ComponentSource Topic | Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate

Stimulsoft Reports improves globalization editor

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:36:00 GMT

View a report using Stimulsoft Reports.

Apply customized culture settings during report design.

Stimulsoft Reports includes a set of tools to build reports in WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF and Silverlight environments. It includes report designers, which can be run at design and run time. It also includes viewers for displaying reports. You can use the system to export reports in a number of different formats. The following editions are available:

Updates in 2011.3

Interactive Selection - Data bands now have a SelectionEnabled property. This property allows you to build dynamic master-detail reports with unlimited nesting.
Conditions in Charts Series Labels - Conditions change the formatting of the labels depending on the data.
Importing Tools Improved - Import utility for Active Reports, Crystal Reports, and Microsoft Reporting Services has been improved.
Printing via HTML - Print via a browser with vector format fonts. This improves visibility and reduces blurring.
Improved Globalization Editor - Set culture with values from within your report or apply customized cultures during report design.
Multilingual Report Checker - Report checker is now localized in German and Russian.
Expressions in Chart Filters - Specify complex filters for each chart series.
Borders, Locations and Styles - Use styles to build reports that avoid unnecessary complication of data.
Business Objects Wizards - All report wizards now support Business Objects.
WebViewer and Parameters - Easily enter complex parameters such as lists or ranges of data.
Cross-Tab in Silverlight - New version offers support for Cross-Tab reports.
Print in Silverlight - Print method has been moved to the StiReport class. To print a report you do not always need to display it in the viewer simply call the Print method.
Business Objects in Silverlight - Create filter and sort reports using Business Objects.

About Stimulsoft

Stimulsoft specializes in the development of reporting components for the Microsoft.NET Framework. Customer satisfaction is the company's first priority and as such it aims to produce quality software. Stimulsoft helps developers to incorporate advanced technologies into their applications.

Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate 2011.2 released

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:02:00 GMT

Creating a simple list report with Reports.Ultimate.

Adds collapsing hierarchical reports, new report checker, sorting and filtering of business objects and new chart types.

Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate is a comprehensive solution that allows you to render reports in .NET. The product includes a complete set of tools to build reports under WinForms, ASP.NET and WPF environments. Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate includes report designers, which can be run at design time and run time. It also includes viewers for displaying reports. You can use the system to export reports, in a number of different types of formats. One of the basic principles of using Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate is different technologies but common approaches in creating reports. So when you need to migrate applications to new technologies the principles of working with reports remain unchanged.

Updates in 2011.2

Report Checker for Web - A Report Checker is now available for report designers Designer.Web and Designer.Silverlight.
Save a Copy - A new option to save a copy of any item in the data dictionary has been added.
Filters and Queries - 2011.2 lets users choose themselves how to filter - using the report generator or using an SQL query.
New Import Tool - You can now import from Report Sharp-Shooter format.
Sorting and Filtration of Business Objects - Sorting and filtration is now possible for business objects.
Collapsing Hierarchical Reports - Using the collapsing function it is possible minimize redundant information in reports and, at the same time, provide this information only if needed.
New Installer - This utility helps you to install or remove Stimulsoft Reports assemblies into the GAC.
Google Docs and Storing Reports - All Stimulsoft report designers can now keep their reports in the Google Cloud.
New Functions - A new feature has been added to the data dictionary - ToWordsFa. The function converts a number to string in words in Persian.
Support for Dirhams in ToCurrencyWords - DHS (Dirham) has been added to the list of supported currencies.
New Chart Types -Bubble, Radar Point, Radar Line, and Radar Area.
New Assistant - Options Helper - This tool helps you to understand report generator options and creates a list of changed parameters.
Parameters in Web - Parameters are supported in Reports.Web. New parameters can be changed in Designer.Web.
Border.Topmost Property - This feature expands the visual abilities of reports.
Page Order - Now you can change the order of the pages in the report designer for Web.
Globalization in Web - Now you can fully globalize your reports using the report editor for Web, without using the desktop version of the report designer.
Printing to PDF File from WebViewerFx - Added support for printing to Adobe PDF files to enhance printing from Web applications.
Optimization - Stimulsoft have optimized the report designer for working with very large reports.
Interacting with Charts - New chart builder engine has been completely redesigned. Now you can interact with elements of diagrams on report pages, as well as with other components.
Database Adapters Silverlight - External data adapters are now supported in the client-server version of the report generator for Silverlight.
New Types of Labels for Charts - The chart has three new types of Labels - in the center of the series, on the left and on the right side of the series.
Applying Style to Chart - Using this property, you can disable using a style in a particular element and set its own appearance values.
Report and Page Setup Dialogs in Web - Dialog boxes for the configuration of report and page parameters have been completely redesigned in the report designer for Web.
RefCursor and Oracle ODP Provider - RefCursor as a parameter is now supported in the Oracle ODP Provider.

About Stimulsoft

Stimulsoft specializes in the development of components for the Microsoft.NET Framework. Customer satisfaction is the company's first priority and as such it aims to produce top quality software. Application development is not always easy, but Stimulsoft does its best to help developers to incorporate the most advanced technologies available on the market today into their applications.

Stimulsoft Reports adds format import utilities

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:17:00 GMT

Creating reports using Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate.

Version 2011.1 includes import utilities for RDL, Active Reports, XtraReports, and FastReport.Net report formats.

Stimulsoft Reports is a comprehensive solution that allows you to render reports in .NET. The product includes a complete set of tools to build reports under WinForms, ASP.NET and WPF environments. Stimulsoft Reports includes report designers, which can be run at design time and run time. It also includes viewers for displaying reports. You can use the system to export reports, in a number of different types of formats. One of the basic principles of using Stimulsoft Reports is different technologies but common approaches in creating reports. So when you need to migrate applications to new technologies the principles of working with reports remain unchanged.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2011.1

Highlight Styles - The selected style is now stored and when style parameters are changed, design parameters and conditions are automatically updated.
Applying Parameters in Styles - In the new version of the condition editor, it is possible to specify which appearance parameters to use, and which not to use.
Improved the RequestFromUser option for variables - Now, using this option, the process of data request from the user can be greatly extended. It is possible to request not only simple values but nullable values, lists of values and value ranges.
Condition - Data Bar - Added a new Data Bar condition type to increase the quality of visual presentation of information. When using this condition, the reporting tool analysis all values in the specified data column. This information is used to display color bands in the output. This type of condition is very convenient to display the dynamics of changing data in the report. The Data Bar can only be used in text components.
Condition - Color Scale - Another new type of condition is the Color Scale. It is designed to display the dynamics of changing data. It is displayed by changing the background color of the component. This condition can only be used for text components.
Condition - Icons Set - Icon Set is a new type of condition to display graphical information in the text component. When using this condition, the report generator analyzes values in this column. The data is divided into ranges. Each range has its own icon. This condition is perfect for graphic reflection of the trends, the criteria of growth and decline, performance of various indicators. This condition can be used only for text components.
New Utilities for Converting Reports - Import utilities for RDL, Active Reports, XtraReports, and FastReport.Net.
New Types of Bar-codes - QR code, code 128 Auto and EAN 128 Auto.
MS Access Data - Added a separate type of connection for data connection to MS Access databases.
Connecting to EffiProz Data - The new version of our product supports connection to EffiProz databases.
Wizard for Placing Components - Added to simplify the placement of components in a band. If, when dragging a component, its border crosses the band border, then you will be prompted to automatically dock the component to the left or right side of the band. The size of components already placed in the band will be taken into account.
Wizard for Replacing Components - If you drag any field from the data dictionary to an existing component on a page, a replacement component wizard will be invoked. It offers options for adding or replacing the content of an existing component on data from the data dictionary.
Report Wizards in Silverlight - The previous version of the report designer for Silverlight, did not provide the ability to create reports using the Report Wizards. In the new version this omission was corrected. The following Report Wizards are added: Standard Report, Master-Detail Report and Label Report.
Styles in Dialogs - All controls now have the ComponentStyle property which is used for indicating a style. New styles can be created in the editor style.
Rotating Charts in a Report - The property allows rotating of a chart 90 degrees clockwise or anticlockwise; rotating a chart 180 degrees and flipping a chart either horizontally or vertically.
The Text in Cells Component in Stimulsoft Reports.Silverlight and Report Designer for Web - Added a new component to the reporting tool for Silverlight and Web - Text in Cells. The component is used to display text information in cells. It is typically used for printed forms.
Business Objects and Cross-Tab Component - Now you can select data including the category of Business Objects
Interactivity in Silverlight Report Viewer - The client-server version of the report viewer for Silverlight fully supports the Interaction property of report components. The property provides opportunity for sorting, grouping, navigation and reports detailing in a report viewer window.
XBAP Mode for Viewing Reports in WPF - This special version of the WPF viewer is designed to display reports in XBAP applications.
System Variables in Silverlight - Added display of system variables in the data dictionary. System variables are used to display various system information of a report - page number, current date and time, number of lines, etc.
CheckBox Component and Report Designer for Web - Support for the CheckBox component in Reports Designer.Web has been added. The component is used to display the flags of states.
Context Menu in Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Web - Added support for context menus. The menu is available for each report page.
Context Menu in Viewer.Fx - The report viewer now displays the context menu. The menu commands of setting the report zoom are grouped.

About Stimulsoft

Stimulsoft specializes in the development of components for the Microsoft.NET Framework. Customer satisfaction is their first priority and as such they aim to produce top quality software. Application development is not always easy, but they do their best to help developers to incorporate into their applications the most advanced technologies available on the market today.

Add charts to your Silverlight reports

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:02:00 GMT

Master-Detail report in Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Silverlight.

Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Silverlight 2010.3 adds new data adapters, new UI themes and an updated chart component.

Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Silverlight is a reporting tool created for the Silverlight platform. It includes a fully featured reporting tool for Silverlight, which uses only Silverlight to render, edit, print, and export reports. The report generator does not require a server and is designed to create reports in Silverlight applications outside of the browser. You can create new reports, save and load reports, preview reports, use custom databases, localize reports and more.

Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Silverlight is also available as part of Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate.

Updates in 2010.3

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 Themes for Silverlight - Four new themes: Office 2007 Blue, Office 2007 Silverlight, Office 2010 Black, and Office 2010 Silverlight.
Charts in Silverlight reports - It was possible to use charts in reports when Silverlight was used as a part of the client-server configuration of the report generator. However, the chart could not be used in Silverlight applications without a server. Now this issue is solved.
Encrypted data exchange in Silverlight - The new version of the report generator encrypts the data exchange between client and server.

About Stimulsoft

Reports Designer.Web adds data adapters

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:02:00 GMT

Designing a report in a Web browser with Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Web

Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Web 2010.3 adds new data providers for dotConnect Universal and Microsoft Access.

Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Web allows you to edit reports completely via the Web. There is no need to install the .NET Framework, ActiveX components or any other special plug-ins on your client's machine. All you need is a Web Browser. To add Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Web to your ASP.NET application all you need to do is place one non-visual ASP.NET component on your form. Then it only takes one line of code to run the designer in a browser. The following features are available: visual component builder, undo-redo functions, functions for working with clipboard, tabular editing, zooming, and many more.

Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Web requires Stimulsoft Reports.Net or Stimulsoft Reports.WPF.

Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Web is also available as part of Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate.

Updates in 2010.3

New data adapters - The new version provides two new data adapters. The first adapter is designed for the dotConnect 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.
HTML Tags in Designer.Web - Designer.Web can now show HTML tags. These tags are for setting text color, font face, and font style.

About Stimulsoft

Reports.Wpf includes new Ribbon panel

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:02:00 GMT

Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf's report designer window.

Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf 2010.3 adds sorting of groups by summary, two new data adapters and RTF import tool.

Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf is a reporting component developed for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Many WPF features are available including: rich rendering, viewing, printing and exporting reports etc. Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf uses a reporting engine which is based on Stimulsoft's many years of experience developing and using reporting tools. With Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf you only need to use a couple of lines of code to execute complex operations with a report. The Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf report engine offers many features for report creation including: a designer, viewer, data binding, WYSIWYG printing, exporting (PDF, XPS, Excel, Word, Open Office) and more.

Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf is also available as part of Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate.

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.

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Stimulsoft Reports adds data adapters

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Creating a simple list report with Reports.Ultimate.

2010.3 release includes adapters for Microsoft Access and dot Connect Universal, plus sorting of groups by summary.

Updates in 2010.3

Sorting of group by summary
Now includes new properties to sort a group by its summary. These are SummarySortDirection - the direction of sorting, SummaryExpression - an expression for calculation of summary, SummaryType - a function type of summary calculation.
Configurations on the properties panel
When you first run the designer, it is hard to understand all the properties of the components in the properties panel. To simplify this task, Stimulsoft added configuration options in the property panel.
Conditions and styles
You can now select formatting options for conditions. Now the selected style is stored and used later for report generation. So it is enough to change the style and the formatting condition options will be changed too.
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 dot Connect Universal provider. The second adapter is designed for accessing an MS Access database. The adapter is built into the report engine and can be used without additional configuration.
New barcode
The full name of the barcode is Royal TPG Post KIX 4-State. This barcode is used for postal purposes in the Netherlands.
New tool - Import.Rtf utility
The tool provides the ability to import files in RTF (Rich Text Format) format to Stimulsoft Reports format.
New UI themes in WinForms
Five new themes are added to the product for WinForms: Office 2010 Blue, Office 2010 Silver, Office 2010 Black, Windows 7, and Vista.
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
The list of supported tags has widened with two new tags: and . Tags work in a text component if the AllowHtmlTags property is enabled. The tag works the same as the tag. The tag defines the text paragraph.
Showing tabs in the report designer
In the new version you can show or hide tabs for viewing reports or the code tab in the report designer.
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.
Printing in Silverlight
The previous version of the report viewer for Silverlight supported printing only via exporting a report to the Adobe PDF format and then a report could be printed from the Adobe Acrobat Reader. The new version of the report viewer now supports printing using built-in Silverlight facility. This extension allows printing the report without using Adobe PDF format. Old and new printing methods are available from the drop down menu when clicking the Print button.
New Themes for Silverlight
It is now possible to use four new interface themes in the designer and report viewer for Silverlight: Office 2007 Blue, Office 2007 Silverlight, Office 2010 Black, and Office 2010 Silverlight.
Editable fields in Silverlight reports
The report viewer for Silverlight now supports editable fields. Editable fields can be edited directly in the report viewer. You can use this function for a text component or a checkbox component.
Charts in Silverlight reports
It was possible to use charts in reports when the Silverlight was used as a part of the client-server configuration of the report generator. However, the chart could not be used in Silverlight applications without a server. Now this issue is solved.
Encrypted data exchange in Silverlight
The new version of the report generator encrypts the data exchange between client and server. This will increase the safety of the viewer and the report designer in Silverlight.
Pages by request in Silverlight
In the first version of the report viewer for Silverlight, the report was loaded on the client entirely using a single query. This mode of transferring of reports was not very good when the report is large. Therefore, Stimulsoft have added a new feature. This is the PageLoadingMode in the StiWebViewerSL component. By default, the entire report is downloaded. But this behavior can now be changed.
HTML Tags in WebViewer.Fx
Stimulsoft have added support of HTML tags in WebViewer.Fx. Tags for setting text color, font face, and font style are available. This allows showing reports more fully in the Web environment.
Full screen mode in WebViewer.Fx
Now you can view reports in full-screen mode. This mode can be run with pressing the button in the Control Panel of WebViewer.Fx. To exit this mode simply press the Escape key or click Close.
Html Tags in Designer.Web
Designer.Web can now show some HTML tags. These tags are for setting text color, font face, and font style.

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Reports Designer.Web gets VS2010 support

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:26:00 GMT

Designing a report in a Web browser.

Stimulsoft's 2010.1 release also introduces Turkish localization and improvements to the Web report designer GUI.

Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Web allows you to edit reports completely via the Web. There is no need to install the .NET Framework, ActiveX components or any other special plug-ins on your client's machine - all you need is a Web browser. To add Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Web to your ASP.NET application all you need to do is place one non-visual ASP.NET component on your form. Then it only takes one line of code to run the designer in a browser. The following features are available: visual component builder, undo-redo functions, functions for working with clipboard, tabular editing, zooming, and many more.

Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Web requires Stimulsoft Reports.Net or Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf.

Stimulsoft Reports Designer.Web is also available as part of Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate.

Updates in 2010.1

Visual Studio 2010 support
Turkish localization
GlobalizedName property has been added to the text component in Reports Designer.Web
A new StiWebDesignerOptions.ModifyDataSources static option has been added
A new PreInit event has been added to StiWebDesigner
Now you can open images from local drivers
Improvements in web report designer GUI

About Stimulsoft

Stimulsoft Reports.Net supports VS2010

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:26:00 GMT

Creating a new report template in designer view.

2010.1 release also adds report checking, PDF/A compliance, new primatives and Turkish localization.

Stimulsoft Reports.Net is a .NET based report generator which helps you create flexible and feature rich reports. All reports are created in report designer with handy and user-friendly interface. You can use the report designer both in design time and in runtime. No royalties for using the report designer in runtime are required. Using Stimulsoft Reports.Net you can create reports on the bases of the variety of data sources. Created reports can be used both in Windows Forms and in ASP.NET. Rendered reports can be exported to PDF, XPS, Excel, Word etc. Source code is available.

Stimulsoft Reports.Net is also available as part of Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate.

Updates in 2010.1

Visual Studio 2010 support
Report checking
Ability to check a report for problems has been added. The report checker does not only inform you about the errors of compilations but provides multiple recommendations, messages, advice, and warnings about fixing the problems. You may immediately fix issues by some of the ways offered. Report checking works both in the report designer and by running the Report Checker utility.
A new method of working with business objects
Stimulsoft have introduced a new type of item in the data dictionary. Now working with Business Objects can be done directly, without the performance decreasing and problems with conversion.
PDF/A compliance
Now the product completely supports the PDF/A format. PDF/A is a file format for the long-term archiving of electronic documents. It is a subset of Adobe PDF. PDF/A must follow certain rules including following color management guidelines, using embedded fonts for rendering, and making annotation content available to users.
New primitives
In the new version of the report generator you will find multiple new primitives. All primitives are available for the Shape component. In addition the HorizontalLine and VerticalLine components have been updated. Also, new StartCap and EndCap properties have been added. They provide an opportunity to change the style of the start and and lines in the report.
Report parameters
Variables now have a new Request from User property. If you enable this property, then, when you show a report in the viewer, the report generator will automatically display a special form that is used to output the value of this variable. This improvement greatly simplifies the development of reports in our report generator. This property is supported by WinViewer and WebViewer.
ProcessignDuplicates improved
Stimulsoft have extended the features of the ProcessingDuplicates property of the text component. Three new values have been added: BasedOnTagMerge, BasedOnTagHide, and BasedOnTagRemoveText. The new values are different from previous ones. They use values of the Tag property as the key for processing but not the Text property of the text component. This enhancement provides the ability to specify compound keys, which will be used for components processing.
Table component and free placement
In the previous versions of the reporting tool, the Table component was placed as a band. In other words it was always docked to the top of the report page. Stimulsoft have added a new DockableTable property. If you set this property to false, then you may place the Table component anywhere within your report.
WYSIWYG property of the RichText component
This has been added to improve the printed results on some operating systems.
Turkish localization
Stimulsoft Reports now supports 25 languages.

About Stimulsoft

Reports.Ultimate adds VS2010 support

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:26:00 GMT

Creating a simple list report with Reports.Ultimate.

Stimulsoft's 2010.1 release also adds PDF/A compliance, new WPF themes, drag-and-drop support and report checking.

The following editions are also available:

Updates in 2010.1

Visual Studio 2010 support
WPF - New themes
In previous versions of Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf only one theme was available. It was the black theme. Now Stimulsoft have added the following new themes: Office 2010 White, Office 2010 Blue, Office 2007 Blue, Office 2007 Silver, Office 2007 Black, Office 2003 Blue, Office 2003 Silver, and Office 2003 Olive Green. New themes are available in the report viewer and in the report designer.
Web - Watermarks, shadows and borders
The new version of StiWebViewerFx now supports watermarks in a report. Text watermarks and watermarks as images are supported. In addition, StiWebViewerFx can show shadows of components. And another improvement is support of advanced borders. Now all types of borders are completely supported.
Report wizard
The following report wizards are added: Standard Report wizard, Master-Detail wizard, Label wizard, Cross-Tab wizard and Chart wizard.
Drag'n'Drop support
In version 2010.1 Stimulsoft have added full support of Drag&Drop operations. They are supported in the report dictionary, report tree, toolbox. Also Drag&Drop operations are supported in the text editor and expression editor, when dragging the elements from the report dictionary on a page, etc.
Report checking
The ability to check a report for problems has been added in the product. The report checker does not only inform you about the errors of compilations but provides multiple recommendations, messages, advice, and warnings about fixing the problems. You may immediately fix issues by some of the ways offered. Report checking works both in the report designer and by running the Report Checker utility.
A new method of working with business objects
In the new version of the product, Stimulsoft have introduced a new type of item in the data dictionary. It is the Business Objects. Now working with the Business Objects can be done directly, without the performance decreasing and problems with conversion.
PDF/A compliance
Now the product completely supports the PDF/A format. PDF/A is a file format for the long-term archiving of electronic documents. It is a subset of Adobe PDF. PDF/A must follow certain rules including following color management guidelines, using embedded fonts for rendering, and making annotation content available to users..
New primitives
In the new version of the report generator you will find multiple new primitives. All primitives are available for the Shape component. In addition to updating the Shape component Stimulsoft also updated HorizontalLine and VerticalLine components. New StartCap and EndCap properties are added, they provide an opportunity to change the style of the start and end lines in the report.
Report parameters
Variables now have a new Request from User property. If you enable this property, then, when you show a report in the viewer, the report generator will automatically display a special form that is used to output the value of this variable.
ProcessignDuplicates improved
Stimulsoft have extended the features of the ProcessingDuplicates property of the text component. Three new values have been added: BasedOnTagMerge, BasedOnTagHide, and BasedOnTagRemoveText. New values are different from previous ones. They use values of the Tag property as the key for processing but not the Text property of the text component. This enhancement provides the ability to specify compound keys, which will be used for components processing.
Table component and free placement
In the previous versions of the reporting tool, the Table component was placed as a band. In other words it was always docked to the top of the report page. Stimulsoft have added a new DockableTable property. If you set this property to false, then you may place the Table component anywhere in your report. This feature extends the potential of the Table component.
New WYSIWYG property of the RichText component
This has been added to improve the printed results on some operating systems.
Turkish localization
Stimulsoft Reports now supports 25 languages.

About Stimulsoft

Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf supports VS2010

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:26:00 GMT

Reports.Wpf's report designer window.

Latest release also adds drag&drop support, plus new themes, report wizards, report checking and PDF/A compliance.

Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf is also available as part of Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate.

Updates in 2010.1

Visual Studio 2010 support
New themes
In previous versions of Stimulsoft Reports.Wpf only one theme was available. It was the black theme. Now Stimulsoft have added the following new themes: Office 2010 White, Office 2010 Blue, Office 2007 Blue, Office 2007 Silver, Office 2007 Black, Office 2003 Blue, Office 2003 Silver, and Office 2003 Olive Green. New themes are available in the report viewer and in the report designer.
Report wizard
The following report wizards are added: Standard Report wizard, Master-Detail wizard, Label wizard, Cross-Tab wizard and Chart wizard.
Drag&Drop support
In version 2010.1 Stimulsoft have added full support of Drag&Drop operations. They are supported in the report dictionary, report tree, toolbox. Also Drag&Drop operations are supported in the text editor and expression editor, when dragging the elements from the report dictionary on a page, etc.
Report checking
The ability to check a report for problems was added in the product. The report checker does not only inform you about the errors of compilations but provides multiple recommendations, messages, advice, and warnings about fixing the problems. You may immediately fix issues by some of the ways offered. Report checking works both in the report designer and by running the Report Checker utility.>
A new method of working with business objects
In the new version of the product, Stimulsoft introduced a new type of item in the data dictionary. It is the Business Objects. Now working with the Business Objects can be done directly, without the performance decreasing and problems with conversion.
PDF/A compliance
Now the product completely supports the PDF/A format. PDF/A is a file format for the long-term archiving of electronic documents. It is a subset of Adobe PDF. PDF/A must follow certain rules including following color management guidelines, using embedded fonts for rendering, and making annotation content available to users..
New primitives
In the new version of the report generator you will find multiple new primitives. All primitives are available for the Shape component. In addition to updating the Shape component Stimulsoft also updated HorizontalLine and VerticalLine components. New StartCap and EndCap properties are added. They provide an opportunity to change the style of the start and end lines in the report.
Report parameters
Variables have a new Request from User property. If you enable this property, then, when you show a report in the viewer, the report generator will automatically display a special form that is used to output the value of this variable.
ProcessignDuplicates improved
Stimulsoft have extended the features of the ProcessingDuplicates property of the text component. Three new values have been added: BasedOnTagMerge, BasedOnTagHide, and BasedOnTagRemoveText. New values are different from previous ones. They use values of the Tag property as the key for processing but not the Text property of the text component. This enhancement provides the ability to specify compound keys, which will be used for components processing.
Table component and free placement
In the previous versions of the reporting tool, the Table component was placed as a band. In other words it was always docked to the top of the report page. Stimulsoft have added a new DockableTable property. If you set this property to false, then you may place the Table component anywhere in your report. This feature extends the potential of the Table component.
WYSIWYG property of the RichText component
This has been added to improve the printed results on some operating systems.
Turkish localization
Stimulsoft Reports now supports 25 languages.

About Stimulsoft

Stimulsoft launches Reports.Ultimate

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:38:00 GMT

Creating a simple list report with Reports.Ultimate.

New product offers a complete set of tools to build reports under WinForms, ASP.NET and WPF.

Features

Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate Reports
Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate is a complex but simple report generator. To render reports, Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate uses a software engine. You can build simple reports. You can build complex reports. Any report can be built precisely and quickly. The engine of the reporting tool is not only powerful but also very functional it includes a huge variety of components: charts, olap-cubes, tables etc. and each component is enriched with multiple properties.
Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate Viewer
As a part of Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate several different report viewers are included. Eight report viewers are available. Users can use native support for showing reports both in WinForms and in WPF. Viewers may have the Ribbon UI or the standard one based on the toolbars. There are also viewers to print with a simple and dot-matrix printers. You can use the Web viewers using Ajax technology, or using Adobe Flash Player. All available report viewers use the same principle of interface structure. All report viewers use the same file format. You do not need to convert reports or copy them. Once a report is created, it should work everywhere.
Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate Designer
Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate includes three report designers: WinForms , WPF and Web. They all work with the same file formats. A file created with the WinForms designer is compatible with the Web report designer and vice versa. All designers have similar reporting interface structure. If you familiar with MS Office software, it means that you are familiar with the report designers UI's.
Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate Exporting
If you build and displayed a report in a viewer and you need to change something you can directly in the viewer. You can run the report designer and edit a report page. You can add or delete pages. Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate lets you export your report to more than 30 different data formats. The most popular data formats such as PDF, MS Word and many others.

About Stimulsoft

Stimulsoft specializes in the development of components for the Microsoft.NET Framework. Customer satisfaction is the company's first priority and as such it aims to produce top quality software. Application development is not always easy, but Stimulsoft strives to help developers incorporate the most advanced technologies available into their applications.