Cape Cod Gunny - Michael Riley: 2025

I've been playing around with FastReport in FMX. To be honest, I've been struggling a bit. So, today I decided to go back to square one and work through the FMX documentation on the FastReport website. https://www.fast-report.com/public_download/docs/FRVCL/online/en/index.html

"Hello, World" report example... No Problem.

"The "Text" object... No Problem.

HTML-tags in the "Text" object... Doesn't work as advertised.

The "Text" object (TfrxViewMemo) is extremely powerful. It accepts simple HTML tags that lets you modify a single text field in some really cool ways. It's kind of like a mini "Rich Text" object.

Here is a what a working example is supposed to look like:

That is one text field with multiple effects applied to separate sections:

Bold
Italic
Bold and Italic
Superscript
Subscript
Color

I ran into an issue when I followed the example to create the "Orange" text. It didn't work. The Original example from the FastReports did not turn the text orange.

Using <font color="#FF8030"> did not display the text in orange. The text between the opening and closing font tags did not display at all. Seeing that the "red" font tag worked, I tried using the color name "orange". And it worked.

I then tried using the Alpha Color of #FFFF8030 and it also worked.

I'm glad I was able to make the FastReport example work. The text object is very powerful. I experimented with several different Delphi Color name constants and they also worked. I did run into an issue with some of the obsolete color name constants, such as MoneyGreen. The FastReport designer did not recognize "MoneyGreen" as a valid integer. It did however take the MoneyGreen HEX equivalent of #FFC0DCC0.

I decided to create a the following cheat sheet of all the font color names that FastReport text object will recognize.

Name	Color	HEX Code
`Aliceblue`	`Aliceblue`	`#FFF0F8FF`
`Antiquewhite`	`Antiquewhite`	`#FFFAEBD7`
`Aqua`	`Aqua`	`#FF00FFFF`
`Aquamarine`	`Aquamarine`	`#FF7FFFD4`
`Azure`	`Azure`	`#FFF0FFFF`
`Beige`	`Beige`	`#FFF5F5DC`
`Bisque`	`Bisque`	`#FFFFE4C4`
`Black`	`Black`	`#FF000000`
`Blanchedalmond`	`Blanchedalmond`	`#FFFFEBCD`
`Blue`	`Blue`	`#FF0000FF`
`Blueviolet`	`Blueviolet`	`#FF8A2BE2`
`Brown`	`Brown`	`#FFA52A2A`
`Burlywood`	`Burlywood`	`#FFDEB887`
`Cadetblue`	`Cadetblue`	`#FF5F9EA0`
`Chartreuse`	`Chartreuse`	`#FF7FFF00`
`Chocolate`	`Chocolate`	`#FFD2691E`
`Coral`	`Coral`	`#FFFF7F50`
`Cornflowerblue`	`Cornflowerblue`	`#FF6495ED`
`Cornsilk`	`Cornsilk`	`#FFFFF8DC`
`Crimson`	`Crimson`	`#FFDC143C`
`Cyan`	`Cyan`	`#FF00FFFF`
`Darkblue`	`Darkblue`	`#FF00008B`
`Darkcyan`	`Darkcyan`	`#FF008B8B`
`Darkgoldenrod`	`Darkgoldenrod`	`#FFB8860B`
`Darkgray`	`Darkgray`	`#FFA9A9A9`
`Darkgreen`	`Darkgreen`	`#FF006400`
`Darkgrey`	`Darkgrey`	`#FFA9A9A9`
`Darkkhaki`	`Darkkhaki`	`#FFBDB76B`
`Darkmagenta`	`Darkmagenta`	`#FF8B008B`
`Darkolivegreen`	`Darkolivegreen`	`#FF556B2F`
`Darkorange`	`Darkorange`	`#FFFF8C00`
`Darkorchid`	`Darkorchid`	`#FF9932CC`
`Darkred`	`Darkred`	`#FF8B0000`
`Darksalmon`	`Darksalmon`	`#FFE9967A`
`Darkseagreen`	`Darkseagreen`	`#FF8FBC8F`
`Darkslateblue`	`Darkslateblue`	`#FF483D8B`
`Darkslategray`	`Darkslategray`	`#FF2F4F4F`
`Darkslategrey`	`Darkslategrey`	`#FF2F4F4F`
`Darkturquoise`	`Darkturquoise`	`#FF00CED1`
`Darkviolet`	`Darkviolet`	`#FF9400D3`
`Deeppink`	`Deeppink`	`#FFFF1493`
`Deepskyblue`	`Deepskyblue`	`#FF00BFFF`
`Dimgray`	`Dimgray`	`#FF696969`
`Dimgrey`	`Dimgrey`	`#FF696969`
`Dodgerblue`	`Dodgerblue`	`#FF1E90FF`
`Firebrick`	`Firebrick`	`#FFB22222`
`Floralwhite`	`Floralwhite`	`#FFFFFAF0`
`Forestgreen`	`Forestgreen`	`#FF228B22`
`Fuchsia`	`Fuchsia`	`#FFFF00FF`
`Gainsboro`	`Gainsboro`	`#FFDCDCDC`
`Ghostwhite`	`Ghostwhite`	`#FFF8F8FF`
`Gold`	`Gold`	`#FFFFD700`
`Goldenrod`	`Goldenrod`	`#FFDAA520`
`Gray`	`Gray`	`#FF808080`
`Green`	`Green`	`#FF008000`
`Greenyellow`	`Greenyellow`	`#FFADFF2F`
`Grey`	`Grey`	`#FF808080`
`Honeydew`	`Honeydew`	`#FFF0FFF0`
`Hotpink`	`Hotpink`	`#FFFF69B4`
`Indianred`	`Indianred`	`#FFCD5C5C`
`Indigo`	`Indigo`	`#FF4B0082`
`Ivory`	`Ivory`	`#FFFFFFF0`
`Khaki`	`Khaki`	`#FFF0E68C`
`Lavender`	`Lavender`	`#FFE6E6FA`
`Lavenderblush`	`Lavenderblush`	`#FFFFF0F5`
`Lawngreen`	`Lawngreen`	`#FF7CFC00`
`Lemonchiffon`	`Lemonchiffon`	`#FFFFFACD`
`Lightblue`	`Lightblue`	`#FFADD8E6`
`Lightcoral`	`Lightcoral`	`#FFF08080`
`Lightcyan`	`Lightcyan`	`#FFE0FFFF`
`Lightgoldenrodyellow`	`Lightgoldenrodyellow`	`#FFFAFAD2`
`Lightgray`	`Lightgray`	`#FFD3D3D3`
`Lightgreen`	`Lightgreen`	`#FF90EE90`
`Lightgrey`	`Lightgrey`	`#FFD3D3D3`
`Lightpink`	`Lightpink`	`#FFFFB6C1`
`Lightsalmon`	`Lightsalmon`	`#FFFFA07A`
`Lightseagreen`	`Lightseagreen`	`#FF20B2AA`
`Lightskyblue`	`Lightskyblue`	`#FF87CEFA`
`Lightslategray`	`Lightslategray`	`#FF778899`
`Lightslategrey`	`Lightslategrey`	`#FF778899`
`Lightsteelblue`	`Lightsteelblue`	`#FFB0C4DE`
`Lightyellow`	`Lightyellow`	`#FFFFFFE0`
`Lime`	`Lime`	`#FF00FF00`
`Limegreen`	`Limegreen`	`#FF32CD32`
`Linen`	`Linen`	`#FFFAF0E6`
`Magenta`	`Magenta`	`#FFFF00FF`
`Maroon`	`Maroon`	`#FF800000`
`Mediumaquamarine`	`Mediumaquamarine`	`#FF66CDAA`
`Mediumblue`	`Mediumblue`	`#FF0000CD`
`Mediumorchid`	`Mediumorchid`	`#FFBA55D3`
`Mediumpurple`	`Mediumpurple`	`#FF9370DB`
`Mediumseagreen`	`Mediumseagreen`	`#FF3CB371`
`Mediumslateblue`	`Mediumslateblue`	`#FF7B68EE`
`Mediumspringgreen`	`Mediumspringgreen`	`#FF00FA9A`
`Mediumturquoise`	`Mediumturquoise`	`#FF48D1CC`
`Mediumvioletred`	`Mediumvioletred`	`#FFC71585`
`Midnightblue`	`Midnightblue`	`#FF191970`
`Mintcream`	`Mintcream`	`#FFF5FFFA`
`Mistyrose`	`Mistyrose`	`#FFFFE4E1`
`Moccasin`	`Moccasin`	`#FFFFE4B5`
`Navajowhite`	`Navajowhite`	`#FFFFDEAD`
`Navy`	`Navy`	`#FF000080`
`Oldlace`	`Oldlace`	`#FFFDF5E6`
`Olive`	`Olive`	`#FF808000`
`Olivedrab`	`Olivedrab`	`#FF6B8E23`
`Orange`	`Orange`	`#FFFFA500`
`Orangered`	`Orangered`	`#FFFF4500`
`Orchid`	`Orchid`	`#FFDA70D6`
`Palegoldenrod`	`Palegoldenrod`	`#FFEEE8AA`
`Palegreen`	`Palegreen`	`#FF98FB98`
`Paleturquoise`	`Paleturquoise`	`#FFAFEEEE`
`Palevioletred`	`Palevioletred`	`#FFDB7093`
`Papayawhip`	`Papayawhip`	`#FFFFEFD5`
`Peachpuff`	`Peachpuff`	`#FFFFDAB9`
`Peru`	`Peru`	`#FFCD853F`
`Pink`	`Pink`	`#FFFFC0CB`
`Plum`	`Plum`	`#FFDDA0DD`
`Powderblue`	`Powderblue`	`#FFB0E0E6`
`Purple`	`Purple`	`#FF800080`
`Red`	`Red`	`#FFFF0000`
`Rosybrown`	`Rosybrown`	`#FFBC8F8F`
`Royalblue`	`Royalblue`	`#FF4169E1`
`Saddlebrown`	`Saddlebrown`	`#FF8B4513`
`Salmon`	`Salmon`	`#FFFA8072`
`Sandybrown`	`Sandybrown`	`#FFF4A460`
`Seagreen`	`Seagreen`	`#FF2E8B57`
`Seashell`	`Seashell`	`#FFFFF5EE`
`Sienna`	`Sienna`	`#FFA0522D`
`Silver`	`Silver`	`#FFC0C0C0`
`Skyblue`	`Skyblue`	`#FF87CEEB`
`Slateblue`	`Slateblue`	`#FF6A5ACD`
`Slategray`	`Slategray`	`#FF708090`
`Slategrey`	`Slategrey`	`#FF708090`
`Snow`	`Snow`	`#FFFFFAFA`
`Springgreen`	`Springgreen`	`#FF00FF7F`
`Steelblue`	`Steelblue`	`#FF4682B4`
`Tan`	`Tan`	`#FFD2B48C`
`Teal`	`Teal`	`#FF008080`
`Thistle`	`Thistle`	`#FFD8BFD8`
`Tomato`	`Tomato`	`#FFFF6347`
`Turquoise`	`Turquoise`	`#FF40E0D0`
`Violet`	`Violet`	`#FFEE82EE`
`Wheat`	`Wheat`	`#FFF5DEB3`
`White`	`White`	`#FFFFFFFF`
`Whitesmoke`	`Whitesmoke`	`#FFF5F5F5`
`Yellow`	`Yellow`	`#FFFFFF00`
`Yellowgreen`	`Yellowgreen`	`#FF9ACD32`
`Osolete Color Names Use HEX Code`
`LtGray`	`LtGray`	`#FFC0C0C0`
`MedGray`	`MedGray`	`#FFA0A0A0`
`DkGray`	`DkGray`	`#FF808080`
`MoneyGreen`	`MoneyGreen`	`#FFC0DCC0`
`LegacySkyBlue`	`LegacySkyBlue`	`#FFF0CAA6`
`Cream`	`Cream`	`#FFF0FBFF`