How to send and receive reports through outlook in FastReport VCL?

This article will introduce FastReport VCL  How to be in FastReport VCL Pass through Outlook Send and receive reports .

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In this paper , You will learn about a new transport subcategory , This subcategory is in 2022.2.7 Available in version , be called “ Mail transfer ”. Now it includes 2 A component , You can visit Gmail and Outlook.

Mail transmission has the following functions ：

• Save and load reports ;
• Save the export results .

Saving means sending email . Uploading involves using the file attached to the letter , Letters can belong to any mail category （ inbox / Has been sent / Draft, etc ）.

Transportation status

FastReport Have what is called “ transmission ” The components of . They need access ：

• Cloud storage （Dropbox、OneDrive、Box.com、Google.Drive、Yandex.Disk）;
• FTP The server ;
• E-mail （ Send messages only ）;
• The mail service （Gmail、Outlook）.

Cloud storage and FTP The server supports the following functions ：

• Save and load reports ;
• Save the export results ;
• Use files when building reports （ for example , picture ）.

Add the transport to the application and its settings

You can use the context menu on the component —— This will establish a connection directly from the development environment . single click “ Edit connection ” Sub menu .

Listening port . By default , The transmission only responds from the use port 9898 Authorization response of browser . If this port is already in use or you plan to use it in the future ,FastReport VCL Allows you to set ListenerPort Property to change the port .

Besides , We will use port by default 9898. Now let's look at the connection steps of mail transmission . Users do not need to perform all the following steps to authorize each time . This setting is only completed once by the cloud service administrator . After all the steps , The obtained authorization data can be used by other users .

1. go to Embarcadero Rad Studio And expand “FastReport VCL Internet transports” tab .
2. Select the required components and add them to the application form .

Connect to Outlook

When the user wants to use the transfer to open （ Or save ） The report （ Or export the results ） when , He will see the standard login dialog （ If he has not logged in before ）.

 

To enter the connection settings page , Please click the question mark in the upper right corner of the authorization window . This will use Azure The application management page opens the default browser . If the user is not Azure Authorized in , An authorization page will open , You need to log in to your Azure account .

If this account has never been created before Azure Applications , Then the first step will be to create a new application .

First , You need to create a new application . single click “ Register application ” Button .

here , You must enter the application name , Select a supported account type , And fill in the redirection URI.

For easy setup , stay “ Supported account types ” Properties of the , Choose the third “ Any organization Directory （ whatever Azure AD Catalog - multi-tenancy ） And personal Microsoft account （ for example Skype、Xbox） Account in ”. You can do this by clicking “ Help me choose ...” Read more about this .

If you want to use a standard port , Please redirect URI Enter... In the field “http://localhost:9898”.

single click “ register ” Button . Our application will be successfully created .

 

take “Client ID” Copy the value of the field to FastReport VCL Authorization dialog . open “ Certificates and confidentiality ” part .

single click “ New client password ”.

Enter the description and select the expiration date of the code . Click on “ add to ”.

take “Value” Copied to the FastReport VCL Authorization dialog box .

single click “ determine ”. A new browser window will open , You are required to login to your account .

After authorization, click “ yes ”.

This completes the successful connection setup . Now you know how to FastReport VCL Connect to Outlook.

The future of mail transportation

In terms of function , Cloud transport supports all the functions mentioned above . The graphic design of mail transportation during loading will be improved in further versions . up to now , Graphical user interface (GUI) Used as cloud storage . Now? , Categories and messages are implemented as folders , Attachments are implemented as files .

 

future , Plan to improve graphic components , Make it more user friendly . Functional improvements will include email search . Send message window GUI It will also change slightly .

If the export generates multiple files , Then each file will be sent in its own email . in other words , If you want to send the export results page by page PNG, Then each picture will be sent in a separate email .

Almost all arrive FastReport VCL All exports of only generate 1 Output files （PDF、DOCX、RTF etc. ）, Most users will not notice this .

This time FastReport Use the tutorial About how to be in FastReport VCL Pass through Outlook That's all for sending and receiving reports , In the next section, we will introduce how to FastReport VCL Pass through Gmail Send and receive reports .