Cannot load Fast Reports Designer

MrSnrub

I just bought Embarcadero RAD Studio XE5, which includes Fast Reports, and I am a total novice to the software. I am trying to call the FastReports Designer by including the "frxDesgn.hpp" file as described in Section 1.2 - Designing a report of the Programmer's Manual. However, even after including the line

#include <frxDesgn.hpp>

at the top of my code, it still doesn't do anything. After dropping a TfrxReport component called frxReport1 on my form, my main code looks like this:

TfrxDesigner* MyDesigner = new TfrxDesigner(this);
frxReport1->DesignReport(); // show Modal by default
delete MyDesigner;

Nothing happens. The call to DesignReport() is ignored. What am I doing wrong?

gpi

FR Designer isn't included in FR Embarcadero Edition and FR Basic

technisoft

gpi wrote: »

FR Designer isn't included in FR Embarcadero Edition and FR Basic

If that is the case how does one create a report?

MrSnrub

If you drag a TfrxReport component onto the form of a project and then double-click on its icon, it will take you to the Designer. But then you have a TfrxReport component on your form that you don't need. I always like to create my reports all at runtime.

Is there a way to launch the Designer through Windows Explorer?