What's new in XFRX 9.0

Release date: 01/03/2004

Please note we have added a new library that is required for XFRX to run: XFRXLIB.FLL. Please copy XFRXLIB.FLL to the same directory where HNDLIB.DLL and ZLIB.DLL are.

Bug fixes

New features


What's new in XFRX 8.3

Release date: 11/10/2003

Bug fixes

New features


What's new in XFRX 8.2

Release date: 10/14/2003

Bug fixes

If you're using versions 8.0 or 8.1, we recommend upgrading to 8.2.


What's new in XFRX 8.1

Release date: 10/14/2003

Bug fixes

Please note that there is updated HNDLIB.DLL in this version. If this version of XFRX is run with the previous version of HNDLIB.DLL, 'old version of hndlib.dll" error message is displayed.

We'd like to apologize for the 'vertical lines printed slanted' bug. If you're using version 8.0 and have vertical lines in your reports, we recommend upgrading to 8.1.


What's new in XFRX 8.0

Release date: 10/04/2003

Bug fixes

New features


What's new in XFRX 7.1

Release date: 9/22/2003

Bug fixes

New features

New features in the container object

 
  • added ability to search the report
  • mouse-wheel is now supported
  • mouse middle button is now supported
  • right-click menu was added
  • new toolbar
  • major scroll speed increase
  • and much more is going to come soon :)

Bookmarks in HTML output

  XFRX can now optionally generate bookmarks (outlines) into the result document. Please see Creating bookmarks (document outline) section in XFRX manual to see how to define a bookmark.
To enable bookmarks in the HTML output, call
loSession.SetOtherParams("PRINT_BOOKMARKS",.t.) 
before calling loSession.ProcessReport()
With bookmarks enabled, XFRX will generate three HTML pages: the main page defining the page frames, the bookmark page and the page with the report output.

XLS cells adjustment

  When XLS document is generated, vertical and horizontal coordinates of objects are adjusted - if the difference between two coordinates is smaller than a certain value, the coordinates are 'aligned'. This approach significantly reduces the number of rows and columns in the generated document.
Now it is possible to define this minimal different. The greater the number is, the lesser number of rows/columns is generated, but if the number is too big, fields might get overlapped and could be left out.
Call SetOtherParams method with "HORIZONAL_ADJUSTMENT" or "VERTICAL_ADJUSTMENT" to define the minimal horizontal and/or vertical difference.
Example:
loSession.SetOtherParams("HORIZONTAL_ADJUSTMENT",1000) && default value = 76 
loSession.SetOtherParams("VERTICAL_ADJUSTMENT",1000) && default value = 180 

Pictures rotation in PDF

  Pictures now can be rotated the same way as text fields. Please see Object rotation in PDF chapter in the manual to see how to define the rotation.

Canceling report generation in progress

  The generation process in progress can be canceled by setting the global variable gnStopXFRX to 1. For example, you can, for example, use it this way:
ON KEY LABEL Esc gnStopXFRX = 1
	


What's new in XFRX 7.0

Release date: 8/25/2003

Bug fixes

New features


What's new in XFRX 6.5

Bug fixes

New features

Word document splitting

  When the generated documents are very long, Word application has problem with the conversion - it takes very long to convert it. To avoid this problem, XFRX now can split the generated document into more smaller documents. To set this up, call SplitDocument() method before calling ProcessReport():
loSession.SplitDocument(tnPages)
tnPagesp is the number of pages each of the resulting documents would have.

Printing page ranges

  To define the page range, call setPageRange() method before calling calling ProcessReport(). There are two possible ways how to call the setPageRange() method:
  • setPageRange(tnFrom, tnTo)
    tnFrom and tnTo define the from-to range. If tnTo is empty, the total number of pages is used
    Example:
    loSession.setPageRange(5,10)
  • setPageRange(tcRange)
    tcRange is a string, which can contain page numbers and page ranges delimited by commas, the page range is defined as "from-to".
    Example:
    loSession.setPageRange("1,4,10-20,25")

User-defined page size

  You can define the page size of the generated document. The user-defined page size will override the page size stored in the report. To define the user-defined page size, call setPaperSize() method with paper width and paper height as parameters:
setPaperSize(nUDPaperWidth, nUDPaperHeight)
The unit is Inch * 10000.

HTML page size adjustment

  When generating HTML documents, XFRX makes the page a bit shorter by default (by 1.65 inches). This is because when printing from the Internet Explorer, two lines are added to the page - at the top and bottom of the page - as header and footer. By calling ShrinkHeight() method, you can either suppress this behaviour by calling:
ShrinkHeight(0)
or set your own value by which the page will be shrinked. The unit is Inch * 10000, so to make the page shorter by 2 inches, call:
ShrinkHeight(20000)
The value sent by ShrinkHeight() method is applied to all output types, not just HTML.