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Introducing FastReport VCL OLAP Pack

Fast Reports Inc. has announced the release of FastReport VCL OLAP Pack, the two-in-one software package that consists of FastReport VCL and FastCube VCL. The beneficial pack offers two powerful reporting tools wrapped into one at a considerable discount.

FastReport VCL OLAP Pack has been designed to provide software developers with a comprehensive reporting solution while saving their money. The pack includes FastReport VCL, the advanced reporting tool for Delphi, C++Builder and RAD-studio from 7th to 2010th version, and FastCube VCL, the set of OLAP Desktop components for the same IDEs.

Being industry standard reporting software, FastReport VCL enables developers to create quality reports in no time. With its visual report designer, reporting core and preview window FastReport VCL is a convenient tool for those who want to generate solid reports without wasting time and effort. The program allows you to create reports containing images, charts and other objects and give the reports professional look utilizing excellent formatting capabilities. It also supports exporting reports into numerous popular formats such as PDF, RTF, XLS, HTML, JPG, and many more.

FastCube VCL, in its turn, provides an efficient solution for correct and reliable data analysis. The smart software allows you to analyze and summarize information and enables you to build summary tables and generate reports and graphs quickly and easily. After the cube has been created, it can be viewed, stored and shared.

Perfect for daily use, the software package allows its users to create reports that suit their specific needs, taking advantage of the sophisticated capabilities offered by the two programs.

FastReport VCL Olap Pack Standard costs $322 for a single license. Professional Edition can be purchased at $448 for a single license. Further information on the product and the license types is available at www.fast-report.com.

About Fast Reports Inc.

Founded in 1998 by Alexander Tzyganenko, Fast Reports, Inc. is focused on the development of advanced reporting solutions. Quality software provided by Fast Reports has gained wide recognition among developers from all over the world, and the company is constantly striving to improve its products even further. For more information please visit http://fast-report.com/en/contacts.html?phrase_id=608509.

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Product Review: TeeChart for .NET

The ASP.NET Chart control provided by Microsoft may not suit the requirements of all developers, as many prefer to implement advanced out-of-box functionalities for their projects.

I recently happened to test-drive TeeChart, www.steema.com/products/teechart/net, and was surprised to see that this chart control contained many charting features. Developed by Spain-based Steema Software, www.steema.com, the product is available in Lite and Professional editions. The Lite version has fewer features than the Professional edition but is suitable for small projects. The product enables a developer to build applications for ASP.NET but Windows Forms and projects that target .NET Compact Framework.

The vendor provides a fully functional limited trial license that you can use to explore Teechart’s features. The Lite edition ships with only the standard chart types, including Line, Bar, Area, Pie, FastLine, Horiz.Area, Horiz.Bar, and Horiz.Line charts. The following screenshot shows the standard chart styles.

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What are the requirements for developing a C# application?

The first major requirement is that you should require a system running either Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional or Windows 2003/2008 Server. Windows XP Home Edition doesn’t provide support for .NET. It is not recommended to work with C# on Windows 98 systems as it is not compatible for developing server side applications or ASP.NET. Microsoft Vista Ultimate completely supports .NET Framework. The recently released release candidate of Windows 7 also provide support for .NET Framework. Linux also supports C# with the help of Mono C# compiler Kit.

Secondly, you should install .NET Framework Software Development Kit (SDK) which can be downloaded from the website of Microsoft located at http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads. Windows 2003/2008 Server ships with .NET Framework and hence there is no need to install the SDK separately. However, it doesn’t comes with Visual Studio.

Finally, you require an editor to enter codes. In programming parlance, codes are called as source codes. They are nothing but syntaxes which adheres to the C# language conventions. Notepad is one of the most popular editors among many programmers. Even though Notepad is sufficient to learn C#, it would be better if you have installed Visual Studio. It ships with Visual C#, which offers many advanced functionalities than a traditional editor like Notepad.

Many third party vendors have released editors for programming with C# and other .NET languages. Notable among them are SharpDevelop and Antechinus C# Editor using which you can not only create HTML, XML, XSL and ASCX files but also the files oriented for ASP.NET development.

FAQ 2 – What is Microsoft .NET?

Microsoft .NET is one of the latest and powerful technologies introduced by Microsoft Corporation. It is comprised of several programming languages and each of these languages works under a common framework called .NET Framework. Developers had faced lot of difficulties while working with earlier languages. These difficulties were completely eliminated with the introduction of .NET. Microsoft .NET platform comprises of core components like .NET building block services such as Passport .NET, .NET device software’s that will run on latest Internet devices like mobile phones, handhelds and pocket PC’s. You can also integrate the .NET technology into self describing documents like XML. For example, you can manipulate XML documents using any one of languages under the .NET Framework. Passport .NET provides a single window access to all Microsoft Resources like Hotmail, Microsoft Chat, MSDN subscriber downloads and others.

FAQ 1 – What is Object Oriented Programming?

We deal with objects everyday. There are basically two kinds of objects namely, objects with life and without life. Animals and Human beings form living objects whereas Buildings and Furniture are objects without life. Each of these objects includes certain properties and you can also perform certain actions which ultimately describes their behavior. Object Oriented Programming mainly involves representing objects in a programming language and using them appropriately.

Before learning more about objects you should be aware about the concept of classes. A class represents group of objects of similar kind. Moreover, a class is considered as a template for creating multiple objects with similar features. For example, you can define Hard Disk, Motherboard, CD-ROM Drive and DVD-ROM Drive in a class called Computer. Here each of the computer spares are called as objects. Therefore, you can say that an object is an instance (copy) of a class. In the above case, Hard Disk and Motherboard are an instance of the class Computer and hence they are termed as objects.

All Object Oriented languages shares common set of features such as Encapsulation, Inheritance, and Polymorphism. An object oriented programming language code contains a class definition and its related objects. Hence, they are packaged into some sort of theme and this process is termed as Encapsulation. On the other hand, Inheritance is reusing of the features of one class in another class without defining them. So if you are building applications with large amount of code, you can apply this functionality so that you need not rewrite the whole code from scratch.

Polymorphism means defining different versions of the same code in various versions. The code snippet will be enclosed inside a method. For instance, Addition involves adding of 2 numbers, 3 numbers and so on. Here you are declaring one common situation in different ways. Since C# is an Object Oriented Programming language, it supports all the above features and hence you can apply them while developing C# applications.

PR – Nevron .NET Vision

Nevron Software, front-ranker in enterprise and scientific data visualization technology announces the long-expected new major release of .NET Vision – professional data visualization set of charting and diagramming controls.

“Our data visualization set of controls or parts of it are currently applied by tens of thousands corporate, scientific and government users in more than 80 countries worldwide" said Ivo Milanov – Nevron Executive. "These customers give preference to functionality and dedicated support so their applications are finished in time and performing as needed."

One of the great improvements of Nevron Diagram is the Diagram Maps support. With the new Map Import capability of the Diagram users now can import ESRI shape files with support for various types of projections. The ESRI import can easily be extended to include custom data formatting. The Diagram Maps also support zooming and labeling of geo points, independent of the zoom factor.

Several other improvements such as automatic import of tree and graph data structures from tabular data sources, improvements in the DOM and Layouts are also present as well as new predefined shapes.

Nevron Chart also offers variety of novelties throughout this feature rich product. Mixing 2D and 3D charting types in one chart control is now available. Several improvements are added to chart visibility by automatic walls visibility, controllable visibility and tick style of labels and dynamic axis docking zone depending on the user viewpoint so that they do not obscure the chart content. Ring, Smooth Edge Ring and Cut Edge Ring styles are added to Pie Chart series and new functionality is added to Radar and Polar Chart series. Light Model has also been improved.

Common improvements for the .NET Vision framework are the compatibility with IIS7, dynamic controls resizing in AJAX mode, JavaScript Library size optimization and JavaScript Library full code reference to be used for custom development, as well as a rich set of JavaScript diagnostic utilities for developers.
The above is just a part of the variety of improvements to Nevron data visualization set of controls. More information is available at Nevron website. The full power of this product is making it a preferred choice for .NET professionals that need data visualization for any kind of financial, scientific and other types of applications.

About Nevron Software
Nevron has been the pathfinder company for the component based data visualization technology. Today Nevron is a synonym of premium quality in terms of product abilities, usability and customer support. The company portfolio includes the most advanced Charting and Diagramming components for .NET, which aim to provide data visualization and presentation capabilities that are not to be matched. Nevron Data Visualization controls for ASP.NET and Windows Forms are of the highest quality, designed by professionals for professionals.

Understanding C#

First of all, let’s once again welcome you to the world of this new programming language. We hope you will have a basic idea about Object Oriented Programming languages because many languages like Java, C++ have come by the past five years.

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Java Vs C#

Ever since the advent of the internet, Java has been the target for many developers. Many C++ developers migrated to Java within a short period of time. Many high quality multithreaded animations, games, distributed applications are being developed and implemented successfully. Moreover the java language is completely platform independent. You can go through the java tutorial topics on this web site if you are having any doubt.

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Introduction to Microsoft .NET

Microsoft .NET is one of the latest and new technologies introduced by Microsoft Corporation. Nowadays, we use to connect to the internet using a computer and a remote computer responses via a web page and a collection of web pages are called as Web Sites.

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