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At the beginning of the year 2021, we analyzed the work of our partner channel from 2020. Despite the hard year our partners rose to the task and didn't yield their ground. In fact, there was a certain growth. Based on last year's result we selected the best of the best. We are proud to introduce our "Partners of the year", who showed the best results in product promotion, event handling, and, of course, sales. The winners are: Partner of the year North America - Component SourcePartner of the year South America - FireBasePartner of the year Europe - Component Source / IT Haimerl Partner of the year Asia - Evget / Ag TechPartner of the year OEM -  IsahPartner of the year Russia - Софтлайн Start of the year Russia - 1С:Северо-Запад   "Although 2020 was not easy, our partners showed themselves to the best advantage. Once again we are convinced how important it is to build a trust-based relationship, that is much more than "just business" - together we are making developers' lives better!" We want to thank all our partners for their collaboration and wishing them luck this year.        

In the new version of FastReport Mono 2021.2, we added the aggregate function CountDistinct, which allows you to count unique values. The processing of RichText objects has been improved again. We have also added support for the ODF 1.2 standard when exporting to Open Office. A number of errors in the processing of reports and saving to different formats have been fixed. Version 2021.2 --------------- [Engine] + added CountDistinct aggregate function (report totals and Matrix object totals) + added support of TLS 1.2 + added new 2 types of UncheckedSymbol for CheckBox + added the ability to disable loading of XML and CSV data locally + added ability to load XML data source by URL + added possibility to change the font for east-Asian languages in Word2007-export + added functions of converting numbers to words for the Polish language + added universal package for Windows, targeting .NET Framework 4.x, .NET Core 3.1 and .NET 5 * optimized copying streams in some cases - fixed a bug with incomplete copying of the matrix when copying the report page - fixed bugs when importing DevExpress reports - fixed bugs when importing RDL reports - fixed a bug when a band with the FillUnusedSpace property enabled was not displayed again, although there is enough free space - fixed bugs when importing List and Labels reports - fixed a bug where the AutoSize property for SvgObject did not work correctly - fixed a bug with TextObject.AutoShirnk=FontSize when TextObject's size is very small - fixed a bug with incorrect TotalPages variable value when it used in VisibleExpression - fixed a bug with converting RichText when RichObject.Text is null [Exports] + added support of ODF 1.2 in export to ODT/ODS - fixed saving report to Box - fixed saving report to OneDrive - fixed saving report to Google Drive - fixed a bug leading to System.OutOfMemoryException when exporting to PDF - fixed a bug with the creation of incorrect file when exporting to Excel 2007 with the big amount of pages and page breaks option - fixed a bug where export to image did not take into account the transparent background of the report - fixed a bug leading to System.NullReferenceException when exporting to Excel 2007 - fixed validation errors in export to ODT/ODS - fixed a bug in ODT-export when the file did not open correctly in Word 2019 - fixed a bug with incorrect line position when exporting to Word 2007 [WebReport] - fixed "Save report" in Online Designer without changes - fixed an issue with wrong margins between objects on a preview [Designer] - fixed a problem with incorrect work designer menu

In the new version of FastReport .NET 2021.2 we added HiDPI support. Added universal packages for Windows, targeting .NET Framework 4.x, .NET Core 3.1, and .NET 5. Implemented the CountDistinct aggregate function for report totals and Matrix objects. Added the ability to copy a data source in the designer and added import of DevExpress reports in XML format and support of export to ODF version 1.2. Version 2021.2--------------- [Engine] + added HiDPI support + added CountDistinct aggregate function (report totals and Matrix object totals) + added support of TLS 1.2 + added new 2 types of UncheckedSymbol for CheckBox + added the ability to disable loading of XML and CSV data locally + added ability to load XML data source by URL + added possibility to change the font for east-Asian languages in Word2007-export + added functions of converting numbers to words for the Polish language + added universal package for Windows, targeting .NET Framework 4.x, .NET Core 3.1 and .NET 5 * optimized copying streams in some cases - fixed a bug with incomplete copying of the matrix when copying the report page - fixed bugs when importing DevExpress reports - fixed bugs when importing RDL reports - fixed a bug when a band with the FillUnusedSpace property enabled was not displayed again, although there is enough free space - fixed bugs when importing List and Labels reports - fixed a bug where the AutoSize property for SvgObject did not work correctly - fixed a bug with TextObject.AutoShirnk=FontSize when TextObject's size is very small - fixed a bug with incorrect TotalPages variable value when it used in VisibleExpression - fixed a bug with converting RichText when RichObject.Text is null [Designer] + added ability to copy data source + added import of DevExpress reports saved in XML format + added the ability to add pictures by dragging and dropping them from the browser + and text - fixed a bug with adding a barcode, leading to the creation of a barcode with the wrong type - fixed a bug when dragging from functions created a NUD and an empty TextObject - fixed a bug when the RichTextBoxControl was not rendered correctly in the dialog workspace - fixed scaling issues in the WelcomeForm and Wizard windows - fixed SberbankQR tab in barcode editor - fixed a bug with copying an object, when an object with the same name was created [Preview] - fixed a bug leading to System.ObjectDisposedException when re-preparing the report [Exports] + added support of ODF 1.2 in export to ODT/ODS - fixed saving report to Box - fixed saving report to OneDrive - fixed saving report to Google Drive - fixed a bug leading to System.OutOfMemoryException when exporting to PDF - fixed a bug with the creation of incorrect file when exporting to Excel 2007 with a big amount of pages and page breaks option - fixed a bug where export to image did not take into account the transparent background of the report - fixed a bug leading to System.NullReferenceException when exporting to Excel 2007 - fixed validation errors in export to ODT/ODS - fixed a bug in ODT-export when the file did not open correctly in Word 2019 - fixed a bug with incorrect line position when exporting to Word 2007 [WebReport] - fixed "Save report" in Online Designer without changes - fixed an issue with wrong margins between objects on the preview [.Net Core] + added more references to .NET Standard libraries for the correct compilation of the report script - fixed sets EnableScriptSecurity property before initializing Report class - fixed checking WebMode for .NET Core [Mono] - fixed a problem with incorrect work designer menu [Extras] + fixed minor bugs in new demo * updated FastReport.RPTImportPlugin to use packages - fixed a bug with fetching empty collections - fixed a bug with connection to PostgreSQL 12 and newer. The connector can be found here \Extras\Core\FastReport.Data\FastReport.Data.Postgres

In the new version of FastReport Mono 2021.1 added a new barcode - Deutsche Post Leitcode. The algorithm of converting RTF to report objects has been significantly improved. And also added new functions for converting numbers.   Version 2021.1--------------- [Engine]+ added a new barcode - Deutsche Post Leitcode+ added a new barcode - SberBank QR+ added functions of converting numbers to letters+ added functions of converting numbers to words for Indian language+ added rupee symbol for Indian currency+ added functions of converting numbers to words for Persian language+ added functions of converting numbers to words for Ukranian language+ added the Report.Prepare (int pagesLimit) method, which allows to prepare a limited number of pages* optimized work of VisibleExpression, PrintableExpression and ExportableExpression properties for bands* optimized work of VisibleExpression, PrintableExpression and ExportableExpression properties for bands* improved algorithm of converting RTF to report objects- fixed a bug with web response stream reader when connecting to remote JSON- fixed a bug while compiling the report with some expressions in the properties VisibleExpression, PrintableExpression and ExportableExpression- fixed a bug with font.list file leading to exception "System.IO.FileNotFoundException".- fixed a bug with incorrect checksum calculation in Deutsche Post Identcode barcode- fixed ReCompile (adding assemblies after Compile with error)- fixed bug with printing under Linux operating system [Designer]- fixed a bug with empty database name after reloading the report- fixed a bug when double click to arrow buttons on report tab creates a new report page [Exports]- fixed a bug with exporting strings containing only spaces in DXF export- fixed a bug in PDF export, leading to disappearance of spaces when there are tabs in the report- fixed a bug with exporting page footers when export to Excel 2007 in seamless table mode- fixed a bug with exporting "\" character in Excel 2007 export [WebReport]+ added correct view of script errors in ScriptSecurity mode- fixed a bug with PDF export in online designer- fixed a bug with ParagraphOffset [Resources]* updated French resources

  In the new version of FastReport FMX, we added FmxLinux support so now you can build your application with FastReport FMX on Linux. Learn how to install and use FastReport FMX 2.8 for FmxLinux in our blog This version also improves work with the latest versions of macOS Big Sur and applications that have passed notarization. On top of that, we added packages for Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.4 and made general improvements. Full list of changes: Version 2.8---------------+ Added support of FmxLinux framework + Added support of Embarcadero RAD Studio 10.4 * Improved support of new macOS version BigSur * Improved Arial Unicode MS simulation for bold/italic - Fixed export of images for PDF export in RAD Studio 10.4 - Fixed accessing fonts in sandbox mode under OS X(notarized applications) - Fixed preview popup menu - Fixed compilation of FireDAC packages - Fixed Checkbox export to PDF - Added ability to set barcodes fixed size via script code - Fixed preview pages file cache bug

Knowing FastReport and being able to work with reporting and DB is an essential skill on the job market for business software developers. We are determined to ensure that using FastReport solutions will always guarantee finding a job easily. The quintessential purpose of Jooble is to connect those who seek jobs with those who offer it. Being "Google" in a job search industry Jooble manages to aggregate all the vacancies from open sources into one compact user-friendly interface that gives access to jobs that are not yet listed on popular platforms or hidden behind the corporate websites. Another important thing is that Jooble does not claim jobs for its own. It is necessary to go to employers' website in order to apply which is crucial for driving additional traffic and reducing hiring process time. Jooble's initiative to help people find jobs all over the world fits well with our own aim to bring reporting to another level. Thus we are glad to announce our partnership with Jooble to help increase awareness about this area of programming and boost the quality level of specialists looking for data visualisation jobs.

We could talk a lot about our experiences and difficulties in the past year, but we'll just take stock of this year and talk a little bit about our plans for the future. In spite of all the difficulties, we worked hard this year. Not everything we planned has been completed, but we are committed to achieving all of our goals for the foreseeable future. What's done? Over the past year we were able to implement new quality control processes for our products. Work in this direction will continue. We have optimized and improved exports to various formats, added new object properties, improved report generation algorithms and fixed many bugs. We have added support for 5 new barcodes and 6 new formats for saving documents. We want to acknowledge the hard work our developers did to refactor the code to merge the .NET family source code into a common repository. In addition, in FastReport NET we added Windows Forms support for .NET Core 3.1 and support for .NET 5, introduced security control of the report script when working in web applications, and developed a new demo application. Also we deprecated .NET Framework 2.0 support in the FastReport NET product. The FastReport Mono gained the ability to build charts. We added support for new RAD Studio in FastReport VCL, did a lot of work to improve the user interface, added new features to build complex reports, and improved the quality of generated reports. Separately we note the work on improving the product FastReport for Lazarus. In turn, FastReport FMX has gained the ability to work in 64-bit apps under macOS operating system, the report designer has been improved as well as work on data processing and document generation. OLAP FastCube .NET product can be used in ASP.NET Core web-applications now, it has an improved interface, new possibilities of data filtering were added and it works in Mono. FastCube VCL got expression support, it works better in Lazarus. In FastCube FMX new options for data highlighting were added. We want to thank all FastReport Open Source users, those who contributed to its improvement and those who wrote to us with their issues. What's next? Our analysts together with the entire team closely follow trends in software development and the entire IT industry. We are constantly learning and trying to improve our products according to our customers' wishes. Let's start with the FastReport VCL and FMX product plans: we want to release FastReport VCL 7; the tables in the reports will be improved; PDF documents will get digital signing capabilities; reports will be able to use SVG images; new transports will be added; the Lazarus version will get a RichView object; new interface styles will be added. The FastReport .NET product will get: support for high-resolution screens (high dpi); components to work with the Blazor framework; support for the new .NET 6; digital signatures for MS Office documents; parallel printing on multiple printers; ability to connect to the Clickhouse column based DB. FastReport Mono cross-platform report generator will become even more compatible with different operating systems - we plan to improve stability and performance of this product. Browser-based report editor FastReport Online Designer will be added support for editing charts, new report objects, improved user interface. Work on improvement of the FastCube user interface will be continued, also it is planned to expand its capabilities to connect to different DB. It is planned to release a new product for generating reports and launch its closed beta-testing. You can take part in it. Just follow our news. We also plan to update and publish documentation for all our products. We also plan to introduce a subscription-based licensing model for those products which haven't used it yet. Good luck in the new 2021! We want to wish you good and positive emotions in the coming year 2021! May your programs be bug-free and your reports always complete and timely! May your DB queries run fast, and may users' requests to you for new features not hamper you! And let the suppliers of libraries for your products fulfill your requests quickly! In any case - we'll do our best for you! We always welcome your requests - write us your wishes about our products, and we'll try to fulfill them! With respect,Fast Reports team