changes.txt

FreeReport 2.34 consists of the report engine, designer and previewer, with capabilities comparable

Changes in v2.34:
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- Delphi2006 support; 

Changes in v2.33:
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- Delphi7 and Delphi2005 support; 
- Saving in FR3.0 format possibility
- Now mouse scrolling works in the preview window (both by wheel and cursor)

Changes in v2.32:
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- Added Add-In object TfrRoundRectObject;
- Added double line style;
- Improved text printing: now text strings showed like in designer mode
  independently of preview scaling factor;
- Added syntax hilightning in Script editor. You must install TSyntaxMemo
  component by David Brock to use this feature
  (http://users.colloquium.co.uk/~dbrock/synmemo/synmemo.htm
   e-mail: [e-mail]);
- Added German resources;
- Fixed bug when using TQuery in master-detail link;
- Ctrl+End in preview now works properly;
- Fixed bug when getting picture from empty blob field;
- Fixed bugs in "Insert fields" wizard;
- Now you can attach your own popup-menu to the TfrPreview component;
- Added German, Dutch and Ukrain resources;
- Fixed another bug with TQuery (AV when trying to preview report in
  Delphi IDE);
- Fixed bug - loading report form was incorrect and sometimes gives AV
  when trying to preview report.


Changes in v2.31.2:
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- Fixed bugs in RichEdit object editor;
- Fixed bug - non-correct variable inserting in "Insert variable" dialog,
  "Other variables" category;
- Fixed bug - line style does'nt work if line width > 2 in designer mode;
- Fixed bug with inserting CrossXXX band on empty page;
- Added property TfrReport.PreviewButtons for setting which buttons to
  show in preview window;
- Added property TfrReport.InitialZoom for setting initial zoom in preview
  window;
- Fixed bug - when editing prepared report if pressing "New report" button
  and then closing designer.
- Fixed bug - assigning TQuery to the TfrDBDataSet.DataSet gives AV in
  Delphi IDE when trying to save report form or entire project;
- Fixed bug - AV when trying to print prepared report;
- Now with English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish resources.


Changes in v2.31.1:
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- Fixed bug with assigning TDataSource to the TfrDBDataSet.DataSource;
- Fixed bug - text search in the prepared report does'nt works;
- Fixed bug - PageDown button in the preview window does'nt works;
- Added property TfrDBDataSet.DataSet: TDataSet for easily connecting to
  datasets with no TDataSource component needed.
- Fixed strange bug - assigning TQuery to the TfrDBDataSet gives AV;
- Fixed fr.cnt file;
- Fixed autosize bug.


Changes in v2.31:
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- Fixed some old bugs, added new bugs :)
- Added TfrPreview component for creating custom preview windows;
- Object's frame can have non-integer width (0.01 - 10);
- Changes in code:
  . Parser variable renamed to the frParser;
  . TParser class renamed to the TfrParser;
  . DataModule variable renamed to the frDataModule;
  . use Font: TFont property instead of FontName, FontSize, etc properties
    of TfrMemoView object;
  . added TfrReport.ModifyPrepared: Boolean to disable editing of the
    prepared report.
- Value of query parameter can be taken from the FR variable;
- Page tabs in designer reflects what page you editing: normal page or
  subreport page;
- Added option "Hide band tabs" in designer options;
- Object inspector has sizable window;
- Added Add-in object TfrRXRichObject (RTF 2.0);
- Added Add-in object TfrBarCodeObject;
- Cross-reports now can have variable row height;
- Changed assigning header&footer bands to data bands. Now header&footer
  assigned to the nearest data band;
- Stretched and breaked RichObject;
- Some changes in designer (page margins, column margins);
- Memo editor has sizable window with splitter (between memo and script
  editors);
- Added ability of insertion FR variables (from frVariables object) visually;
- Added compatibility with the old FRP files;
- Added IBObjects support in reporter core (but not in data manager!);
- Added Interbase Express (IBX), ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) support in
  data manager with no BDE required;
- Added line style.