New version of FastReport .NET

FastReport .NET 2017.1 

What are the new features brought by this release?

✔ FastReport became faster and lighter due to the optimization of the code responsible for report building and its export to different formats

✔ Ability of immediate access to CSV text files. Convenient parameter setting of loading CSV files allows using any data from Excel tables and other applications that support CSV export.

✔ Added MongoDB connector to the bundled plugins for connecting to a number of DataBase Management Systems.

✔ PDF export now supports graphic standard PDF/X-4. Ability to add color profiles to the PDF file.

✔ Sending reports directly to the chat client through the XMPP/Jabber protocol.

✔ Those, who use Windows Presentation Foundation will most likely be interested in a new example of using FastReport dotnet in this framework - WPFViewer.

✔ In web reports there's now a capability to enable the return button to switch back to the previous report from detail tab 

And not only that!

  [Core]

+ added possibility to set picture location (URL) in PictureObject from database

+ added support of alphanumeric values in GS1-128 barcode

* optimized memory consumption

- fixed bug with RichObject page break

  [Designer]

+ added possibility to select all tables in DataWizardForm

+ added CSV database connection

- fixed bug with updating the script when loading another report 

- fixed bug with updating TextObject.Format

- fixed bug with updating TextObject.Border

- fixed bug with non-existing connection plugin

  [Preview]

+ added "Exports" and "Clouds" properties in PreviewControl to hide/show exports in the "Save" button drop-down menu

  [Exports]

+ added ability to export text as curves in PostScript and PPML exports

+ added property FastCloudStorageClient.ReportUrl containing the link to a report after uploading to FastReport Cloud

+ added possibility to send a report using XMPP/Jabber and FastReport Cloud

+ added support of PDF/X-4 standard

+ added CMYK color profile in the PDF export

+ added property HTMLExport.EnableMargins to use page margins in the output file (default: false)

* added possibility of getting images from a stream by GetImage(..) method in XAMLExport, property name ToMultipleFiles changed to HasMultipleFiles

- fixed export of GroupHeader and GroupFooter bands in FR3 export

- fixed bug with exporting images in Metafile image export

- fixed bugs with formatting in OpenOffice Writer (Open Document Text) export

- fixed bugs with formatting in Word 2007 (docx) export

- fixed bug with font "Meiryo UI" in PDF export

  [WebReport]

+ added property WebReport.ShowBackButton to display the "Back" button (return to previous report in the tabbed report)

+ added property WebReport.LogFile to log the errors in WebReport, may be combined with WebReport.Debug 

+ added property WebReport.EnableMargins to use page margins in the output (default: false)

+ added support of Page.Fill in WebReport

+ added support of WebReport background color - WebReport.BackColor (default value: White)

* changed progress picture

- fixed bug with printing from browser any reports with links to detailed report

- fixed bug with displaying the scroll bars on 100% width and height

- fixed bug with visualization of reports with unlimited page width/height

- fixed bug with "Fit Width/Fit Page" zooming in the toolbar

- fixed bug with multi-threading

- fixed bug with TextObject.ParagraphOffset

  [Demos]

+ added new example \Demos\C#\WPFViewer 

  [Extras]

+ added MongoDB connector \Extras\Connections\FastReport.MongoDB  

- fixed bug with displaying a list of tables in FastReport.MySQL

 [Online Designer]

+ added support of TextOutline

+ added slider for rotate an object with Angle property

+ added property in configuration file (section save_success_redirect) with URL for redirection after successful saving

+ added two properties in configuration file, section save_success_redirect "useParent" (for using in iframe) and "removeConfirmation" (eliminate showing confirmation leaving dialog with redirection)