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Changes

Changes in v2007.1:
•New tab page in the report designer is available – Html Preview.
•New report Master-Detail wizard.
•New option Direction is added to the Label Wizard.
•Now in Conditions of each component you can specify more than one criteria for each conditions.
•New context menu item is added to the StiReport component designer – “Save Report to File” and “Load Report from File”.
•New option is added to the report designer – Auto Save report to C# of Vb.Net file.
•New command to duplicate a style in the styles editor is available.
•Now in report tree you can remove components with the delete key.
•Now in report tree you can multi select components with control or shift keys.
•New “Properties” menu item in context menu of the Report Dictionary.
•New Hierarchical Band component. This band can be used to output hierarchical data
•New Hierarchical Band component. This band can be used to output hierarchical data
•New Overlay Band component. This band can be used to output watermarks.
•New Text in Cells component.
•New ListView dialog control.
•New TreeView dialog control.
•Localization to Chinese Simplified is added.
•Localization to Chinese Traditional is added.
•Localization to Slovak is added.
•Localization to Belarusian is added.
•Support of Right to Left of exports to Rtf, Excel, Html is added.
•Now rotated text exported to html as image.
•Now all exports support Gradient, Glare and Hatch brushes.
•Now export to TIFF files support multi-pages files.
•Now export to Pdf supports transparency.
•New property added to the Pdf export – Use Unicode.
•Now export to Pdf supports Watermark.
•Now export to Pdf supports text margins.
•New Export Page Breaks option is added to the Excel export.
•New Use One Page Header and Footer option is added to the Excel export.
•New Export Each Page to Sheet option is added to the Excel export.
•New Export Data Only option is added to the Excel export.
•New ExcelSheet option in added to a page. Now you can specify excel sheet for each report page.
•Now ExcelValue property expression supports percentage values.
•Now ExcelValue property expression supports currency values.
•Now ExcelValue property works together with the HideZeros property.
•Wizard for creating Charts is added.
•New ShowEdgeValues property is added to the XAxis.
•New ShowLabels property is added to each series type.
•New ShowOnZeroValues property is added to series labels.
•New BottomToTop direction is added to the Chart.Legend.Direction property.
•New MarkerVisible property is added to the Chart.SeriesLabels.
•New MarkerSize property is added to the Chart.SeriesLabels.
•New MarkerAlignment property is added to the Chart.SeriesLabels.
•New Step property is added to the Chart.Area.XAxis.Ticks.
•New Step property is added to the Chart.Area.YAxis.Ticks.
•New Format property is added to each series in Charts.
•New MinorCount property is added to the Chart.Area.GridLinesHor.
•New MinorCount property is added to the Chart.Area.GridLinesVert.
•New PointAtCenter property is added to the SteppedLine and SteppedArea series.
•New PrintIfEmpty property is added to the Cross-Tab component.
•New Wrap property is added to the Cross-Tab.
•New WrapGap property is added to the Cross-Tab component.
•New ability – direction of summary fields is added to Cross-Tab component.
•New ComponentStyle property is added to all the type of cells of Cross-Tab component.
•New ReportExport event is added to the StiWebViewer.
•New ExcelPageBreaks property is added to the StiWebViewer.
•New CsvCharSet property is added to the StiWebViewer.
•New CsvSeparator property is added to the StiWebViewer.
•New ToolbarAlignment property is added to the StiWebViewer.
•New RenderMode property is added to the StiWebViewer.
•New ContentAlignment property to the StiWebViewer.
•Now you can use dBase files as data sources.
•Now you can use the VistaDb data adapter.
•New ability to format values with formatting string from variables and data sources.
•New set of functions for calculation of totals in events, scripts and expressions. Following lines shows how functions can be called: Totals.Sum(YourDataSource, expression), Totals.Sum(YourDataBand, expression). Functions can be passed as the DataBand and GroupHeaderBand argument.
•Two new aggregate functions - MinDate and MaxDate is available.
•New NumberOfCopies property is added to the page.
•New CanBreak property is added to the FooterBand.
•New PrintAtBottom property is added to the ReportSummaryBand.
•CanGrow and CanShrink properties are available for the Container with bands.
•New mode of showing the report dialogs is available. Now dialogs can be shown in the Window of Preview. This mode is enabled when setting the form of the StartMode property in StiFormStartMode.OnPreview.
•New Double style of border is available.
•The PreviewMode property of a report now can have the DotMatrix value
•Now you can predefine encoding for the Dot-Matrix mode in the StiOptions.Preview.DotMatrixWindow.DefaultEncodings static property.
•New Open button is available in the dot-matrix preview mode.

 

Changes in v2006.4:
•New Horizontal Line Primitive component.
•New Vertical Line Primitive component. This component can work in traversal mode.
•New Rectangle Primitive component. This component can work in traversal mode.
•Export to dbf (dBase/FoxPro) is added.
•Export to mht (WebArchive) is added.
•Now excel export supports images.
•Now you can create encrypted pdf files with passwords.
•Now underline fonts successfully exports to pdf.
•New rtf export mode – Table.
•Special option of export to rtf - Page Headers and Footers.
•All segmented pages will be divided when exporting.
•Export to xml is fully redesigned.
•Now rtf text exports to pdf as a text. This feature radically decrease size of result files.
•New ExportAsImage property is added to the StiText.
•New types of charts - SteppedLine and SteppedLineArea.
•Conditions for each series (Conditions property).
•Sorting of values and arguments with property (SortDirection and SortBy properties).
•Filtering of values and arguments (Filters property).
•Now you can create series automatically.
•New Width for columns and bars property.
•New UseSeriesColor property.
•The Range property for each axis.
•The Step property for each axis.
•Special StiOptions.Print.ChartAsBitmap property.
•Special StiOptions.Engine.RenderChartAsImage property.
•The ProcessAtEnd property for processing charts at end of report rendering.
•New StiSeriesLabels.ShowValue property.
•New StiSeriesLabels.LegendValueType property.
•New StiProcessChartEvent event in chart.
•New PrintDestination at WebViewer property. This property allows you to select type of printing in web. You can print to pdf file, to popup window or directly to printer.
•New StiWebViewer.HtmlCharSet property. This property allows you to select the CharSet for resulting files.
•New ScrollBarsMode in StiWebViewer property.
•New ShowPageBorders in StiWebViewer property.
•IsImageRequest is obsolete.
•Now you can preview and print reports in dot-matrix mode.
•With new Report.PreviewSettings property you can adjust behavior of Preview Window.
•With new Report.PrinterSettings property you can adjust printer settings.
•Intellisense to text expression editor.
•Subscript and superscript to rtf editor.
•New Label Wizard. This wizard helps you create report with labels.
•Fully redesigned UI of filters of databands.
•Fully redesigned UI of sortings of databands.
•Fully redesigned UI System Text Editor.
•Updated standard report wizard.
•Now you can sort items in dictionary.
•Fully redesigned UI of sorting.
•New image editor.
•New StiOptions.Designer.RunWizardAfterLoad property.
•Report engine now supports IDictionary.
•Report engine now supports ICustomTypeDescriptor.
•New unique ability – you can create new datasource based on another datasource.
•New database adapter – MySql data adapter.
•New system variables: LineRoman, LineABC.
•Conditions – new property for each component. This property helps you adjust quality of components when report rendering.
•New GlobalizedStrings property – this property allows you to fully localize report with special editor for different languages.
•New AutoScale property in BarCodes.
•The StiGroupHeaderBand.SortDirection property. This property adjust sorting of data in groups.
•New ResetPageNumber property. With this property you can reset page number when report rendering.
•The StartNewPage property is added to the HeaderBand and to the FooterBand.
•The CanBreak property is added to the HeaderBand and GroupHeaderBand.
•New StiBarCode.ShowLabelText property.
•New StiReport.SubReports property for printing report which contains other reports.
•The Tag property for the StiReport.
•The StiConfig.Engine.UseGdi32ForTextRendering property.
•Progress bar is added for exporting, saving, loading and rendering operations.
•The StiComponent.PrintOn property.
•Now you can place a cross-tab on a databand.
•The StiPage.PageHeadersFootersFromPrevPage property.
•The StiPage.Watermark.Enabled property.
•Watermark's image is added
•Now variable can contain an image.
•New expression is added to Image – ImageData.
•New property is added to the StiRichText.FullConvertExpression.
•New Function for variable property.
•New Exporting, Exported, Printing, Printed events to a report.
•New ShrinkFontToFit property to the Text component.
•New ShrinkFontToFitMinimumSize property to the Text component.
•New StiReport.ReportCacheMode property.
•Now you can place Crossband anywhere.
•Line for groups is supported.
•Improved work of the ProcessingDuplicates property.
•WYSIWYG property is replaced by new TextQuality property. All old reports will be converted automatically.

 

Changes in v1.60:
•The Chart component is added. This component allows you to output various diagrams.  Now the following types of diagrams are supported: Clustered Column, ClusteredBar, Area, Pie, Doughnut, Line, Spline, Spline Area, Stacked Bar, Stacked Column, Stacked Area, Stacked Line, Stacked Spline, Stacked Spline Area, Full-Stacked Column, Full-Stacked Bar, Full-Stacked Area, Full-Stacked Line, Full-Stacked Spline, Full-Stacked Spline Area. In next version we are planning to add new types of charts.
•The LookUpBox control is added. This control allows you to choose a value from the list and substitute it for key. This control can be used in Forms in report.
•The special component for asp.net 2 is added. This component allows you to create the report for Asp.Net 2 in IDE. Also support of all new data sources in Asp.Net 2 is added.
•Additional ability of export to Excel is added. Excel is not required. It works starting with Office 97.
•Single page and Continuous modes for showing pages in the Window of Preview are added.
•Full-screen mode for showing report is added.
•New function – Send report by E-Mail. This function allows an end-user to export report and send it by E-Mail.
•Right-to-Left mode to Preview Window.
•MultiPages button is updated.
•Zoom control is updated.
•Styles for all components are added. See new property – ComponentStyle.
•Two styles for DataBand – OddStyle and EvenStyle are added.
•Functionality of Style toolbar is changed.
•The GlareBrush type is added for filling components.
•The RichText supports justify.
•New ability to set parameters in queries is added.
•For Ole Db you may set the connection string using the ConnectionWizard.
•Localization is fully translated in Romanian.
•Localization is fully translated in Farsi.
•The mrz format is added for saving reports. When saving a report it is being packed in zip format. This allows you to decrease the file size in 8-10 times. It works in .Net 2 only.
•The mdz format is added for saving reports. This allows you to decrease the file size in 8-10 times. When saving a report it is being packed in zip format. It works in .Net 2 only.
•The new CanBreak property is added to DataBand,Text and RichText. If, on a page, there is not enough space for the component that supports this property then it will be separated into several parts.
•The Report.RemoveUnusedDataBeforeStart property is added. If this property is true then, when connecting to data, all unused data sources are ignored. This allows you do get only needed data.
•The Watermark property is added to the page. This property allows you to control of watermark output.
•New properties in StiText.TextOptions. When you output strings you may control of tabulation.
•New property in StiText.ExcelValue. In this property you may specify value that will be used in data export to Excel.
•The Brush property is added to the page, bands and the container. Now you can set the brush of drawing the background of these components.
•The Border property is added to the band and the container. Now you may set borders of these components.
•The StartNewPageIfLessThan property allows you to control of formation of a new page. This property is added to the DataBand and GroupHeaderBand bands.
•The MergeDuplicates property is changed for the ProcessingDuplicates property. The ProcessingDuplicates property may contain three options: None – do not merge duplicates, Merge – merge duplicates, Hide – hide duplicates. All old reports will automatically be converted.
•Property Shift renamed to ShiftMode. Functionality is widen. All old reports will automatically be converted.
•The Margins property for Text component is added. This property allows you to set margin between the border and the content of the component.
•The SaveMode property is added to the WebViewer webcontrol. It determines that either the whole document or what is seen in the Browser will be saved when pressing the Save button