How to transform fr3.0 into fastreport.net version

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• AlexTZ

  November 2008 edited 9:56AM

  Hello,
  
  To convert old .fr3 files to a new .frx format, do this:
  - download the latest version of FastReport 4 (you can even use the trial version)
  - add the "frxSaveFRX" unit into your uses list
  - run report designer, go "File|Save as...", choose the file type - "FastReport.Net file".
  
  This converter does not perform 100% conversion; you need to change the .frx file. The following items are not converted:
  - script (you need to convert pascal code to c# code)
  - expressions (you need to convert pascal functions like Copy, Pos, ... to C# functions)
  - data fields (add datasources, replace < > with [ ], remove " " around field name)
  - totals (you have to replace aggregate functions like Sum, Min, Max with totals - you need to create the total in the "Data" window)
  - charts and vertical bands are not converted because FR.Net does not have an equivalent for this
  - cross-tab is not converted; I will add this later.
• bebo

  January 2009 edited 9:56AM

  Sorry, what do you mean by "add the "frxSaveFRX" unit into your uses list" ?
  Thanks in advance
• AlexTZ

  January 2009 edited 9:56AM

  I mean
  
  uses ..., ..., frxSaveFRX;
  
  in Delphi.
• bebo

  January 2009 edited 9:56AM

  Ok, thanks.
  I'm not using the Delphi one, so I wasn't able to understand what you meant.
  
  There isn't another way, by .net or studio components (I haven't Delphi at all)?
  
  
• AlexTZ

  January 2009 edited 9:56AM

  Wait for FR Studio 4.7, it will able to convert to .frx. We plan to release it soon.
• bebo

  January 2009 edited 9:56AM

  Thanks Alex, when is it planned to be released?
  
  I'm in a kind of hurry for a project and I still have to choose which product to buy, if .Net or Studio.
  I noticed that the two APIs are different, for example the PrintOptions class of .Net has more properties than the Studio one.
  Will the new Studio version have the missing print options (as PrintToFileName) ?
  
  Thanks.