Released: Dec 17, 2018

Updates in 2018 Volume 4

Features

Report Designer

• Tablix report item support - Display paginated report data from a dataset in cells that are organized into rows and columns. Included are the following features:
  • Row and column grouping.
  • Total support for row and column groups.
  • Support to filter and sort expressions in groups.
  • Cell customization support.
  • Cell merging support.
  • Support to insert report items such as text boxes, images, lines, and subreports in tablix cells.
  • Visual cues to indicate the row and column groups.

Essential DocIO

• Update field enhancements - Essential DocIO now allows updating the AutoNum and Set fields in a Word document.
• Restart numbering in lists - Essential DocIO now allows numbering in lists to be restarted in the Word documents while performing mail merge and merging multiple Word documents.
• Hyphenation in Word-to-PDF and Word-to-image conversions - Essential DocIO now allows hyphenating text in a Word document while converting it to PDF or image format.
• Track changes in Word-to-PDF conversion - Essential DocIO now allows showing revision marks in a generated PDF when converting Word documents with tracked changes or revisions.
• Word-to-PDF enhancements - Essential DocIO now provides the following features in Word-to-PDF conversion:
  • Preservation of complex script text.

Essential PDF

• OpenType Font - Add text to a PDF document using OpenType font.
• Get certificate details from PDF - Get certificate details from an existing signed PDF document.

Essential Presentation

• Connector - Add, edit, and remove connectors in PowerPoint files.

Report Viewer

• Parameter globalization - The report parameter user interface and processing support has been enhanced to work with multiple cultures.
• Trend line chart - Now trend line can be added to the chart by using custom attributes of the chart report item.