Released: Dec 10, 2010

Updates in this release

Updates in 2010.3

• Sorting of groups by summary - Added three new properties that let you sort a group by its summary. These are SummarySortDirection - the direction of sorting, SummaryExpression - an expression for calculation the summary and SummaryType - the type of summary calculation
• Configurations on the properties panel - There are three configurations: Basic, Standard and Professional. Depending on the configuration the number of visible properties of components is changed. In the Basic configuration only simple properties are visible. In the Standard configuration almost all the properties except the most complex or rarely used are displayed. In Professional configuration a complete set of properties is shown. Selecting the type of configuration occurs when you first run the report designer, or from the context menu of the properties panel.
• Conditions and borders of components - Now you can change the borders of components, depending on conditions.
• New data adapters - The new version provides two new data adapters. The first adapter is designed for the dot Connect Universal provider. The second adapter is designed for accessing MS Access databases. The adapter is built into the report engine and can be used without additional configuration.
• New barcode – You can now add a new barcode to reports. The name of the barcode is Royal TPG Post KIX 4-State. This barcode is used for postal purposes in the Netherlands.
• New tool - This is the Import.Rtf utility. This tool provides the ability to import files in RTF (Rich Text Format) to the Stimulsoft Reports format.
• Report viewer with Ribbon panel for WPF - A report viewer using Ribbon Panel is now available.
• Super tooltips for WPF report designer - The new version of the report designer now shows super tooltips for each control.
• New HTML tags - Two new tags supported:  strong and p. Tags work in a text component if the AllowHtmlTags property is enabled.
• Business Objects and Charts - In previous versions of the product it was not possible to use data from business objects when creating charts. This lack of functionality was corrected in the new version. Data from business objects can be used along with data from data sources.