Released: Apr 25, 2019

Updates in 18.2.8

Fixes

ASP.NET

• "The type initializer for 'DevExpress.XtraPrinting.Shape.Native.ShapeFactory' threw an exception" error may occur in web applications hosted on IIS
• Aggregate functions are not available in the Expression Editor executed for the Background Color property
• HTML5 Document Viewer - A signature editor does not operate correctly on touch screen in certain browsers
• WebDocumentViewer - Cascading parameters are prefilled with data although their filter condition is not satisfied

WinForms

• "An item with the same key has already been added." error occurs while loading reports created in earlier DevExpress versions
• "The document cannot be exported to DOCX format correctly with the specified settings." error occurs on an attempt to export a report with the XRCharacterComb control when the TableLayoutOption is enabled
• A page footer is printed on top of the first report page
• An expression binging for the XtraReport.Visible property is lost after loading a report layout
• DocumentViewer - Document Map nodes are recreated twice
• DocumentViewer - The "Waiting for parameter values" message is not displayed until the report surface is clicked
• DocumentViewer - The initial "No pages" status message is incorrect
• End-User Report Designer - The PropertyGridDockPanel's ShowCategories property cannot be set to False at design time
• End-User Report Designer - 'The specified value does not match the 'ParameterName' parameter type' error occurs when a multi-value cascading parameter is submitted in some scenarios
• Export To Excel - The value of a multi-value report parameter of the String type is exported as the 'System.String[]' string if the 'Value' text export mode is used
• ExportOptionsTool Dialog - Provide a way to assign an owner to the dialog
• Expression Bindings - A data source is not refreshed
• Interactive Sorting - Sorting icons are reversed
• Interactive Sorting - The 'Sequence contains no matching elements' error occurs when a report with a subreport is sorted
• It is impossible to change the XRCrossBandLine visibility after a layout was exported in XML
• JsonDataSource causers a memory leak
• Object Data Source Wizard - The "PrivateImplementationDetails" item is displayed on the data source type selection page
• Print Preview - A click on a Margin line should not change the value
• Print Preview - Margin values are inconsistent
• Print Preview - The DefaultSvgSettings.AllowDefaultSvgImage property value should not be read from the registry
• Report Designer - A memory leak occurs when you open the Expression Editor
• Report Designer - the NullReference exception is thrown upon dragging a field into an existing control with the CTRL key pressed
• Report Designer - XRChart's Colorizer feature does not work
• Report Gallery - The original XRTable size is not preserved
• The 'Expressions' tab appears in the Property Grid after showing the 'Designer Options' dialog for a report which uses the Bindings mode
• The image does not preserve its transparency during the export to an xlsx file
• Visual Studio Report Designer - Anchored controls with the "private" field modifier should not be resized (the inheritance issue)
• XRCheckBox - The CheckState property is set to Checked if a control receives null or DBNull.Value in the expression bindings mode
• DetailReportBand renders the latest printed record on all occurrences (the Expression Bindings caching issue)
• The auto scale feature fails with the StackOverflow exception for multi-column subreports

WPF

• End-user report designer - The editor that changes the control's style color cannot be scrolled
• Focus "jumps" on the cursor position while typing text for the XRLabel control
• PrintHelper.ShowPrintPreviewDialog - provide a robust exceptions handling mechanism
• Report Designer - Tab header does not disable the underscore character _ set at the XtraReport.DisplayName property level
• WPF Report Designer - It is not possible to reset a printer name for a report
• WPF Report Designer's Report Wizard - Top and right margin editors are mixed up
• XtraReport Export to PDF does not properly handle folders that do not exist