Cannot load Fast Reports Designer

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?

Comments

  • gpigpi
    edited February 2014
    FR Designer isn't included in FR Embarcadero Edition and FR Basic
  • edited 6:53PM
    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?
  • edited 6:53PM
    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?

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