Released: Oct 11, 2023

Updates in R3 2023

Features

• Gauge item wizards in Web Report Designer
  • Gauge items can now be configured effortlessly using the new Wizard panes. The user-friendly interface streamlines the design and setup process, allowing the users to create complex Radial or Linear gauges in a few mouse clicks.
• Added align support to the image in a PictureBox item
  • Report authors can now precisely control the alignment of images like logos within the PictureBox, ensuring that the visual presentation meets specific report design requirements.
• What's Improved
  • PictureBox item now uses DrawingML instead of VML in OpenXML rendering extensions.
  • The evaluated Service URL of WebServiceDataSource component is now output in the trace log.
  • PDF rendering now sets a default Title to the document.
  • The Microsoft Excel export options now include 'FormulaPrefix' option that allows escaping cell values that start with a formula identifier.
• What's Changed
  • TRDX, TRDP, and TRBP files created by Web Report Designer and Standalone Report Designers now use schema version 3.0.

Fixes

• Web Designer
  • The LinearGauge item is rendered clipped on the design surface if the item's padding is set.
  • Expandable editors are not expanded when clicking on their labels in the Properties area.
  • The outline of the Shape item is rendered when the LineWidth property has its value set to 0.
  • Cannot close Asset Manager when no report is loaded on the design surface.
  • SubReport, Barcode, and Panel items don't have default text displayed when added to the design surface.
  • Report Server does not support creating documents in XPS format.
• Processing
  • The deployed MSVCR.dll used for Map item's cache, is not the latest available version.
  • LinearGauge's first and last two labels overlap if the first label visible value is not 0 and RenderingType is MoveInsideBounds.
• Excel Rendering
  • Loss of image quality when exporting to XLS or XLSX.
• PDF Rendering
  • An error with text "Error while parsing the PDF Document (Operator 'S' not allowed in this current state.)" is shown when EnableAccessibility is set to 'true'.
  • Warning "Irregular table row" is displayed for table with merged cells when EnableAccessibility is set to 'true'.
  • Rendering an SVG item may produce duplicated graphical artifacts.
• PowerPoint Rendering
  • When exporting to PowerPoint, the 'Normal' and 'AutoSize' Sizing options in PictureBox item do not work as expected.
• XPS Rendering
  • XAML rendering formats do not respect fonts with transparent color.