Новая версия Stimulsoft Reports.Net имеет ряд изменений, которые направлены на упрощение работы с продуктом. Stimulsoft Reports.Net получил улучшенный дизайнер отчетов, что делает его, по сравнению с предыдущими версиями, еще более дружелюбным к пользователям. Как результат, многие операции занимают меньше времени, чем ранее. Для продукта разработано много новых мастеров построения отчетов, добавлена возможность экспортировать отчеты в формат Microsoft Xps и формат Microsoft Excel 2007.
Ниже приведен список наиболее существенных изменений:
Changes in Exports of Reports
New localizations
New in Report Designer
New Components
Changes in Preview
Changes in Cross-Tabs
Changes in Charts
Changes in Web Reports
New in Data Processing
New in Report Engine
Ниже приведен список наиболее существенных изменений:
Changes in Exports of Reports
- Now you can export reports to the Microsoft XPS format.
- Now you can export reports to the Microsoft Excel 2007 format.
- Now export to pdf supports an image from the watermark.
- Now export to pdf supports a gradient brush.
- Now you can adjust image quality in the export to the Excel.
- Now you can adjust image quality in the export to the Rtf.
- The 'Add Page Breaks' option is added to export to the Html.
- The 'Add Page Breaks' option is added to export to the Mht.
- The CSV Export: The Tag property may contain the following: Column: "FieldName" "{Expression}". In this case the new "FieldName" column with {Expression} will be added.
- New mode of export to html - Div.
- Text export is updated.
New localizations
- Localization to Dutch is added.
New in Report Designer
- Now the TextEditor tool supports the RichText component.
- The new Align context menu item is added to the designer.
- The new Size context menu item is added to the designer.
- The special wizard is added to the operation of drag&drop of DataSource to the page.
- The new Chart wizard is added.
- The new Cross-tab wizard is added.
- New abilities to edit multiple selected objects as one table.
- Context menu items 'Send to Back' and 'Bring to Front' are replaced with the new 'Order' menu item.
- Dimension lines to all operation of resizing and moving component in report designer is added.
New Components
- The new RichTextBox control is added to dialogs.
- The component System Text is merged to the Text component.
Changes in Preview
- Now the RichText component supports the Editable property.
- Now the CheckBox supports the Editable property.
- New events ProcessExport and ProcessSendEMail are added to the StiPreviewControl.
- The new StiPreviewControl.LoadPreviewControl static event.
Changes in Cross-Tabs
- The new EmptyValue property is added to Cross-Tab component.
- The new member of the SummaryType property - None. Now you can output in Cross-Tab component not numeric values.
- Styles to the Cross-Tab component editor are added.
- The new HorAlignment property is added to Cross-Tab component.
- Two new EnumeratorType and EnumeratorSeparator properties are added to the CrossRow and CrossColumn components.
Changes in Charts
- Now the Range property is available for the YAxis at Chart component.
- The new StartFromZero property is added to the YAxis of Chart component.
- The new LabelsOffset property to all line series.
- Now you can add Constant Lines to the Chart component.
- Now you can add Strips to the Chart component.
- The new YAxis property is added to each series. You can specify on which axis values from series will be shown.
- The new Title property added to Chart property.
- The new ShowInPercent property is added to Chart series labels.
- The new ShowZeros property is added to Chart series.
Changes in Web Reports
- The new PrintMode property is added to the StiWebViewer.
New in Data Processing
- The new IBM Db2 data adapter.
- The Sql connection string builder is added.
- The Odbc connection string builder is added.
- The Alias property is added to the database.
New in Report Engine
- The LinesOfUnderling property is replaced with the LinesOfUnderline property. Using this new property you can select style of underlining. All old reports will be converted automatically.
- The new total function - AvgDate.
- The new NumberOfPass property is added to report.
- New system variables: IsFirstPage, IsLastPage.
- The PrintOn property is extended on all components.
- The PrintAtFirstPage property is replaced with the PrintOn property. All old reports will be converted automatically.
- Now you can hide properties from the property grid. Example: StiConfig.HideProperty('Enabled').
- The new Restrictions property is added to all components. Using this property you can use the StiOptions.Designer.Restrictions static options.
- The new PaperSize property is added to the page.
- The IsNull function is added. Example of using: IsNull(Customers, 'Name').
- The iif function is added. Example of using: iif(condition, value1, value2).
- The new Double Click event added to component.
- The new Collate property is added to the report.
- The new StiReport.CompileReportsToAssembly static method.
- Now you can save and load packed reports under .Net 1.1 too.
- Now you can load packed reports and unpacked reports with the Load method of the report.
- Now you can sort data at hierarchical band.
- Now you can create not assigned DateTime? variables in the report dictionary.
- The new RightToLeft property is added to the Databand. This property controls the direction of column rendering.
- The new RightToLeft property is added to the Page. This property controls the direction of column rendering.
- The TextOptions.Angle property of the Text component is renamed on the Angle. All old reports will be converted automatically.
- The TextOptions.WordWrap property of the Text component is renamed on the WordWrap. All old reports will be converted automatically.