Release notes and version history

Release notes

What is new

Version 4.0.22 (October 2026)

• Sample reports and a welcome window in the Windows (Delphi and .NET), Linux and macOS designers: nine sample reports — invoices, a letter with HTML text, address labels, a product catalogue with EAN-13 barcodes, sales with charts, text in nine languages and eight scripts… — that read a small SQLite database installed with them, so they can be previewed right away. The welcome window shows them at startup and from Help → Sample reports…, and opens a copy in the documents folder, where they can be changed and saved. A SQLite database given with a relative path is looked for next to the report.
• Local schemas for the AI copilot — describe the tables, columns, relations and allowed values of a database in a file on your computer, read from the catalog of the connection (SQLite included); only the descriptions go to the AI, never the data. Open them from the gear of each connection in the data configuration and choose them, with the cloud schemas, in the SQL editor of the datasets.
  • Import from the schema library: ready-made schemas of ERP systems (Odoo, SAP Business One, SAP R/3, Business Central and Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations), with the system detected from the tables of your database and the company name of the table names filled in.
  • Large databases: a filter of words finds the tables with all of them in the name or the description, and the columns of a catalog of thousands of tables are read when a table is used. Every read of the database shows its progress and can be cancelled.
  • Export all and Import all move the schemas of a connection to another installation; when the connection already has schemas, the import merges them or replaces them.
  • Every relation can be deleted, also those read from the database, and the validation of a schema by the AI lets you choose the AI that does it.

Version 4.0.21 (October 2026)

• Sign in with Apple for Reportman AI in the Windows, Linux and macOS designers, as well as with Google, Microsoft or a code sent by e-mail; the login buttons show the logo of each provider.
• Notarized macOS designer — the universal .dmg is signed with an Apple Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple: it opens with a double click, without the right click → Open of earlier versions. See macOS.

Version 4.0.20 (October 2026)

• Report Manager Designer for macOS — since version 4.0.19 the designer runs on the Mac as a native Cocoa application, a universal .dmg for Intel and Apple Silicon. Text is now measured, laid out and painted with Core Text, the text engine of macOS: the preview, the print and the PDF show the same glyphs, Arabic and other complex scripts included. See macOS.
• Help in the object inspector of the Windows, Linux and macOS designers: click the name of a property, use its context menu or press F1 (Cmd+? on the Mac).

Version 4.0.16 include these new features (September 2026)

• Report Manager Designer for the Linux desktop — the full designer, built with Lazarus and Qt 6: a .deb package for Ubuntu 22.04+ and Debian 12+, an AppImage for other distributions and a transitional GTK2 package. Menus and dialogs follow the language of the desktop. It has the dialogs of the Windows designer: database connections, the AI new report wizard, the report library, page setup with PDF options, metadata and embedded files, and printer configuration. See Linux desktop designer.
• Lazarus and Free Pascal packages — the reporting engine with PDF export, the LCL preview and printing, and the embeddable report designer, for Windows and Linux. Install them from the Lazarus Online Package Manager; the components appear on the Reportman page of the component palette. See Lazarus / Free Pascal.
• AI assistants on Linux and in Lazarus — report design, SQL with your schema and expressions, as in the Windows designer. AI changes to a report can be undone step by step.
• AI SQL suggestion in the Linux SQL editor — write a comment in natural language and the AI proposes the SQL that implements it at the cursor; Tab accepts it. The editor also completes the tables and columns of your schema.
• The Linux report server tools (Web Report Server, printreptopdf) no longer need libmidas.so.
• The ActiveX control registers again on Windows XP.
• Fixes found while porting the engine to Free Pascal, which also reach the Delphi engine: bold and italic of the base font in shaped text (right to left and HTML) in PDF output, justification of right-to-left text, memory leaks of embedded files, and the chart Y axis range saved only when it is not the default.
• Designer fixes: changes that were lost on close without asking to save (a field dropped on a section, section heights adjusted to 1/n inch, embedded files, dataset unions and text file settings), lines per inch that did not undo, Zeos connections created by the new report wizard without protocol, the report library tree (moves, groups) and the masked password of ADO connection strings; decimals of currency fields and time fields of text files.

Version 4.0.10 include this new features (June 2026)

• AI Copilot in the Report Designer to help you edit, create, debug and analyze your reports.
• AI report generation from an optional schema: provide a schema and the AI will generate a new report for you. Total privacy — only the schema is sent to the AI, never your data. Schemas are defined and bound on app.reportman.es and can be reused to build KPIs in the new Reportman app.
• AI Expression assistant to help you create and refine report expressions.
• New AI-enabled SQL autocomplete in the SQL editor.
• New AI natural language query creation and modification — describe what you need in plain language and the AI writes or edits the SQL query for you.
• New report connection wizard to set up your report data source, aligned with your saved connections (direct database or Reportman DB Agent).
• Optional HTML rendering for labels and expressions: font name, size, style and color via HTML, with expression interpolation using {{EXPRESSION}}.
• Reportman DB Agent connections — execute your reports from everywhere.
• Undo and redo support in the Report Designer, with persistent history.
• Docker-enabled Report Server — REST API and self-hosted web (repweb) for Linux/Apache.
• .Net Report Designer published as beta — its first general public release.
• More information at ai.reportman.es.

Version 3.9.15 include this new features December 2025

• PDF output complex text shaping support (arabic,devanagari etc..)
• Complex text shaping implements font fallback
• To enable complex shaping set bidi mode to partial to text components
• Rework font selection in Linux now using fontconfig if installed
• PDF Font subsetting in Linux will use Harfbuzz if installed
• Delphi: 13 component packages
• Updated database drivers: OpenODBC, FireDac, DBExpress, Firebird, Zeos
• .Net nuget packages published
• Experimental .net standalone designer published
• Updated Linux printreptopdf command line tool

Version 3.7.5 include this new features December 2024

• PDF/A3 conformance at page setup
• PDF Document metadata at page setup
• Embedded files in report template, will be included in pdf output PDF/A3
• Updated ActiveX, can add embedded files, set metadata and PDF Conformance
• Delphi: 11.0, 12.X component packages
• Updated database drivers: OpenODBC, FireDac, DBExpress, Firebird, Zeos
• Breaking change: Report templates saved with this version can not be opened with older versions
• Fixes: QR Barcode ActiveX and Delphi fixes
• Updated .Net versions

Version 3.4.7 include this new features October 2021

• QR Code Support
• New Linux 64bit printreptopdf executable
• Delphi: 10.3 and 10.4 component packages
• .Net Core Libraries
• .Net library: Qrcode barcode updated.
• Font size and autoscale configuration for charts
• .Net Report designer (beta)
• Updated database drivers: OpenODBC, FireDac, DBExpress, Firebird, Zeos
• Breaking change: Report templates saved with this version can not be opened with older versions

Version 3.1 include this new features (February 2016)

• New 64bit binaries
• All the database drivers and resources are statically linked into the binaries, this means larger executable files, but without dependencies
• Enhanced support for .net runtime report execution from the designer
• Designer support for Windows 10 and other themes at preferences menu
• Enhanced Unicode support
• Compatibility fixes for web server in Windows Server 2008 and later.
• Enhanced compatibility for Windows 8, Windows 10 and high dpi screens.
• Database drivers updated (DbExpress and Zeos).
• New FireDac Database Drivers
• .Net library updated, added Qrcode barcode and charting, bug fixes.
• .Net support for sqlite and mysql
• Alpha preview version of .Net Designer included in net2 folder.

Version 2.9 include this new features (January 2010)

• Unicode support for some database drivers (DAO included, if the driver supports it)
• Enhanced compatibility with Windows 7 and Vista, some video drivers worked incorrectly when Themes were enabled.
• Database drivers updated to the provided by Delphi 2010 compiler (DBExpress)
• .Net library updated, dot matrix printer support and bug fixes.
• Enhanced unicode support for PDF output.

Version 2.8 include this new features (June 2009)

• Parallel unions, capability to merge two datasets into a single one sharing some columns (easy multi-dataset columnar reports)
• New parameter type, Initial value, to allow parameter initialization when the report is read, before execution and before showing parameters.
• Updated zeos database drivers (Windows-Linux)
• Windows Vista compatibility (some video drivers caused problems before)
• Updated database drivers (Windows).
• Enhanced Dot net port. (Excel output implemented,Preview is now working in Linux because new Mono releases).
• Added compatibility for Delphi 2007/C++Builder 2007 and Delphi 2009
• Added compatibility for Indy version 10.
• Bugfixes and small enhancements in the Designer.

Version 2.7e include this new features (March 2008)

• Enhanced Dot net 1.1 and 2.0 support, preview and print working in latest linux Mono releases.
• Simplified text search engine in preview.
• Small features for ActiveX and GNU C library.
• Bugfixes and performance enhancements.

Version 2.7 include this new features (September 2007)

• Enhanced Dot net 1.1 and 2.0 support
• Design scale (zoom in and out while designing the report)
• Adding filters to Mybase driver using parameters.
• Adobe Reader 8 compatibility fixes (Truetype linking and embedding)
• Bugfixes

Version 2.6e include this new features

• Enhanced Dot net 1.1 and 2.0 support
• String substitution expression parameter type
• Bugfixes

Version 2.6 include this new features

• Dot net port, supporting Dot net 1.1 and 2.0
• Descriptions and hints for parameters can now be translated to multiple languages in the same way report labels are.
• Parameter validation expression: allow checking for conditions when user enter parameters (also supported on web server)
• Shared image property, to optimize size of pdfs and metafiles.
• Enhanced web server, language setting is available as a input parameter.
• Bugfixes

Version 2.5d include this new features (February 2005)

• Enhanced C# port
• UUEncoded image support
• In Windows, environment variables allow the load for decimal separator, date separator etc
• Bugfixes

Version 2.5 include this new features (December 2005)

• Preview window can now show more than one page at a time, right click on entire page icon
• Search dataset for parameters, allowing the user to search for parameter values
• A C# port of the engine can be tested, at data configuration select dot net driver.
• Bugfixes (external sections and minors)
• See /version/dotnetport.html for more information

Version 2.4 include this new features (May 2005)

• New parameter type, multiple selection type parameter.
• Search dataset for parameters, allowing the user to search for parameter values
• Parameter dbxconnections can be used to alter path to configuration file
• Enhancements on charting
• Experimental Unicode fonts truetype support on PDF export.
• Report file can be stored as XML (preferred save format), experimental.
• Bugfixes

Version 2.3 include this new features (January 2005)

• Great performance enhancements in Linux, linked querys, subreport and others.
• Startup performance enhancement for all command line tools.
• Truetype font embedding speed up
• Enhanced ActiveX control, printer selection, saving metafiles...
• Other minor enhancements (default font in designer,optimized tiled draw, obj.inspector font selection...)
• Partial unicode enabled designer (object inspector) for Windows NT systems, Linux already supports this.
• Group page count element implementation.
• PDF417 barcode printing (2d barcode allowing 1024 bytes per barcode)
• Enhanced export to Excel (single sheet-multiple sheet)
• Use environment variable (REPMANUSEKPRINTER=true) to integrate the print engine with KDE.
• Remote report parameter ask and modify, from components, ActiveX and shared library API.
• Allow different page sizes, orientations and paper bins, in a single document (Windows,PDF, experimental)
• Report language selection at runtime (M.LANGUAGE for example to print several invoices in different languages in the same report)
• New expression evaluator functions (TextHeight, ...)
• Delphi 2005 support
• Since 2.2 version, for client/server report communications, the client application must be at least same version as server, older versions require same version in client and server to work.
• Bugfixes

Version 2.2 include this new features (August 29th 2004)

• Truetype font linking and embedding (also Type1 linking in Linux)
• Master fields for in memory tables, to enhance query link performance
• Performance enhancement in DBExpress linked querys
• Paper source selection and duplex printing at page configuration
• Added functions to exp.evaluator (chartrange, getvaluefromsql, imageop,barcodeop)
• Other minor enhancements (default font in designer,optimized tiled draw...)
• Important bugfixes in .Net native version
• Bugfixes

Version 2.1 include this new features (May 14th 2004)

• Background image in sections for easy form filling and printing.
• Custom output, generate custom text file format output
• E-mail report (pdf) feature from preview
• Expanded align properties (all client alignment, top-down alignment...), this will allow flexible drawings in dynamically resized sections.
• Child subreport support for repeatable group header sections.
• Enhanced Teechart properties
• New export formats: Comma Separated Values, Scalable Vector Graphics, Custom text output
• Italian, german and catalan language support.
• Enhanced TCP Server configuration, manage active connections.
• New Zeos library version, stable 6.1
• Bug fixes

Version 2.0 include this new features (December 22th 2004)

• Native .Net support, compiled with Delphi for .Net.
• HTML output
• Full Report Library support (reports stored inside database tables with a tree structure)
• Enhanced security model for web server and TCP report server
• Enhanced ActiveX
• Enhanced designer,data browser with drag&drop feature, categorized object inspector, documentation and more.
• Report compiler (Windows only), generate a executable independent report (About 300Kbytes).
• Enhanced Borland C++ Builder 6 support.
• Some of minor features not listed here.
• Notes: This upgrade requires updates for client and server, that is a 1.6 client does not work with a 2.0 server and a 2.0 client does not work with 1.6 server.

Version 1.6 include this new features (August 7th 2003)

• Multiprocessor support (smp).
• New output driver, text only with printer escape codes to print lighting fast in any dot matrix printer, in Windows and Linux, also to save the report result as plain text.
• New shared libraries libreportmanapi.so and libreportmanapiqt.so to access the engine with GNU C and any language capable of calling dynamic link library functions (Reportman.ocx for Windows)
• Zeos library drivers support
• Excel export support for Microsoft Windows
• Allow report definition streaming in three formats binary-zlib, binary and text , so you can track changes in your reports with cvs
• Plain text file input support as a database file with visual configuration dialog
• New method for VCL components and ActiveX, executeremote to execute reports stored in report servers, also available in ActiveX and GNU C interface.
• New property editors for Delphi 5 (TRpAlias)
• Enhanced command line tools (-preview -pdialog options added), all tools can work now with standard input and standard ouput.
• ActiveX composite reports feature.
• New methods for drawing text and graphic elements usable from the expression evaluator.
• Enhanced designer - New database connections/datasets configuration dialog, active help in properties in the object inspector...
• Enhanced support for Borland C++ Builder (added CLX package and more documentation)
• Enhanced documentation
• Portuguese language support thanks to Warlei Alves
• Bug fixes
• Report Manager is now a Project Jedi Alliance member
• Notes: This upgrade requires updates for client and server, that is a 1.5 client does not work with a 1.6 server and a 1.6 client does not work with 1.5 server. This is also true for ActiveX Internet explorer plugin. Replace dbxdrivers old file with the new one for zeos support.

Version 1.5 include this new features (April 2th 2004)

• Client side unions with grouping feature to support cross database dataset unions
• Command line tools support now the parameter -paramPARAMNAME=paramvalue
• Parameter values from alist of provided values
• Full Bidi support for MS Windows, partial Bidi support for PDF and Linux.
• Global scope page headers and footers
• Printing large text across multiple pages is now implemented (Multi Page property)
• Barcode square rotation
• ActiveX interface to report parameters and parameter information
• Enhanced Designer

Version 1.4 include this new features

• Positioning of sections based on expressions
• Page positioning of sections based on expressions (two pass report required)
• The features above allow printing of datasets in parallel.
• Bugfix to support two pass report in web/tcp server
• French language support, thanks to Jean Louis Argente (argente@alussinan.org)
• Report libraries, creating, altering, storing reports inside databases
• Report wizard

Version 1.3 include this new features:

• Web report server
• TeeChart Support
• External sections (database streamable)
• Child-cascade subreports
• Enhanced Adobe PDF image support
• Enhanced documentation
• Enhanced expression build wizard
• Small Bugfixes
• OnBeforePrint event handling (Delphi/Kylix/Builder)
• Enhanced main website
• Added source code units documentation