caption property to “Export” and its OnClick event to the following code:


procedure TForm1.Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  frxReport1.Export(frxPDFExport1);
end;

This code will export your report using the selected export filter when the button is clicked.
Run your Delphi project and test your button. You should be able to export your report to the selected format from your Delphi project.

Congratulations! You have successfully exported your report to various formats using FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition.

the report from a file (C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\FastReports\ProductList.fr3). This is a report file that we created using the FastReport Designer. You can find the file in the FastReport VCL samples folder.

Add some code to the OnGetValue event of the frxUserDataSet1 component:


procedure TForm1.frxUserDataSet1GetValue(const VarName: string;
  var Value: Variant);
begin
  // Assign the field values to the report variables
  if VarName = 'Prod_ID' then
    Value := ADOQuery1.FieldByName('Prod_ID').AsInteger;
  if VarName = 'Prod_Name' then
    Value := ADOQuery1.FieldByName('Prod_Name').AsString;
  if VarName = 'Prod_Price' then
    Value := ADOQuery1.FieldByName('Prod_Price').AsFloat;
end;

This code will assign the field values from the query to the report variables that we used in the report design.

Add some code to the OnNext event of the frxUserDataSet1 component:


procedure TForm1.frxUserDataSet1Next(Sender: TObject);
begin
  // Move to the next record in the query
  ADOQuery1.Next;
end;

This code will move to the next record in the query when the report needs more data.

Add some code to the OnCheckEOF event of the frxUserDataSet1 component:


procedure TForm1.frxUserDataSet1CheckEOF(Sender: TObject; var Eof: Boolean);
begin
  // Check if the end of the query is reached
  Eof := ADOQuery1.Eof;
end;

This code will check if the end of the query is reached and set the Eof parameter accordingly.

Add a TButton component to your form and set its Caption property to “Preview” and its OnClick event to the following code:


procedure TForm1.Button4Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  // Show the report in a preview window
  frxReport1.ShowReport;
end;

This code will show the report in a preview window when the button is clicked.

Run your Delphi project and test your button. You should be able to see a list of products from the database in your report.

Congratulations! You have successfully used some of the FastReport components in your Delphi project.

Conclusion

FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition is a powerful and flexible reporting tool that allows you to create and manipulate reports in Delphi. You can use the FastReport Designer to design and edit reports visually, or use the FastReport components to create and modify reports programmatically. You can also preview, print and export your reports to various formats such as PDF, HTML, Excel, Word and more.

If you are a Delphi developer who needs to create high-quality reports for your applications, you should consider using FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition. You can download the trial version from the official website or from the link provided at the end of this article. You can also find more information and documentation on the FastReport VCL website or in the FastReport VCL samples folder.

We hope that this article has helped you to learn how to use FastReport VCL Enterprise v6.4.2 Full Source Retail Edition to create professional reports in Delphi. Thank you for reading and happy reporting!