Released: Apr 12, 2010

Updates in this release

Updates in V1.6.1818.8

• When importing an ActiveReports report, checkbox controls are now converted into an iconset visualization to keep the output similar.
• Created a diagnostic utility which can be used to determine why Visual Studio integration has failed and attempt to fix it.
• It is now possible to localize the text and images of a report based on the same settings that determine what culture to use when rendering textbox formatting.
• Matrices are not exported to Word as a table instead of textbox items positioned absolutely.
• Developers of custom data sources can now provide their own UI that hooks into the data source/data set smart panels. See the included CSVProvider sample for an example.
• A field containing byte array is assumed to be an image when dragging it onto the design surface.
• Image report items will now identify fields that are a byte array and allow you to use a shortcut menu to use that field for the data source
• Data set schemas are now retreived in the background.
• It is now possible to pass the Fields collection into a custom code function
• If an image is bound to an expression, that expression will be displayed in the designer instead of an empty image.
• DataSet fields now default to a collapsed display when loading a report
• The setup application has been redesigned and is capable of removing previously installed instances of Data Dynamics Reports automatically.
• Launching help from the designer control when the host application is unmanaged no longer throws an exception.
• The custom code editor now recognizes many of the intrinsic functions in VB.NET
• A Verb has been added to the property grid to make it easier to open the smart panels for report items.
• Made some internal changes to rendering to allow the report preview control to display the first page of a report sooner.
• A command has been added to the Table data region to make it easier to add multiple columns to it at one time.
• Added the option to prepend or append existing PDF documents to the PDF generated during the export of a report.
• When sorting a report, the viewer control will now pick up where it was at after the report has reloaded.
• Updated the CsvDataProvider sample to show how custom editors can be used.
• Added the ability to be notified when the report is zoomed in or out via the mouse in the WinForms control.
• It is now possible to keep the contents of a table group together on a page.
• Added the ability to respond to users clicking on a hyperlink in a report.
• Provided an easier method of setting the format string on a textbox so end-users don't have to know .NET Format strings
• It is now possible to bind a FormattedText control to a field that contains XHTML.
• Implemented a new rendering extension that allows developers to render a report that is tailored for use in HTML emails. This new rendering extension is meant to be used from code and will provide a MailMessage object back that has the body filled in already.
• Fixed an issue where the HTML export was always including the document map in its contents.
• The context menu of the data explorer now only displays commands relevent to the item that was right-clicked on.
• Implemented a way for a stream provider to be clean up after itself when an error occurs during rendering. This won't break existing stream providers however users may wish to use this new functionality.