readme.txt

FASTREPORT报表工具,可以迅速制作报表.

..\FR\Help\English\FR.hlp. After this, save help project 
("File|Save Project" menu command).

3.9. C++Builder 6.0.
   Copy files FR_Class.obj, FR_Class.hpp from ..\FR\CBUILD6 and FR_Class.dcu
from ..\FR\LIB_D6 to ..\FR\SOURCE (if you evaluating FR).
   Run C++Builder, choose "File/Open..." menu command and open package
FR6.bpk from ..\FR\SOURCE. In package editor, choose "Compile" button
to compile package. After compiling, press "Install" button to install
package into IDE. After installing, "FastReport" and "FR Tools" tabs
appears in C++Builder components palette.
   Choose "Tools/Environment options..." menu command. Go "Library" tab
and add path to ..\FR\SOURCE directory to the "Library path" string.
AFTER INSTALLING YOU SHOULD REBOOT C++BUILDER!
   For adding FR help file to the C++Builder help system, choose
"Help/Customize..." menu command. In "OpenHelp" dialog in "Contents" tab
add file ..\FR\Help\English\FR.cnt, and in "Index" tab add file 
..\FR\Help\English\FR.hlp. After this, save help project 
("File|Save Project" menu command).

3.10. 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 The old datamanager (TfrDataStorage) is outdated.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.


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4. BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
   .frf files from FR2.1...FR2.4 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. 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.


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5. REGISTERING
   FastReport 2.4 is shareware. You can try trial version of FR2.4, which
prints only one page of report with nag label "FastReport - unregistered".
Full version of FR shipped with full source code.
   Single copy of FR2.4 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. (to buy site license, buy 10 copies of FR).
   To register, go FR home page http://www.fast-report.com, "Register Now"
reference. 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 2.4).

Our reseller in Poland:
Bartlomiej Zass (e-komp.net company): [e-mail]
mobile: [phone]
www.fastreport.prv.pl

Our reseller in Germany:
HK-Softwarevertrieb http://www.h-k.de/shop
Andrea Armbruster . Huntestrasse 15 . 26135 Oldenburg . Germany.
Phone/Fax: +49 (0)700 IBEXPERT (42397378)
Email [e-mail]

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6. NOTES
   All units written by author, 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.


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7. CREDITS

Olivier Guilbaud <[e-mail]>:
 - Barcode add-in (FR_BarC.pas)
 - RoundRect add-in (FR_RRect.pas)
 - Interface with OpenQueryBuilder (FR_QBEng.pas)

Dmitry Statilko <[e-mail]>:
 - Flat comboboxes (FR_Combo.pas)

Andrew Semack <[e-mail]>:
 - Interface with IB_Objects

EMS Company, Alexander Khvastunov <[e-mail]>:
 - TfrIBXComponents
 - TfrFIBComponents

Michael Shmakov <[e-mail]>:
 - TfrDAOComponents

Andrew Dyrda <[e-mail]>:
 - Documentation

Konstantin Butov <[e-mail]>:
 - Idea and first version of TfrPrintGrid component

Sergey Repalov <[e-mail]>:
 - TfrRTF_RS_ExportFilter

Oleg Kharin <[e-mail]>:
 - Full WYSIWYG support

Stalker <[e-mail]>:
 - A lot of suggestions and bug reports
 - TfrAsaComponents and others

Boris Loboda <[e-mail]>:
 - Help with hosting

Akzhan Abdulin <[e-mail]>:
 - Life-time "moderatorial [-]" in RU.DELPHI :))

Pavel Ishenin <[e-mail]>
 - RTF, HTM export;
 - TfrCrossView enchancements


Localization:
 - Carsten Bech <[e-mail]> (danish)
 - Wy <[e-mail]> (chinese)
 - Roberto Mambriani <[e-mail]> (italian)
 - Bartlomiej Zass <[e-mail]> (polish)
 - Bolek Umnicki <[e-mail]> (polish)
 - Josep Mas <[e-mail]> (catalan)
 - Nei <[e-mail]> (portuguese-brazil)
 - Isaque Pinheiro <[e-mail]> (portuguese-brazil)
 - Bobby Gallagher <[e-mail]> (english)
 - Francisco Purrinos <[e-mail]> (spanish)
 - Andreas Pohl <[e-mail]> (german)
 - Stefan Diestelmann <[e-mail]> (german)
 - Arpad Toth <[e-mail]> (czech, slovak)
 - Le Hung <[e-mail]> (hungary)
 - Tochenjuk Oleg <[e-mail]> (ukrainian)
 - Pierre Demers <[e-mail]> (french)
 - Olivier Guilbaud <[e-mail]> (french)
 - Craig Manley <[e-mail]> (dutch)
 - Burhan Chakmak <[e-mail]> (turkish)
 - Jan W <[e-mail]> (swedish)
 - Primoz Planinc <[e-mail]> (slovene)


Also thanks to all FR users who sent bugreports and suggestions!

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 All the products in this chapter are fully compatible with FastReport and 
recommended to work with our product. 

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FastReport Software, 
Alexander Tzyganenko - Chief Technology Officer

e-mail:    [e-mail]
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           http://www.fastreport.org   
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