Specify row limits for data bands.

Features

• New installer - You can install each Stimulsoft application as a separate distribution.
• Printing reports from a Web browser - Report printing now works correctly in any browser, on any operating system.
• New CosmosDB Data Adapter - You can now retrieve data using the Azure CosmosDB server.
• HiDPI support - The 2019.4 release adds HiDPI support in the standalone report designer.
• The Get Started window - When you run the report designer first time, you will see the Get Started window. From there, you can download and get access to other Stimulsoft applications, development packages, or help resources.
• Sorting for Dashboard elements - In this release you can sort element data on Dashboards, including Chart, Progress, Indicato and Gauge.
• New chart functionality - Now you can use Constant Lines, Markers, and Labels for values. Also, this release adds conditional formatting for charts.
• Conditional formatting in dashboards - This release adds the ability to conditionally format Dashboard elements, including Indicator, Pivot Table, and Chart.
• New Table elementfeatures - Now you can display totals, select a table row and disable detail mode when applying a filter.
• New online map features - Now, when you create Dashboards with an online map, you can display a chart of values or display an icon for values on this map.
• Custom maps - You can now use custom maps in reports and dashboards. Also, this release improves the map selection window. Now you can select a category for a geographic region or use the search bar. This release also adds new of maps, including Scandinavia, and Benelux countries and updats maps of Europe and the European Union.
• New functionality for Image and Text - Now you can use icons in Image elements.
• Limit rows - When you create reports, you can now specify a row limit for the Data Band on the current page or in the current column.
• Library version in the Publish wizard - When publishing a report or a Dashboard, you can use the latest libraries or the current ones.
• Support for CSV connections in the Publish wizard - Now when publishing reports and dashboards, you can specify a CSV data connection.
• Support for ZUGFeRD v2.0 - The current version adds support for a new specification of this format - ZUGFeRD v2.0.
• Displaying filters on Dashboard elements - When viewing a Dashboard, some elements are interactive. When you select a value, the data of all related items are filtered. Now, when using this type of filtering, the filter, and the selected value will be displayed on the element.
• Data from other data sources in Dashboards - When you design Dashboards, you can now use data from other data sources.

Adds sorting for Dashboard elements.

Features

• New installer - You can install each Stimulsoft application as a separate distribution.
• Printing reports from a Web browser - Report printing now works correctly in any browser, on any operating system.
• New CosmosDB Data Adapter - You can now retrieve data using the Azure CosmosDB server.
• HiDPI support - The 2019.4 release adds HiDPI support in the standalone report designer.
• The Get Started window - When you run the report designer first time, you will see the Get Started window. From there, you can download and get access to other Stimulsoft applications, development packages, or help resources.
• Sorting for Dashboard elements - In this release you can sort element data on Dashboards, including Chart, Progress, Indicato and Gauge.
• New chart functionality - Now you can use Constant Lines, Markers, and Labels for values. Also, this release adds conditional formatting for charts.
• Conditional formatting in dashboards - This release adds the ability to conditionally format Dashboard elements, including Indicator, Pivot Table, and Chart.
• New Table elementfeatures - Now you can display totals, select a table row and disable detail mode when applying a filter.
• New online map features - Now, when you create Dashboards with an online map, you can display a chart of values or display an icon for values on this map.
• Custom maps - You can now use custom maps in reports and dashboards. Also, this release improves the map selection window. Now you can select a category for a geographic region or use the search bar. This release also adds new of maps, including Scandinavia, and Benelux countries and updats maps of Europe and the European Union.
• New functionality for Image and Text - Now you can use icons in Image elements.
• Limit rows - When you create reports, you can now specify a row limit for the Data Band on the current page or in the current column.
• Library version in the Publish wizard - When publishing a report or a Dashboard, you can use the latest libraries or the current ones.
• Support for CSV connections in the Publish wizard - Now when publishing reports and dashboards, you can specify a CSV data connection.
• Support for ZUGFeRD v2.0 - The current version adds support for a new specification of this format - ZUGFeRD v2.0.
• Displaying filters on Dashboard elements - When viewing a Dashboard, some elements are interactive. When you select a value, the data of all related items are filtered. Now, when using this type of filtering, the filter, and the selected value will be displayed on the element.
• Data from other data sources in Dashboards - When you design Dashboards, you can now use data from other data sources.

Includes new features in SyntaxEditor, GridView, VirtualGrid and more.

Features

Telerik DevCraft Ultimate includes the following updates:

• Kendo UI + Telerik UI for ASP.NET (MVC & Core), PHP, JSP R3 2019 SP1 - Adds Merge and Split tools for table cells in Editor.
• Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX R3 2019 SP1 - Includes updates to AsyncUpload and PdfProcessing.
• Telerik UI for Blazor 2.2.1 - Maintenance release includes fixes to Grid and Window controls.
• Telerik UI for Silverlight R3 2019 SP1 - Includes improvements to Calendar, GridView and PdfProcessing.
• Telerik UI for WinForms R3 2019 SP1 - Improves search functionality in RadGridView.
• Telerik UI for WPF R3 2019 SP1 - Includes improvements to Calendar, GridView, PdfProcessing and SyntaxEditor.
• Telerik UI for Xamarin R3 2019 SP1 - Chart adds command support to ChartSelectionBehavior.

Includes new features in SyntaxEditor, GridView, VirtualGrid and more.

Features

Telerik DevCraft Complete includes the following updates:

• Kendo UI + Telerik UI for ASP.NET (MVC & Core), PHP, JSP R3 2019 SP1 - Adds Merge and Split tools for table cells in Editor.
• Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX R3 2019 SP1 - Includes updates to AsyncUpload and PdfProcessing.
• Telerik UI for Blazor 2.2.1 - Maintenance release includes fixes to Grid and Window controls.
• Telerik UI for Silverlight R3 2019 SP1 - Includes improvements to Calendar, GridView and PdfProcessing.
• Telerik UI for WinForms R3 2019 SP1 - Improves search functionality in RadGridView.
• Telerik UI for WPF R3 2019 SP1 - Includes improvements to Calendar, GridView, PdfProcessing and SyntaxEditor.
• Telerik UI for Xamarin R3 2019 SP1 - Chart adds command support to ChartSelectionBehavior.

Includes optimized Report Designer, new export formats and support for Microsoft .NET Core 3.0.

Features

Designer & Preview

• Horizontal Fill Mode for Columns - Use available space more efficiently for multi-column layouts that are output from top to bottom in newspaper format. For sub-elements, the number of columns forces horizontal output. This results in completely new layout options, where the linked data records are output from left to right in one space-saving row.
• Create Sub Elements Using Filter Conditions - In the past, if you wanted to use relations in the Designer, you had to define them as a relation in the data source. When you create a sub-element in the Designer, you can now use filters to quickly and easily define a “relation” on the fly.
• Automatically Adjust Column Widths - Until now, you had to manually adjust column width to content. As a result, columns were often displayed with too much free space or whitespace, or even with breaks. Now, you can have List & Label calculate the ideal width, based on the actual content.
• Grouped Line Definitions - You can now easily design much more flexible page-break scenarios for many row definitions by grouping only the lines that actually belong together, in line with your specific requirements.
• Select and Copy Text - Quickly and easily select text in the preview and copy it to the clipboard – with no additional steps. This enables you to use and process information from the preview even more efficiently.
• Sum and User Variables - Faster overview and more efficient work in complex reports thanks to dialogs with filter functions. This now also enables you to filter the list of sum and user variables.
• Image Formats HEIF and WebP - Under Windows 10, you can use these two new image formats as graphics in the Designer. This provides more modern formats for flexible and lossless compressed images.
• Rapidly Change Sorting - To change the sorting direction from “ascending” to “descending” or vice versa, simply double-click on a sort order or click on the corresponding button.
• Improvements to Charts:
  • Rscript: Direct support is provided for HTML widgets when exporting to XHTML or the HTML5 Viewer.
  • Gantt: Minimum cell width can be set for columns in the table area to better support aligned layouts.
  • The range for the x-axis can now be explicitly set as needed – for example, to selectively display certain date ranges.
  • The x-axis now supports a logarithmic scale for numerical values, which is useful for scientific charts.
• Significant Performance Improvement in the Preview – especially when page count is high.
• Project Wizard also Available in 64-bit Applications.
• Customized Interface - For seamless and modern Windows integration, the Designer has new icons in the TreeViews. Mouse cursors are HDPI aware, and much more.

Innovations for .NET & Web

• Comprehensive Microsoft .NET Core 3.0 Support - List & Label supports the latest Microsoft technologies and provides full support for .NET Core 3.0:
  • Visual controls for WinForms and WPF, such as the WinForms PreviewControl or WPF Viewer, can now be used.
  • New NuGet packages for all assemblies ensure easy integration and redistribution.
  • Web applications no longer require compatibility shim.
  • Numerous programming examples delivered with List & Label have been created directly with .NET Core 3.0, for easier implementation or migration.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and the .NET Client Profile are no longer supported. However, full support is provided for .NET 4.x and the latest language standards and technologies.
• GraphQL Data Provider - The modern open source database query language can now be used directly as a data source for List & Label. It provides an efficient and flexible alternative to SQL – in line with REST and ad-hoc web service architectures. This makes for fast, effective data queries.
• Hyphenation and Translations - In .NET, the new ProcessText event is available, enabling translation or hyphenation before printing or exporting. The event can also be used for RTF content.

Export

• Support for ZUGFeRD 2.0 - For electronic invoice exchange in PDF format the updated standard ZUGFeRD is now supported. In combination with the XML file containing the technical billing information delivered by the application, List & Label creates a compliant ZUGFeRD 1.0 or ZUGFeRD 2.0 PDF invoice.
• Append Signature when Sending Emails - When sending emails, you can now easily add the Outlook signature by simply specifying its name. But even without an Outlook installation, you can specify an email signature using a text and HTML file.
• Export Without Page Breaks - For the formats HTML, JSON, and Excel, you can now define the page format as endless, avoiding page breaks. An endless page is the natural format for browsers or Excel and is also often expected by users.
• New Export to JSON Format - In addition to the existing text-based export formats (CSV, XML and text), List & Label now directly provides the popular exchange format Java Script Object Notation (JSON). The format is especially popular for web applications.

Includes optimized Report Designer, new export formats and support for Microsoft .NET Core 3.0.

Features

Designer & Preview

• Horizontal Fill Mode for Columns - Use available space more efficiently for multi-column layouts that are output from top to bottom in newspaper format. For sub-elements, the number of columns forces horizontal output. This results in completely new layout options, where the linked data records are output from left to right in one space-saving row.
• Create Sub Elements Using Filter Conditions - In the past, if you wanted to use relations in the Designer, you had to define them as a relation in the data source. When you create a sub-element in the Designer, you can now use filters to quickly and easily define a “relation” on the fly.
• Automatically Adjust Column Widths - Until now, you had to manually adjust column width to content. As a result, columns were often displayed with too much free space or whitespace, or even with breaks. Now, you can have List & Label calculate the ideal width, based on the actual content.
• Grouped Line Definitions - You can now easily design much more flexible page-break scenarios for many row definitions by grouping only the lines that actually belong together, in line with your specific requirements.
• Select and Copy Text - Quickly and easily select text in the preview and copy it to the clipboard – with no additional steps. This enables you to use and process information from the preview even more efficiently.
• Sum and User Variables - Faster overview and more efficient work in complex reports thanks to dialogs with filter functions. This now also enables you to filter the list of sum and user variables.
• Image Formats HEIF and WebP - Under Windows 10, you can use these two new image formats as graphics in the Designer. This provides more modern formats for flexible and lossless compressed images.
• Rapidly Change Sorting - To change the sorting direction from “ascending” to “descending” or vice versa, simply double-click on a sort order or click on the corresponding button.
• Improvements to Charts:
  • Rscript: Direct support is provided for HTML widgets when exporting to XHTML or the HTML5 Viewer.
  • Gantt: Minimum cell width can be set for columns in the table area to better support aligned layouts.
  • The range for the x-axis can now be explicitly set as needed – for example, to selectively display certain date ranges.
  • The x-axis now supports a logarithmic scale for numerical values, which is useful for scientific charts.
• Significant Performance Improvement in the Preview – especially when page count is high.
• Project Wizard also Available in 64-bit Applications.
• Customized Interface - For seamless and modern Windows integration, the Designer has new icons in the TreeViews. Mouse cursors are HDPI aware, and much more.

Innovations for .NET & Web

• Comprehensive Microsoft .NET Core 3.0 Support - List & Label supports the latest Microsoft technologies and provides full support for .NET Core 3.0:
  • Visual controls for WinForms and WPF, such as the WinForms PreviewControl or WPF Viewer, can now be used.
  • New NuGet packages for all assemblies ensure easy integration and redistribution.
  • Web applications no longer require compatibility shim.
  • Numerous programming examples delivered with List & Label have been created directly with .NET Core 3.0, for easier implementation or migration.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and the .NET Client Profile are no longer supported. However, full support is provided for .NET 4.x and the latest language standards and technologies.
• GraphQL Data Provider - The modern open source database query language can now be used directly as a data source for List & Label. It provides an efficient and flexible alternative to SQL – in line with REST and ad-hoc web service architectures. This makes for fast, effective data queries.
• Hyphenation and Translations - In .NET, the new ProcessText event is available, enabling translation or hyphenation before printing or exporting. The event can also be used for RTF content.

Export

• Support for ZUGFeRD 2.0 - For electronic invoice exchange in PDF format the updated standard ZUGFeRD is now supported. In combination with the XML file containing the technical billing information delivered by the application, List & Label creates a compliant ZUGFeRD 1.0 or ZUGFeRD 2.0 PDF invoice.
• Append Signature when Sending Emails - When sending emails, you can now easily add the Outlook signature by simply specifying its name. But even without an Outlook installation, you can specify an email signature using a text and HTML file.
• Export Without Page Breaks - For the formats HTML, JSON, and Excel, you can now define the page format as endless, avoiding page breaks. An endless page is the natural format for browsers or Excel and is also often expected by users.
• New Export to JSON Format - In addition to the existing text-based export formats (CSV, XML and text), List & Label now directly provides the popular exchange format Java Script Object Notation (JSON). The format is especially popular for web applications.

Includes optimized Report Designer, new export formats and support for Microsoft .NET Core 3.0.

Features

Designer & Preview

• Horizontal Fill Mode for Columns - Use available space more efficiently for multi-column layouts that are output from top to bottom in newspaper format. For sub-elements, the number of columns forces horizontal output. This results in completely new layout options, where the linked data records are output from left to right in one space-saving row.
• Create Sub Elements Using Filter Conditions - In the past, if you wanted to use relations in the Designer, you had to define them as a relation in the data source. When you create a sub-element in the Designer, you can now use filters to quickly and easily define a “relation” on the fly.
• Automatically Adjust Column Widths - Until now, you had to manually adjust column width to content. As a result, columns were often displayed with too much free space or whitespace, or even with breaks. Now, you can have List & Label calculate the ideal width, based on the actual content.
• Grouped Line Definitions - You can now easily design much more flexible page-break scenarios for many row definitions by grouping only the lines that actually belong together, in line with your specific requirements.
• Select and Copy Text - Quickly and easily select text in the preview and copy it to the clipboard – with no additional steps. This enables you to use and process information from the preview even more efficiently.
• Sum and User Variables - Faster overview and more efficient work in complex reports thanks to dialogs with filter functions. This now also enables you to filter the list of sum and user variables.
• Image Formats HEIF and WebP - Under Windows 10, you can use these two new image formats as graphics in the Designer. This provides more modern formats for flexible and lossless compressed images.
• Rapidly Change Sorting - To change the sorting direction from “ascending” to “descending” or vice versa, simply double-click on a sort order or click on the corresponding button.
• Improvements to Charts:
  • Rscript: Direct support is provided for HTML widgets when exporting to XHTML or the HTML5 Viewer.
  • Gantt: Minimum cell width can be set for columns in the table area to better support aligned layouts.
  • The range for the x-axis can now be explicitly set as needed – for example, to selectively display certain date ranges.
  • The x-axis now supports a logarithmic scale for numerical values, which is useful for scientific charts.
• Significant Performance Improvement in the Preview – especially when page count is high.
• Project Wizard also Available in 64-bit Applications.
• Customized Interface - For seamless and modern Windows integration, the Designer has new icons in the TreeViews. Mouse cursors are HDPI aware, and much more.

Innovations for .NET & Web

• Comprehensive Microsoft .NET Core 3.0 Support - List & Label supports the latest Microsoft technologies and provides full support for .NET Core 3.0:
  • Visual controls for WinForms and WPF, such as the WinForms PreviewControl or WPF Viewer, can now be used.
  • New NuGet packages for all assemblies ensure easy integration and redistribution.
  • Web applications no longer require compatibility shim.
  • Numerous programming examples delivered with List & Label have been created directly with .NET Core 3.0, for easier implementation or migration.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and the .NET Client Profile are no longer supported. However, full support is provided for .NET 4.x and the latest language standards and technologies.
• GraphQL Data Provider - The modern open source database query language can now be used directly as a data source for List & Label. It provides an efficient and flexible alternative to SQL – in line with REST and ad-hoc web service architectures. This makes for fast, effective data queries.
• Hyphenation and Translations - In .NET, the new ProcessText event is available, enabling translation or hyphenation before printing or exporting. The event can also be used for RTF content.

Export

• Support for ZUGFeRD 2.0 - For electronic invoice exchange in PDF format the updated standard ZUGFeRD is now supported. In combination with the XML file containing the technical billing information delivered by the application, List & Label creates a compliant ZUGFeRD 1.0 or ZUGFeRD 2.0 PDF invoice.
• Append Signature when Sending Emails - When sending emails, you can now easily add the Outlook signature by simply specifying its name. But even without an Outlook installation, you can specify an email signature using a text and HTML file.
• Export Without Page Breaks - For the formats HTML, JSON, and Excel, you can now define the page format as endless, avoiding page breaks. An endless page is the natural format for browsers or Excel and is also often expected by users.
• New Export to JSON Format - In addition to the existing text-based export formats (CSV, XML and text), List & Label now directly provides the popular exchange format Java Script Object Notation (JSON). The format is especially popular for web applications.

Report Server (Enterprise Edition)

• Using SQL Routines - For some supported SQL data sources, stored procedures or table-valued functions can be defined as data sources in the Report Server.
• Assistant for Data Source Parameters - Up to now, you had to create dynamic report parameters for a report manually. Now there is an easy-to-use assistant to support you.
• Composite Primary Keys - It is often necessary to define relations between two tables via more than one field. With the new option for defining compound primary keys, this could hardly be easier.
• Importing & Exporting Settings - Now you can transfer the settings of one Report Server installation to another installation. Export users, groups, export profiles, data sources, report elements, report templates, and folder structures. Or select only individual report templates with their data sources and report elements. This makes redistribution much easier.
• Webhook as New Action - You can now configure a webhook for scheduled reports. The technology builds a bridge to other web applications such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Mattermost. This allows notifications about successfully generated reports, for example. In addition to the connection data, you can also specify user-defined fields for the notification, which can then be evaluated on the receiver side.
• New Export Formats:
  • JSON − a modern, compact data exchange format and the de facto data standard for web applications.
  • List & Label Preview − the internal preview format (*.LL) can now be created directly from the Report Server and displayed and printed in the usual way using the independent List & Label Viewer,
• WYSIWYG Editor Modernized - Formatted text can be quickly and easily created for report elements using the revamped editor, enhancing ease of use.
• Manage Connection Strings - For data sources with a connection string, such as Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle Server, different configurations can now be managed – including syntax highlighting. This enables the connection data to be decoupled from the data source, allowing quick-and-easy central changes to the SQL server name.
• New Option for “Copy Files” Action - When running a scheduled report, more than one file may be created, depending on the export format. With the help of “Create single ZIP archive”, the result can now be packed in a compact archive
• Report Templates Used in Data Sources - For each data source, you can now easily display the list of report templates that use them. This allows you to rapidly identify unused data sources.
• JSON with Main Table - The main table for JSON-based data sources can now be specified; for example, to make reports in invoice format.
• OData Header - Optional HTTP headers definable for OData data sources.
• Footers in Ad-hoc Designer - In the Ad-hoc Designer, you can determine whether the table footer should be displayed only on the last page.
• Report Parameters in REST API - When calling a scheduled report using the REST API, you can now specify report parameters.
• Using GraphQL as a New Data Source - Just like in List & Label, GraphQL can be used as the data source for reports in the Report Server.

Adds new cross tab control.

Features

WinForms Reporting

• New Cross Tab Control - The new Cross Tab report control is now available for those using the Visual Studio report designer and the WinForms End-User Report Designer. While it's expected to provide a similar user experience for the Web and WPF report designers in the future, all reports that rely on this new control render perfectly in browser-based and WPF applications.
• The Cross Tab control resolves limitations associated with the XRPivotGrid report control and makes cross tab reporting as easy as possible. Its features include:
• Design-Time Support
  • A new Cross Tab report type has been added to the Report Wizard.
  • You can define the cross tab layout by dragging fields from the Field List.
  • The RowVisible and ColumnVisible properties allow you to display/hide rows and columns. Invisible region is populated with a hatch brush in the report designer.
• Data Binding and Formatting Options
  • Data Cell properties allow you to specify the summary type and the way in which a calculated value correlates to summary values in other cells.
  • Tab Header Cell properties allow you to combine column and row fields into groups and apply the appropriate sort order.
  • You can now pass report parameters to the control's filter string without event handling.
  • You can now conditionally format cells using Expression Bindings.
  • The Cross Tab control supports Report Styles. You can define the appearance of each cell region.
• Layout Options
  • Right-to-Left display mode.
  • You can display row or column field headers in the upper left corner of the control or leave it empty.
  • Multiple data field values and their associated headers can be displayed in a row or a column.
  • Row or column totals can be displayed before or after data.
  • The Cross Tab control can be printed in an 'across then down' mode. Pivot data is moved to the next row once it reaches the right page border.
  • Row groups can be printed in a tree-like manner.
  • Repeat column and row headers across page breaks.
  • Cross Tab cells include an Angle property. This allows you to print column and row headers vertically.
  • Column best fit.
• You can easily convert the XRPivotGrid to Cross Tab via a smart tag, which includes a new 'Convert to Cross Tab' option.
• Parameters Panel - Reset Button Behavior - The default behavior of the reset button has changed. It now reverts parameter values to their defaults.
• Report Designer - Enhanced Filter Editor - Integrated enhanced Filter Editor into Report Designer component. You can now search through data source fields while constructing a filter criterion and use custom expression functions.
• Data Federation - Union Query Support - The Federation Data Source now supports Union and UnionAll operations.
• End-User Report Designer - Properties Panel Non-Tabbed View - Use the PropertyGridDockPanel.UseTabbedView property to switch the Office-inspired Properties Panel to the non-tabbed view.
• JSON Data Source - Path Parameters Support

ASP.NET Core and Web Reporting

• Web Report Designer - Usability Enhancements
• Updated Project Templates - The Web Report project templates include the following new options:
  • Add Sample JSON Data Connection Storage - Registers a sample data connection storage to create JSON Data Sources in the Report and Data Source Wizards.
  • Add Sample Data Object - Registers a sample data object to create Object Data Sources in the Report and Data Source Wizards.
  • Enable Rich Text Editor - Provides an in-line RTF editor for the Report Designer’s RichText control.
• Also enhanced the report storage implementation across all templates. In previous versions, this implementation relied on REPX files stored in a file storage. With this release, the report storage can also open reports by individual instances and allows you to handle report events as needed.
• Updated Properties Panel - A square button near each property now indicates whether a property value differs from its default value. This button also allows you to define expression bindings. Once you specify the expression, the button changes its icon to formula (f) and displays the expression in its tooltip.
• Custom Zoom Factor - You can now input any value in the zoom toolbar editor instead of decreasing or increasing the zoom level by a predefined 5% scale.
• Search in Lists - Added incremental search functionality to the following UI elements:
  • Field List
  • Report Explorer
  • Expression Editor (through 'Report Items' and 'Fields')
  • Report and Data Source Wizards (through SQL queries and object types)
• Web Document Viewer – Progress Bar Position - In previous versions, the document generation progress bar was always displayed at the bottom of the Document Viewer and could leave the visible web page area when users scrolled the page. In v19.2, the progress bar retains its position within the visible region (you can now always see the document generation progress). Also introduced a new API to customize the progress bar's position and behavior.
• Rename Custom Queries - You can now define a custom query's name in the Report and Data Source Wizards without invoking the Query Builder dialog.
• Sync Report Names and Tab Names - A tab's caption (within the Report Designer) is now updated when you save a report with a different name.
• Bind a Report to ObjectDataSource Using the Data Source Wizard - You can now select Object type in the Data Source Wizard and bind a report to a collection of business objects. In the Data Source Wizard, you can specify the parameter expression (using the Expression Editor) and pass an existing report parameter to the constructor or the method that returns a collection of business objects.
• In-Place Rich Text Editing - The XRRichText control allows end-users to edit its contents. Double click the control to activate the editor. The editor's popup provides various text formatting options:
  • Text Alignment
  • Font Style
  • Font
  • Font Size
  • Text Foreground and Background
  • Hyperlinks
• Script Support - You can now implement and use report scripts in applications that target .NET Core 2.x / 3. Install the Microsoft.CodeAnalysis NuGet package and enable script execution as described in Script Execution Mode.
• End-User Report Designer - New Add Parameter Dialog

WPF Reporting

• WPF Report Designer - Collapsible Bands - You can now expand and collapse bands in the DevExpress WPF Report Designer.
• WPF Report Designer - Enhanced Filter Editor - Integrated enhanced Filter Editor into the WPF Report Designer component. You can now search through data source fields while constructing a filter criterion and use custom expression functions.
• Data Federation - Union Query Support - The Federation Data Source now supports Union and UnionAll operations.
• Parameters Panel - Reset Button Behavior - The default behavior of our reset button has changed. It now reverts parameter values to their defaults.
• JSON Data Source - Path Parameters Support
• End-User Report Designer - New Add Parameter Dialog

All Platforms

• Report Layout - Display Cross-Band Content - In previous builds, DevExpress Reporting printed all bands sequentially (one after another). With this release, you can display bands across two layers. Enable the Page Header or Group Header band's PrintAcrossBands property to display a given band's content in the background layer. As you would expect, all remaining bands will overlay this background layer once your report is generated. This new feature allows you to incorporate extended group/page watermark information or to display group/page-specific information in conjunction with detail records and footer content.
• Report Layout - Populate Free Space with Blank Rows - When printing on pre-printed forms, a set number of data rows must be printed. If actual report data is less than that needed by the pre-printed form, blank rows must be inserted as necessary. This release adds a new DetailBand.FillEmptySpace option. Enable this option to populate your report with blank rows.
• Parameters - Date Range Parameter - You can now create a DateTime range parameter. The built-in parameter panel displays a Date-Range parameter editor. This editor has a customizable list of predefined ranges and displays two DateTime editors for custom start and end dates. The DateTime range parameter consists of two regular parameters which can be used to filter report data at the data source and report level.
• Parameters - Define Parameter Values via Expression Binding - You can now define the default parameter value using an expression binding (the DateTime.Now constant).
• Report Designer - Re-order Detail Reports in Report Explorer - With integrated Detail Report drag & drop support, your end-users can rearrange detail report hierarchies. You can drag & drop detail report bands within the Report Explorer pane, preserving report band structure.
• Report Designer - SVG Watermark - With this release, you can use a SVG image as a report's watermark.
• Crystal Reports Converter Enhancements - The Reporting.Import tool can now convert formulas, subreports and report bands that have the 'Underlay Following Section' property enabled.
• Charting - Filtering Enhancements - You can now use SeriesBase.FilterString and XRChart.Parameters to filter individual chart series.

Adds new diagram control.

Features

ASP.NET Controls

New Diagram (CTP) - The new ASP.NET Diagram for WebForms allows you to incorporate information-rich diagrams, flow charts and organization charts with ease. The Diagram control is available as a community technology preview. Features include:

• 35+ Predefined Shapes
• Custom Shapes
• Bind to Any External Data
• Shape Sizing and Drag-and-Drop
• Collapsible Containers
• Auto Layout
• ReadOnly Mode
• Configurable Page Settings
• Export to SVG, PNG and JPEG
• Zoom and Auto Zoom
• Full Screen and Simple View Modes

CardView

• Edit Form Layout - Customization API - New server-side and client-side API allows you to customize the Edit Form at runtime. You can now specify item caption and toggle item/group visibility on the fly.
• Configurable Data Export - The new BeforeExport event allows you to configure export settings in code.
• Real-Time Summary Computation Updates in Batch Edit Mode - The Data Grid, CardView and Vertical Grid controls can now recalculate summaries on the client-side in batch edit mode. Summaries now reflect all real-time changes to grid cell values.

Charting

• Waterfall - This release includes a new Waterfall chart type. Waterfall charts can help visualize positive and negative changes to values across a given time period.
• Box Plot - This release includes a new Box Plot chart type. Box Plot charts help you visualize data distribution across a six number summary (minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, maximum and mean). Any data not included between minimum and maximum values are plotted as an outlier with a small circle.
• TimeSpan Axis Scale Support - v19.2 introduces full support for TimeSpan scales. You can plot your TimeSpan data as-is or specify a custom aggregation mode. TimeSpan data can be mapped to an X-Axis, Y-Axis or both.
• New Default Appearance Schema - v19.2 updates the default appearance schema for the WebForms and MVC Chart controls.

Gantt (CTP)

• Node Editing - The following edit actions are available:
  • Resize and modify tasks
  • Change dependencies between tasks
  • Edit cell values within the Tree List region. The component immediately saves changes on the server and updates the Gantt chart when cell values change.
• Change History - The DevExpress ASP.NET Gantt control stores changes made by an end-user. Changes can be rolled back if necessary.
• Real-time Scaling - The DevExpress ASP.NET Gantt control allows you to browse data across various levels of detail. Hold the CTRL key and rotate your mouse scroll wheel to zoom (in or out).

GridView

• Edit Form Layout - Customization API - New server-side and client-side API allows you to customize the Edit Form at runtime. You can now specify item caption and toggle item/group visibility on the fly.
• Configurable Data Export - The new BeforeExport event allows you to configure export settings in code.
• Real-Time Summary Computation Updates in Batch Edit Mode - The Data Grid, CardView and Vertical Grid controls can now recalculate summaries on the client-side in batch edit mode. Summaries now reflect all real-time changes to grid cell values.
• New API
  • ToolbarItem.VisibleInBatchEditPreviewChanges - Allows you to display custom toolbar items when in Preview Changes mode.
  • AdaptiveDetailLayoutProperties.Items.AddCommandItem - Allows you to include Command Column items into a customized Adaptive Detail Layout.
  • SettingsHeaderFilter.DateRangePickerSettings.PickerType - Specifies picker type within the Data Edit column’s Header Filter.
  • The Columns.Add method overload allows you to create cell bands in MVC using model-based properties and lambda expressions.

Grid Lookup

• The Grid Lookup now offers improved data selection performance when used in server mode (when the component loads the first time on a page).

File Manager

• FileManager can now display folders with the same name when connected to a cloud service.

Pivot Grid

• Aggregation at Any Level - This release includes an optimized Pivot Grid calculation engine for WinForms, WPF and ASP.NET. This new engine provides a more versatile summary expression function. The scope of the function is unbound fields. The Aggr function aggregates data with a specific summary function against a specific set of dimensions. Aggr functions can be nested as needed (you can easily create the desired aggregation level within the Pivot Grid control). The Aggr function has the following syntax: Aggr(summaryExpression, dimension1, dimension2, ...) The first argument is a summary expression calculated against a data source field. It is followed by a set of dimensions whose values are grouped to calculate summaries for the first argument.
• Window Calculations - You can now specify the following window calculation options:
  • Running Totals
  • Moving Calculation
  • Rank
  • Difference
  • Percent Of Total
  • Custom Window Expression
• The new object model includes the following classes:
  • RunningTotalBinding
  • MovingCalculationBinding
  • RankBinding
  • DifferenceBinding
  • PercentOfTotalBinding
  • WindowExpressionBinding
• These enhancements are available when the new Optimized calculation engine is activated.
• Direct Data Access in Client Mode - The data engine loads data to local in-memory storage. This local storage is optimized for frequent calculations with typed data sets and guarantees data integrity. Some large data sets, however, may require require too large a memory footprint (which can, in turn, slow down an application). With this release, it adds a DirectDataAccessInClientMode option. When the DirectDataAccessInClientMode option is enabled, the calculation engine does not upload source data to temporary storage. This avoids performance degradation in Client mode when working with large volumes of data (and when frequent re-calculations are unnecessary). This option cannot be used if using the PivotGrid in Legacy mode.

TreeList

• Configurable Data Export - The new BeforeExport event allows you to configure export settings in code.

VerticalGrid

• Configurable Data Export - The new BeforeExport event allows you to configure export settings in code.
• Real-Time Summary Computation Updates in Batch Edit Mode - The Data Grid, CardView and Vertical Grid controls can now recalculate summaries on the client-side in batch edit mode. Summaries now reflect all real-time changes to grid cell values.

Accessibility

• Accessibility enhancements allow the GridView, TreeView, File Manager and DateEdit components to better address W3C guidelines and standards.

Data Validation

• To improve data integrity, Data Range validation checks data editor values (including editors in the grid's edit form) even if values stay the same.
• The SpinEdit, ComboBox and RadioButtonList editors now support null value validation.

ASP.NET Core Controls

ASP.NET Core 3 Support

• The ASP.NET Core Controls are fully compatible with ASP.NET Core 3. This release has also updated the Visual Studio 'Add DevExtreme to the Project' command. It is now compatible with Endpoint routing and the new JSON serialization option introduced in ASP.NET Core 3.

New Gantt (CTP) - The new ASP.NET Core Gantt control is available as a community technology preview. Built-in features include:

• Resize and modify tasks
• Change dependencies between tasks
• Edit cell values within the TreeList region
• Change history
• Region resizing
• Real-time scaling
• Task selection API

Diagram (CTP)

• Images within Shapes - The Diagram control now provides shapes with images that were specially designed for use in OrgCharts. You can associate an image with the shape via a database or the control's UI. You can also add images to custom shapes.
• Shape Containers - New shape types - horizontal and vertical containers - allow you to combine other shapes within a "container". The Web Diagram component supports stacked containers and ships with expand and collapse functionality.
• New Data Binding Capabilities - Now ship advanced data binding options for shape settings. You can bind all shape properties including shape and connectors style, shape image URL, position, and size to a database.
• Full Screen Mode - The Diagram now supports fullscreen mode. You can add a corresponding toolbar command or use the 'fullscreen' property to enable fullscreen mode within your web app.
• Read Only Mode - Read only mode protects the Diagram from edit operations. Use the 'readOnly' property to enable this diagram option.
• Simple View - When you activate the new Simple View mode, the Web Diagram removes gray document borders and its content fully consumes available screen real-estate.
• Zoom - With this release, your end-users can zoom the diagram as needed. To change zoom level, use the 'Zoom Level' editor on the Properties panel or CTRL+Mouse scroll wheel combination. Select the 'Auto Zoom' check box to fit the diagram within the page.
• UI Customization - The new API allows you to toggle the visibility and specify the content of the following UI elements:
  • Context Menu (contextMenu),
  • Properties Panel (propertiesPanel),
  • Toolbar (toolbar)
  • Toolbox (toolbox)

Data Grid and TreeList

• Data Grid - Export to Excel API Enhancements (CTP)
  • Only export selected rows
  • Export with source column width
• In addition, the 'group', 'header', 'groupFooter', and 'totalFooter' are now exported with highlighted text (bold).
• Also extended the 'CustomizeCell' callback argument set. You can access all properties of the DataGridCell object within the callback.
• Reorder Records/Nodes - End-users can now reorder Data Grid rows and TreeList nodes via drag-and-drop.
• Asynchronous API Enhancements - With this release, it enables asynchronous event handlers for the following events:
  • setCellValue
  • initNewRow
  • rowValidating

File Manager (CTP)

• New Progress and Status UI - Introduced the following UI elements to display the progress and status of file operations:
  • Popup notification messages
  • Enhanced 'Refresh' toolbar item
  • Operation progress side panel
• Integrated Splitter - The built-in splitter control allows you to resize the File Manager's navigation panel.
• File Validation Enhancements - Enhanced the validation capabilities of the File Manager. You can now specify allowed file extensions using the new 'allowedFileExtensions' option. The new 'upload.maxFileSize' option allows you to specify the maximum file size (maximum size allowed).
• Download Files - You can now allow your users to download files. Use the new 'endpointUrl' option to specify your server-side handler endpoint used for download operations.
• Toolbar and Context Menu Customization - You can now customize the File Manager's toolbar and context menu via two new options ('toolbar' and 'contextMenu').
• Custom File Providers - You can now implement a custom File Provider that allows you to connect the client-side File Manager to any custom file management backend.
• Direct File Upload to Cloud Providers - You can now upload files directly to Azure, Amazon and other cloud providers. Use the FileUploader's 'uploadChunk' and 'abortUpload' callbacks.
• Access File Content on the Client-Side - With this release, you can obtain binary file content info within the web browser using the 'FileProvider.getItemContent' method.

Rich Text Editor

• RTF Support - The ASP.NET Core Rich Text Editor can now open and save RTF files.
• Localization - With this release, you can use the DevExpress Localization Service to customize resources for the ASP.NET Core Rich Text Editor and Spreadsheet controls.

Spreadsheet

• Localization - With this release, you can use the DevExpress Localization Service to customize resources for the ASP.NET Core Rich Text Editor and Spreadsheet controls.

Data Visualization

• Discrete Aggregation - This release includes a new 'aggregateByCategory' option. When used, this option changes the way the Chart control aggregates discrete data. If set to "true", the chart control aggregates series points for the same category.
• Display Negative Values for Logarithmic Scales - Datasets that contain rapidly growing values with negative and/or zero values can now be visualized within the logarithmic axis.
• Custom Legend Item Markers - You can now use a custom template to render Chart legend markers.
• Template-Based Tooltip Customization - You can now use templates to customize chart tooltips.
• Custom Annotations - The Chart control now supports custom annotations. You can use a template to render the desired content within the annotation container.
• Custom Text Inside a Donut - With this release, you can include custom SVG markup inside a Donut chart (your content will be placed at the center of Donut/Pie chart).
• Manage Chart Pane Size - You can now control the size of chart panes. Both pixel and percentage units are supported.
• Polar Chart with Zoom - To help you create the best possible interactive user experience, this release adds zoom support to the Polar Chart.
• VectorMap Coordinate Translation API - Introduced two new methods for coordinate translation (VectorMap). With this new API, your apps can now support more sophisticated map interaction usage-scenarios.

Themes

• Custom CSS Bundles - You can now bundle CSS styles for UI components used within your application. You can also create multiple bundles of different DevExtreme Color Swatches (which contain different component sets).

UI Controls

• Asynchronous Validation - Added a new Asynchronous Validation Rule to the Validation Engine. You can now use the [Remote] attribute to perform remote data validation by calling server action methods. When data validation is in progress, DevExtreme data editors display an animation indicator (the indicator turns into a "result" icon once validation is complete).
• Data Form - Dynamic Updates without a Full Re-Render - You can customize DevExtreme Data Form item(s) within a group (add/remove/display/hide) without re-rendering the entire form.
• New Drag-and-Drop Utilities - Now ship a drag-and-drop utilities library so you can implement custom drag-and-drop functionality within your web app.
• Cross-Component Drag & Drop API - This new API allows you to incorporate cross-component drag & drop support.
• Floating Button Enhancements - Floating Action Button enhancements include:
  • Add a label to an action
  • Hide an action
  • Reorder actions
  • Expand the speed dial menu in a different direction

Visual Studio Integration

• Form Scaffolding Wizard - Added a Form to the list of controls supported by the Visual Studio Scaffolding Wizard. You can now quickly generate forms based on model classes.
• DevExtreme Angular Documentation
• DevExtreme-based ASP.NET Core Documentation
• DevExtreme ASP.NET MVC Documentation
• Async Support in API Controller Scaffolding Wizard - Improved API Controller Scaffolding Wizard to better leverage teh asynchronous capabilities of Entity Framework and Entity Framework Core. The API Controller Scaffolding Wizard can now generate asynchronous (async-await) code for controller actions.

Major enhancements for JavaScript (Angular, React, Vue), ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET, WPF and Reporting.

Features

DevExpress has released a major update across their entire product range.

• CodeRush - Adds new code analysis diagnostics.
• DevExpress ASP.NET - Adds new diagram control.
• DevExpress Office File API - Retrieve, accept or reject revisions made in a document via Track Changes.
• DevExpress Reporting - Adds new cross tab control.
• DevExpress Report and Dashboard Server - New API allows you to export reports and dashboards to various file formats on-demand.
• DevExpress Windows 10 Apps - Data Grid adds conditional formatting.
• DevExpress WinForms - New project management component allows you to schedule tasks and monitor the progress of projects.
• DevExpress WPF - Grid adds conditional formatting filters.
• DevExtreme - Chart component now supports custom annotations.

Major enhancements for JavaScript (Angular, React, Vue), ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET, WPF and Reporting.

Features

DevExpress has released a major update across their entire product range.

• CodeRush - Adds new code analysis diagnostics.
• DevExpress ASP.NET - Adds new diagram control.
• DevExpress Reporting - Adds new cross tab control.
• DevExpress Windows 10 Apps - Data Grid adds conditional formatting.
• DevExpress WinForms - New project management component allows you to schedule tasks and monitor the progress of projects.
• DevExpress WPF - Grid adds conditional formatting filters.
• DevExtreme - Chart component now supports custom annotations.

Includes improvements to Web Report Designer.

Features

• Web Report Designer
  • Close functionality for opened report.
  • Option to create new data source components.
  • Overlapping items indication.
  • Save as functionality for opened report.
  • Introduce an extended edit mode.
• Other Improvements
  • Report Parameter now populates the valid values even if some of the passed values are invalid.

Fixes

• Web Service Data Source
  • JsonDataSource evaluates NULL values incorrectly
  • Parameters are not correctly evaluated during processing
• Desktop Designer
  • 'Object reference' error is thrown on pasting multiple nested items
  • 'IDisableLocalizationListener is already registered' error when working with TRDP and TRDX reports
  • Import Wizard loading type errors are hidden
  • Properties grid does not refresh when switching between TRDX and TRDP reports
  • The x86 designer targets AnyCPU platform
  • Trial message is shown in Dev version in some cases
  • Error is thrown when opened through ClickOnce
• Web Designer
  • Cannot delete data source components from Explorer
  • Color-picker editor checkbox disabled state is wrong
  • Incorrect border label width
  • JsonSource property editor throws an error for empty sources
  • Report's PageSettings expandable property does not allow setting custom paper size
  • Scrolling and multiple selection in Explorer area are not working correctly
  • The Value editor of the PictureBox item does not support embedded images
  • Data source Source editor layout is incorrect
  • Expander icons are duplicated after returning from Preview mode
  • Splitter resize handlers are broken in Preview
• Paging
  • Repeating group header breaks the print preview paging in some cases
  • The paging breaks when the report footer section is too long with PrintAtBottom turned on
• Processing
  • A GDI+ error occurs in multi-threading app when reading images
  • RenderingFormat is not respected when used in an Expression in Group Filtering
• CSV Rendering
  • Susceptible to formula injection attacks
• PDF Rendering
  • Signature validation fails on newer viewers
• REST WebAPI
  • Service stops responding in specific cases
• Preview
  • Incorrect behavior when selecting a result from the search dialog results list
  • Incorrect layout of the Send Email window
  • Incorrect move behavior of the search dialog window
  • Search menu has a non-localizable string in the result list - 'page xx' text.
  • SVG elements have incorrect layout in Chrome 77.0.3865.90

Includes improvements to Web Report Designer.

Features

• Web Report Designer
  • Close functionality for opened report.
  • Option to create new data source components.
  • Overlapping items indication.
  • Save as functionality for opened report.
  • Introduce an extended edit mode.
• New WPF Report Viewer Theme
  • Introducing the Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 Theme.
• Other Improvements
  • Report Parameter now populates the valid values even if some of the passed values are invalid.
  • Angular Report Viewer example updated to Angular 8.

Fixes

• Web Service Data Source
  • JsonDataSource evaluates NULL values incorrectly
  • Parameters are not correctly evaluated during processing
• Desktop Designers
  • 'Object reference' error is thrown on pasting multiple nested items
• Standalone Report Designer
  • 'IDisableLocalizationListener is already registered' error when working with TRDP and TRDX reports
  • Import Wizard loading type errors are hidden
  • Properties grid does not refresh when switching between TRDX and TRDP reports
  • The x86 designer targets AnyCPU platform
  • Trial message is shown in Dev version in some cases
• Visual Studio Designer
  • HTML5 Report Viewer based templates have incorrect JavaScript reference when the REST service is hosted in another project
• Web Designer
  • Cannot delete data source components from Explorer
  • Color-picker editor checkbox disabled state is wrong
  • Incorrect border label width
  • JsonSource property editor throws an error for empty sources
  • Report's PageSettings expandable property does not allow setting custom paper size
  • Scrolling and multiple selection in Explorer area are not working correctly
  • The Value editor of the PictureBox item does not support embedded images
  • Data source Source editor layout is incorrect
  • Expander icons are duplicated after returning from Preview mode
  • Splitter resize handlers are broken in Preview
• Paging
  • Repeating group header breaks the print preview paging in some cases
  • The paging breaks when the report footer section is too long with PrintAtBottom turned on
• Processing
  • A GDI+ error occurs in multi-threading app when reading images
  • RenderingFormat is not respected when used in an Expression in Group Filtering
• CSV Rendering
  • Susceptible to formula injection attacks
• PDF Rendering
  • Signature validation fails on newer viewers
• WebAPI
  • Service stops responding in specific cases
• WCF Service
  • Upgrade Wizard breaks the svc file
• HTML5 Report Viewer
  • Incorrect behavior when selecting a result from the search dialog results list
  • Incorrect layout of the Send Email window
  • Incorrect move behavior of the search dialog window
  • Search menu has a non-localizable string in the result list - 'page xx' text.
  • SVG elements have incorrect layout in Chrome 77.0.3865.90

All of Syncfusion's user interface, reporting, and business intelligence components and libraries in one comprehensive suite. Latest Service Pack release.

Features

Syncfusion has released a Service Pack update across their Essential Studio product range.

• Syncfusion Essential Studio ASP.NET Core - Improves Calendar, Document Editor and PDF Viewer controls.
• Syncfusion Essential Studio ASP.NET MVC - Improves Calendar, Document Editor and PDF Viewer controls.
• Syncfusion Essential Studio for JavaScript - Improves Calendar, Chart and Document Editor controls.
• Syncfusion Essential Studio for Xamarin - Improves DataGrid and PDF Viewer controls.
• Syncfusion Essential Studio WPF - Improves PDF Viewer and Scheduler controls.

Adds support for CosmosDB connections.

Features

• Added support for CosmosDB connections.
• Added the ability to sort to Chart, Gauge, Progress and Indicator elements.
• Added support for retrieving data from Data.World online service.
• Updated dashboard object creation code in Publish wizard.
• Animate all types of Line series markers for Charts.

Adds support for retrieving data from Data.World online service.

Features

• Added map of France with 18 departments.
• Redesigned Localization menu. Now the list is displayed with columns.
• Redesigned menu for selecting styles. Now the entire list is displayed as columns.
• 'Legend.Direction' and 'Legend.Columns' properties added to the Chart Element.
• Added support for retrieving data from Data.World online service.
• Automatically enable totals for numeric values in Table Element editor.
• Updated dashboard object creation code in the Publish wizard.
• Improved localization sorting in Table Element UI.

Adds Web Designer events handler.

Features

• Added Web Designer events handler.
• Added functions: TryParseDateTime, StrToDateTime and StrToNullableDateTime.
• Added report cache for large reports.

Adds support for CosmosDB connections.

Features

• Added support for CosmosDB connections.
• Added MaximizeAfterCreating option added to designer.
• Added support for Data.World.
• Updated dashboard object creation code in Publish wizard.
• Animate all types of Line series markers for Charts.

Adds support for retrieving data from Data.World online service.

Features

• Added map of France with 18 departments.
• Redesigned Localization menu. Now the list is displayed with columns.
• Redesigned the menu for selecting styles. Now the entire list is displayed as columns.
• Export to Microsoft Excel. Added new properties: StiOptions.Export.Excel.NumberOfPagesInWideToFit and StiOptions.Export.Excel.NumberOfPagesInHeightToFit.
• Added support for retrieving data from Data.World online service.
• Updated dashboard object creation code in Publish wizard.
• Improved CrossTab editor.
• Optimized RichText Element.
• Animate all types of Line series markers for Charts.

Adds support for retrieving data from Data.World online service.

Features

• Added map of France with 18 departments.
• Added support for WPF projects when publishing dashboards.
• Export to Microsoft Excel. New properties: StiOptions.Export.Excel.NumberOfPagesInWideToFit and StiOptions.Export.Excel.NumberOfPagesInHeightToFit.
• Added support for retrieving data from Data.World online service.
• Updated dashboard object creation code in the Publish wizard.
• Optimized RichText Element.
• Animate all types of Line series markers for Chart.