| Features |
FreeReport 2.2 |
FreeReport 2.3 |
FastReport 2.46 |
FastReport CLX b2 |
| Script language |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syntax hilightning in Script editor |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Change band datasource from script |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Access from script
to objects that placed on other pages of the report |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| FORMATTEXT function, FOR operator, EXIT, INC and DEC procedures
in FastReport Pascal |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interbase Express (IBX), IBObjects, ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) support |
No |
Yes |
support more dbs |
support more dbs |
| Delphi6 dbExpress DBXComponents |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Object Inspector |
simple |
simple |
advanced |
advanced |
| Cross-tab reports |
No |
basic |
advanced |
basic (yet) |
| Dialogs |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Line style |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| BarCode |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RTF 2.0 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| TfrPreview component for creating custom preview
windows |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| TfrRoundRectObject |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| TfrPrintTable component |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| BandAlign property of all report objects |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Options for "Text" object: line and char spacing, top
and left gaps, "Suppress repeated values" option |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Restrict object editing, moving, resizing, deleting |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Restrict some designer operations programmatically
(moving, resizing, editing, deleting, saving, loading and etc) |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| "Columns" property for data-bands |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Child bands |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Option for bands: PrintChildIfInvisible |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Property of GroupHeader band: Master |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Data dictionary |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Property of Text object: HideZeros |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| TfrReport.OnObjectClick event |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| TfrReport.MDIPreview property |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Property TfrReport.PrintIfEmpty
TfrDesigner.OpenDir, SaveDir |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| TfrPage.Visible property |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Export filters |
txt |
txt, htm, csv, rtf |
txt, htm, csv, rtf, xls,etc |
txt, htm, csv, rtf, xls,etc |
| International languages |
2 |
8 |
21 |
21 |
| Object Inspector localization |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Support of several languages at one time |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Support of right-to-left languages |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
