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Report Sharp-Shooter Changelog

What's new in Report Sharp-Shooter 7.0.1.8

Oct 23, 2013
  • Improved: Designer of the gauge element.

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 7.0 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • New: RepeatEveryPage is now available for Footer;
  • New: Ability to set CommandTimeOut of SQLiteDataSource;
  • New: New gauge designer;
  • New: About 200 new business gauges to visualize your report data;
  • Improved: Report designer help;
  • Fixed: Duplicating of bookmarks in PDF export;
  • Fixed: ElementAdding event passes correct container when executing drag&drop;

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 6.5.0.86 (May 14, 2013)

  • New: Ability to split the document into sheets when exporting to Excel;
  • Fixed: Issue with exporting Advanced Text element to Excel;
  • Fixed: Old XLS export filter is outdated and removed from the default export filters list;
  • Fixed: Issue with saving a document as .rst and saving a template as .rsd;
  • Added: Ability to change TextBox font from code;
  • Fixed: Issue with simultaneous saving of the document and closing report designer;
  • Fixed: Issues with Pivot Table rendering;
  • Fixed: Issue with export to WMF;
  • Fixed: Undo/Redo in bindings;
  • Fixed: Printing of the report which Title is not set;
  • Fixed: Issue with displaying color of the Pie Chart legend;
  • Fixed: Issue with incorrect work of lasso and scrolling in the report designer;
  • Fixed: Minor issues in PDF export;
  • Fixed: Pivot Table is now not allowed in the Side by Side band;
  • Fixed: New fields are aligned to the left by default;
  • New: Script editor runs upon double click;

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 6.4.0.30 (Jan 30, 2013)

  • New: Wizards for setting up report data source in the designer (MS SQL, Oracle, mySQL, ODBC). Now developers don’t need to build connection String when configuring data sources in the designer. Instead, they get convenient dialog windows to setup connection to the most popular data source types. MySQL and Oracle connectors require installation of additional libraries.
  • New: Generate Script now works in the Pivot Table element;
  • New: Ability to design custom context menu instead of the standard one, since MouseModeContextMenu property is now public. Please, review the following forum post
  • Added: Document tab in the ribbon menu of the report designer. Developers now have quicker access to the document properties and are able to set them faster;
  • Added: A list of the ElementAdding event arguments is extended. Now it’s possible to get information on where the element is added to;
  • Added: Ability to position Page overlay element not only from the page top, but also right after the Page header;
  • Added: German localization is updated;
  • Fixed: Issue with compatibility of NewPageBefore and NewPageAfter properties of the Databand in different product versions;
  • Fixed: Designer panels’ layout didn’t save after the designer is closed.
  • Fixed: Issue with incorrect positioning of nested elements in the table wizard;
  • Fixed: Localization issues;
  • Fixed: Issue with adding shape element under Turkish localization;
  • Fixed: PDF export: page footer is located at the end of the page regardless of the content size on the page;
  • Fixed: Issue with syntax editor on the pivot table form;
  • Fixed: Issue with addition of PivotTable element into the SideBySide band;
  • Fixed: Issue with document deserialization related to the different component versions;
  • Fixed: Issue with rendering of non-IBreakable controls in the Detail band with the CanBreak property set to true;
  • Fixed: Issue with incorrect export of bookmarks to RTF;
  • Fixed: Minor issues with some fonts in PDF export;

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 6.3.0.42 (Jun 21, 2012)

  • New:
  • Support for Visual Studio 2012
  • Interactive Pivot table style editor
  • Added:
  • Sample of using Windows Forms report designer in a Silverlight application
  • Fixed:
  • Issue in Pivot table with using data source that is not available in design time
  • Issue with gathering meta-information in Side-by-Side reports
  • Page number field width

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 6.2.1.28 (Jun 1, 2012)

  • Added: Ability to export to Excel only data (without headers, footers and other similar stuff);
  • Added: WPF and Silverlight samples are added to the SharpShooter Reports Samples Center;
  • Fixed: Issue with Layout bands button changing report structure;
  • New: Ability to set SQL Data Source parameters that are configured inside the report;
  • Fixed: Issue with rendering Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, Hindi and other specific characters;
  • New: Pre-designed styles collection that can be easily applied to the whole report;
  • New: All report elements are now created with pre-set styles that can be easily changed;
  • Added: New ribbon tab containing main document properties;
  • Fixed: Issue with Textbox tooltip;
  • Fixed: Issue with setting report styles dynamically from code;
  • Added: Optimized report uploading to the designer;
  • Fixed: Memory leak in the designer ribbon toolbar;
  • Fixed: Issue with ControlByName method of the template;
  • Fixed: Issue with line breaks in PDF export;
  • Fixed: Issue with report layout when copy-pasting;
  • Added: Optimized launch of report designer for the document containing SQL data sources;

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 6.1.0.43 (Mar 5, 2012)

  • New: Ability to set initial zoom for the Preview form
  • New: Open XML (.xlsx) export filter. It is possible to export reports to Excel using text styles and formats, charts, images, etc.
  • New: Re-styled reports in SharpShooter Reports Samples Center.
  • Improved: Ability to handle the elementAdding and elementAdded events in the designer. You can control addition of the elements in the report designer.
  • Improved: Error message appearing, when a report template opens, contains additional information.
  • Fixed: Elements default alignment in Table Wizard. Left alignment is set by default.
  • Fixed: Error occurring when the Table Wizard opens for complex objects which are not collections and strings.
  • Fixed: Error with reset font style after closing Font Style Dialog.
  • Fixed: Error occurring when more than one Custom Control is registered in the designer.

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 6.0.0 (Oct 26, 2011)

  • New: Redesigned Samples Center. Now, most of the reports include precise description and code examples.
  • New: Bug report dialog. It is possible to automatically send feedback about unhandled exception to PerpetuumSoft technical support team.
  • New: Context menu for selection of shape types. Clicking the Shape button on the Illustration tab section in the Insert tab of the Ribbon interface report designer and select the needed shape.
  • New: Tooltip when selecting the element in the data source tree. The tooltip shows the data type and several first values.
  • New: The “Refresh” button for a report in Silverlight viewer.
  • Improved Report designer interface.
  • Improved Addition of objects of different types to the designer. Now, each object has its own icon which displays its type (text, image). The objects’ appearance is specified by their types during the addition to the designer.
  • Improved Styles editor. It is possible to copy the existing style. You can use hot keys to undo / redo changes.
  • Improved: Performance when reports scrolling in SharpShooter Report.Web.
  • Fixed: Considerably improved performance while editing of large reports.
  • Fixed: Incorrect work of the NewPageAfter and NewPageBefore properties if DataBand (GroupBand) contains Header\Footer.
  • Fixed: Issue with incorrect display of report when changing the PlaceInBottom and Visible properties.
  • Fixed: Issue with incorrect work of the MinSpaceAfter and RepeatEveryColumn properties for Header.
  • Fixed: Issues in work of Bolder Editor. Now, you can easily edit parts of the border.
  • Fixed: Issue with display of reports in Internet Explorer 7 in SharpShooter Report.Web.

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 5.3.0 (Oct 26, 2011)

  • New: Table Wizard. The process of the first report creation becomes as simple as ABC. You easily add simple data tables to the reports using Table Wizard.
  • New: Support for Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework.
  • New: Advanced Script Browser abilities:
  • Ability to search and replace text in all scripts of the document.
  • Ability to undo/redo for all windows through the script browser.
  • Ability to validate scripts before saving.
  • Improved error list integrated with the script browser.
  • Improved: AdvancedTextBox.
  • Fixed: The issue with saving when opening a new document in the designer.
  • Fixed: The issue with bookmarks work when exporting to PDF.
  • Improved: Designer performance when working with big documents with a lot of objects.
  • Fixed: The issue with opening reports which include a script started with a double slash comment.
  • Fixed: Issue with cache handling.
  • Improved: Pivot Table Wizard.

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 5.2.0.0 (Mar 30, 2011)

  • New: Script browser. Now, you have the ability to view all the scripts on the fly and, thus, have better script navigation.

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 5.1.0.0 (Feb 1, 2011)

  • New: Ability to print in landscape mode in Report Sharp-Shooter for Silverlight.
  • New: Code autocompletion in script editor.
  • New: Syntax highlighting for C#, VB.NET and SQL in script editor.
  • New: Ability to hide/show Total in the pivot table.
  • Improved: Ribbon report designer interface:
  • New user interface icons;
  • Fixed minor bugs and shortcomings;
  • Improved style editor interface;
  • Ability to size the document using the Rule.
  • Improved: Inner designer forms now have the common style with report designer.
  • Improved: Reading of bar codes during printing from Web Viewer.
  • Fixed: Incorrect right-to-left alignment, including flip images in right-to-left flow.
  • Fixed: Bug with images export to PDF. Large images were exported as separate ones that caused “out of memory” exception. Now, the process of images export becomes less memory consuming.
  • Fixed: Problem with charts printing in 64 bit OS.
  • Fixed: Problem with installation of the component with switched on UAC (User Account Control).
  • Fixed: Problem with incorrect display of lists in RTF after the insertion into AdvancedText.
  • Fixed: Export of Hebrew and Arabic fonts to PDF format.
  • Fixed: Underline in PDF export option.
  • Fixed: Minor bugs and shortcomings.

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 5.0.0.0 (Nov 24, 2010)

  • Ribbon Report Designer Interface:
  • Contextual tabs
  • Convenient preview during the selection of property values provides the ability to see the result of changes in the element immediately. Preview will be available for Font, FontSize, TextFill, Angle, Fill, Gallery of Styles, SizeMode, Line, Shadow, Label, BackColor and BarColor
  • Quick access toolbar, which includes standard controls like save, undo, redo and so on
  • New:
  • Silverlight 3.0 and Silverlight 4.0 features are available in one installation package of Report Sharp-Shooter
  • Automatic addition of the Detail section into DataBand or GroupBand upon insert of the TextBox
  • Ability to use hot keys for text formatting: copy, paste, select, zoom and so on
  • Improved:
  • If many elements are overlapped, then when you click the overlapping area repeatedly the element with lower z-index will be selected (after the last element is selected the most top element will be selected again)
  • Drag&drop in the report designer connected with change of the Parent. If you locate the element in the other container (section), the parent will be changed automatically similar to the change of container in the tree
  • Ability to copy the element during drag&drop. You are able not just drag the element from one position to the other, but copy this element by pressing CTRL
  • Drag&drop from the data source. Now the element is inserted immediately
  • Fixed:
  • Incorrect right-to-left alignment, including flip images in right-to-left flow
  • Issues with message boxes during rendering on the web service
  • TextBox overflowed in HTML rendering
  • BackSlash line rendering issue in Report Sharp-Shooter for Silverlight
  • StringTrimming issues for ellipsis values
  • Minor bugs and shortcomings

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 4.4.0.0 (Aug 12, 2010)

  • Improved: Ribbon report designer
  • New: Context menu in report designer and document tree. Now all the frequently used functionality of elements and group of elements is available via context menu items.

New in Report Sharp-Shooter 4.3.0.0 (Jul 15, 2010)

  • New: Optional designer with ribbon user interface
  • Uniform size mode for image resizing - saving aspect ratio.
  • Fixed: Document rendering process logic
  • Invalid links disabling in exported documents
  • Minor report designer user interface improvements