Web Report Designer now supports data binding of business objects through the ObjectDataSource component. It allows to browse the component types and data members at design-time and use them in expressions.
Web Report Designer has a new Open Report menu
The improved Open Report menu now allows file upload or download from the file system to the backend storage.
WinUI Report Viewer
Introducing a new WinUI Report Viewer that can be embedded in WinUI3 desktop applications.
New high contrast variation of Office2019 theme
Now the WPF Report Viewer supports a high contrast color variation of the Microsoft Office2019 theme.
Microsoft Visual Studio item template for adding Blazor Report Viewer in Microsoft .NET Core projects
The Blazor Report Viewer can now be added to .NET Core 3.1+ Blazor Server App and .NET Core 5.0+ Blazor WebAssembly App using a Visual Studio item template.
Microsoft Visual Studio item template for adding Blazor Web Report Designer in Microsoft .NET Core projects
The Blazor Web Report Designer can now be added to .NET Core 3.1+ Blazor Server application and .NET Core 5.0+ Blazor WebAssembly application using a Visual Studio item template.
What's Improved
The DataSource's CommandText is now populated when converting data connections that do not use a dedicated SQL command or stored procedure.
The available field expressions are now listed in the drop-down lists when adding a new expression using the Table Group popup window in Web Report Designer.
Browser prompt is displayed before page reload if there are reports with unsaved changes.
Copy/Paste/Reset style options are added to the context menu in Explorer tab.
Main menu now has "Close All" and "Close All but This" options.
New shortcuts are implemented for creating new report (Ctrl+Alt+N), closing report (Ctrl+Alt+W) and saving as new report (Ctrl+Shift+S).
The Web Report Designer now preserves the opened reports when the user leaves the current browser page.
The Web Report Designer now saves the report when CTRL+S is pressed.