The GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Design.QueryDesignerImpl class was moved from the GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Design.Win assembly to the GrapeCity.ActiveReports.QueryDesigner.Implementation namespace in the newly created MESCIUS.ActiveReports.QueryDesigner assembly.

In ActiveReports 17, the LaunchDataSourceWizard flag was added. A customer used this flag to enable or disable the automatic launch of the data source dialog when creating a report.

In ActiveReports 18, the new Report Wizard has been implemented to combine the report creation dialog with the report data binding steps. The LaunchDataSourceWizard setting has become unnecessary and is now simply ignored.

    <appSettings>
        <add key="LaunchDataSourceWizard" value="true"/>
    </appSettings>

The legacy RDL was removed, and RDL Multi-Section was renamed to RDLX. The RDL report type is no longer available for new reports in ActiveReports 18. RDL reports, created in the previous versions of ActiveReports, are automatically converted to the RDLX format when opened in the Designer.

The GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Design.DesignerReportType.Rdl enum is now Obsolete.

We recommend that you postpone upgrade and contact our Support Team in case backward compatibility with old AR versions is required.

The Calendar sample is undergoing a number of changes related to the public API of the sample controls.

If you are unable to assemble the sample, contact our Support Team.

TypeConverters, related to section report, have been hidden.

If you encounter problems with using these TypeConverters in your project, contact our Support Team.

GrapeCity and Gcef in all ActiveReports packages names have been changed to MESCIUS.

To manage this transition and update the packages, you can use the ActiveReports File Converter or perform the update manually by following the reference migration steps.

The DataProvidersFactory class is moved from the DataProviders assembly to the GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.Data namespace in the MESCIUS.ActiveReports.Core.Rendering assembly

The watermark group of settings has been removed from PdfExportOptions.PdfReExclusiveOptions class. To set a watermark, you should use the Watermark property in the PdfExportOptions class instead.

GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document assembly and NuGet package are merged with GrapeCity.ActiveReports assembly and NuGet package.

The WebDesigner Settings API is now updated for simplified mutable settings definition as shown:

designerCore.init({
  /* < ... > */
  mutableAppSettings: ['units', 'fonts'],
});

designerCore.init({
  /* < ... > */
  mutableAppSettings: {
    fonts: true;
    userPreferences: {
      units: true;
    }
  },
});

Removed dependency on System.Drawing (GDI+)

We have removed dependency on System.Drawing from our code for functionalities such as image handling, text measuring, printing, etc.

For example, API dependencies such as:
System.Drawing.Font and System.Drawing.Image in Section report have been removed from System.Drawing.Common.
GDI references from GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.SectionReport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.SectionDocument, and GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument classes have been removed.
See System.Drawing.Common only supported on Windows. This makes the Section reports engine run under Linux independent of libgdiplus library. You may need to make some changes in the code and scripts for the applications to work. All API changes are listed next.

GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SpreadBuilder.dll changes                       

• Class GrapeCity.SpreadBuilder.Printing.PageSetup
  old property: public System.Drawing.Printing.PaperKind PaperSize
  new property: public GrapeCity.SpreadBuilder.Printing.PaperKind PaperSize
  
• Class GrapeCity.SpreadBuilder.DDSheet
  Removed obsolete methods:
  • public void AddImage(System.Drawing.Image img, ImageInfo imageOptions,
          System.Drawing.Color lineColor, System.Drawing.Color backColor,
          short colL, short dxL, short rwT, short dyT,
          short colR, short dxR, short rwB, short dyB,
          string hyperlink)
  • public void AddImage(System.Drawing.Image img, ImageInfo imageOptions,
          System.Drawing.Color lineColor, System.Drawing.Color backColor,
          int columnLeft, short dxL, int rowTop, short dyT,
          int columnRight, short dxR, int rowBottom, short dyB,
         string hyperlink)
  • public void AddImage(byte[] imageData, bool isMetafile, SizeF sizeInInches, ImageInfo imageOptions,
          System.Drawing.Color lineColor, System.Drawing.Color backColor,
          int columnLeft, short dxL, int rowTop, short dyT,
          int columnRight, short dxR, int rowBottom, short dyB,
          string hyperlink)

Added new method:

• Class GrapeCity.SpreadBuilder.Workbook
  • Removed old default constructor
  • Added new constructor:
      /// <param name="measureString">Function to measure string in case of auto-height row behavior.
      /// Parameters: string, font, fontsize, maxwidth.</param>
      public Workbook(Func<string, StringMeasurementParams, SizeF> measureString = null)                 

GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.dll changes

• Class GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.BackdropItem
    
  • old constructor: public BackdropItem(System.Drawing.Image picture, PicturePutStyle pictureAlignment)
    new constructor: public BackdropItem(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.Drawing.Image picture, PicturePutStyle pictureAlignment)
    
  • old constructor: public BackdropItem(System.Drawing.Image picture, PicturePutStyle pictureAlignment, AntiAliasMode antiAliasMode)
    new constructor: public BackdropItem(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.Drawing.Image picture, PicturePutStyle pictureAlignment, AntiAliasMode antiAliasMode)

• Class GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.FontInfo
  • old property:   public System.Drawing.Font
    new property: public GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.Drawing.Font Font
    
  • old constructor:    public FontInfo(Color color, System.Drawing.Font font, float angle)
    new  constructor: public FontInfo(Color color, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.Drawing.Font font, float angle)
    
  • old constructor:    public FontInfo(Color color, System.Drawing.Font font)
    new constructor:  public FontInfo(Color color, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.Drawing.Font font)                 

• Class GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.GraphXmlSerializationContext

• Class GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.SharpGraphCore
  Removed methods:
  • public DrawContent(System.Drawing.Graphics graphics, Rectangle rectangle)
  • public HitTest HitTest(int x, int y)
    
• Class GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.Graphics.Backdrop
  • old property:    public System.Drawing.Image Picture
    new  property: public GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.Drawing.Image Picture
    
  • old property: public System.Drawing.HatchStyle Pattern
    new property: public GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.Drawing.HatchStyle Pattern
    
  • old constructor:  public Backdrop(System.Drawing.Image picture, PicturePutStyle pictureAlignment)
    new constructor: public Backdrop(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.Drawing.Image picture, PicturePutStyle pictureAlignment, AntiAliasMode antiAliasMode)

• Class GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.Graphics.TextStyle
  • old property:   public System.Drawing.Font Font
    new property: public GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Chart.Drawing.FontFont Font

Printing API changes

• GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Printing namespace has been removed, instead use GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Printing.
• GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Printing.Printer has been removed, instead use GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Win.Printing.Printer and GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Printing.Printer classes.

• The type for the following classes is changed to GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Printing.Printer:

• The following classes have been moved to GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Win.Printing namespace:

• Removed some System.Drawing.Printing enumerations as follows:

GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel Changes

• Removed some System.Drawing references from public API:                       

• Other Affected GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel APIs are as under:
  
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Section.Page.Font
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.InputFieldText.Font
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.Barcode.Font
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.Barcode.Alignment
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.CheckBox.Font
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.CheckBox.CheckAlignment
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.Shape.BackgroundPattern
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.Label.Font
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.TextBox.Font
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.ReportInfo.Font
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Printing.WatermarkOptions.Font
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport.Watermark                            
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.RichTextBox.Font
  • GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.RichTextBox.SelectionFont

GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf Changes

• GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.PdfWatermarkSettings.FontStyle    
• GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.PdfStamp.Font
• GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Pdf.Section.Signing.PdfStamp.Image         

Extended IRenderingExtension with a cancellation token

If you implemented a custom rendering extension, it needs to be updated with the implementation of the new Render Signature.

Use IRenderingExtension as follows:
void Render(IReport report, StreamProvider streams, NameValueCollection settings, CancellationToken token);

var rpt = new SectionReport();
rpt.LoadLayout("MySectionReport.rpx");
rpt.AddAssembly(System.Reflection.Assembly.Load("System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"));

The sample of the script that worked earlier without above code is as shown:

public void detail_Format()

{
    System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Detail_Format");
}