Released: Jan 31, 2024

Updates in 2024 Q1

Features

• Move table columns right/left using Web Report Designer context menu.
• The Value editor for HtmlTextBox item in Web Report Designer now uses a KendoUI Editor component.
• Data view now provides an option to test the validity of data connections.
• Added a new built-in expression named Environment which provides information about the operating system and graphics engine.
• The Properties area of Web Report Designer now has better presentation of the hierarchy of sections and subsections.
• The preview of the Web Report Designer has been redesigned by integrating the "Go to Design Mode" button of the report preview into the Report Viewer's toolbar.
• You can now show descriptions for individual properties in Web Report Designer.

Fixes

• Web Service Data Source
  • Error message is not propagated to the client application.
• Desktop Designer
  • HTML editor may crash when changing the font size multiple times.
• Web Designer
  • The font weight is not applied correctly on the editors in Properties area.
  • Data connection is not saved on the first attempt if the file WebReportDesignerSettings.json is created by the Web Designer REST Service.
  • Background of the barcode item is rendered twice on the design surface.
  • Console error "Cannot read properties of null" after clicking cancel button in a table wizard, started from a table cell.
  • The explorer tree is not refreshed after adding a report parameter.
  • Resizing a report section does not change the report's "modified" state.
  • Error "Could not create instance of MapGroupBase" when adding a geolocation group in a map.
  • Underscores are not allowed in the parameter name after the first character.
  • Linear Gauge contains two overlapping background images when rendered in design mode.
  • A warning notification "Could not generate the preview..." is shown when adding a CheckBox item in a Table cell.
  • Cannot add a report item in a table cell through drag and drop.
  • HtmlTextbox Edit Expression dialog is not generating Embedded Expressions when no value is present initially.
  • Background image of Linear gauge is shown with different DPI in design and preview.
• Installation
  • Installation fails when upgrading the Telerik Report Server from R2 2023 SP1 to R3 2023 SP1.
• Paging
  • Invalid TOC entry is shown in ReportBook when a report has no significant content.
  • The page count may not be calculated correctly in Print Preview mode when the report has TOC.
• Processing
  • "This implementation is not part of the Windows Platform FIPS cryptographic algorithms" exception is thrown when rendering report containing images and "Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption" is enabled in Windows settings.
• HTML Rendering
  • Images with high DPI used in Style.BackgroundImage property are rendered with incorrect size.
• Word Rendering
  • The lines of the trial message are not correctly split.
  • Checkbox item using larger images causes rendering failure of the other images in the document.
• Preview
  • "New line" characters are not respected by tooltips rendered in the HTML5-based viewers.