XFRX is a powerful, third-party reporting tool designed for Visual FoxPro (VFP) developers. It transforms standard VFP reports into versatile digital documents, allowing you to export reports directly to PDF, Excel, Word, HTML, and various image formats without relying on external printer drivers.
XFRX adapts to the underlying FoxPro environment through two distinct operational engines:
The installation process is straightforward: xfrx documentation
In short, ignoring XFRX documentation leads to memory leaks, corrupted exports, and hours of trial-and-error debugging.
loXFRX = EVALUATE("XFRX('XFRX#LISTENER')") WITH loXFRX .SetOutputFormat("PDF") .SetFileName(lcOutput) .SetPDFACompliance(1) * PDF/A-1b for archiving .SetPDFCompression(9) * Max compression .SetPDFEmbedFonts(.T.) .SetPDFMetadata("Author", "Your Company") .SetPDFEncryption(0, "", "admin123") * Owner password only ENDWITH XFRX is a powerful, third-party reporting tool designed
According to the official documentation , XFRX offers several advanced capabilities: A. Extensive Output Formats XFRX supports a wide range of file formats, including: PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT. Spreadsheets: XLS, XLSX. Web/Data: HTML, MHT, XML, XFF (DBF). Images: BMP, PNG, JPEG, GIF, and Multipage TIFF. B. VFP 9.0 Special Integration
: Up-to-date information on new features, such as PDF/A support and improvements to font glyph extraction. Key Technical Sections Excel specific features - XFRX Documentation - Confluence loXFRX = EVALUATE("XFRX('XFRX#LISTENER')") WITH loXFRX
While XFRX works with older VFP versions, VFP 9.0 users benefit from native report engine pipeline integration. This allows for:
: XFRX supports a vast list of target formats, including: