Release Notes for ActiveReports 16.4.1

Release Notes for ActiveReports 16.4.1

Posted by: softcomlimited on 4 July 2023, 9:26 am EST

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  softcomlimited

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  Posted 4 July 2023, 9:26 am EST

  Are there any Release Notes for ActiveReports 16.4.1 ?
  
  Thanks
  
  Brian

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  anand.sinha

  

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  Posted 4 July 2023, 5:23 pm EST

  Hello Brian,

  Following are all the changes implemented in ActiveReports v16.4.1 (JP v16.2):

  • [AR-29346] [AR16.3] Error appears on creating RDL Multi-section report application in VS in JP version
  • [AR-29742] create a report contains bullet, save the report and reopen, the report can not preview
  • [AR-30492] Error message is hard to understand
  • [AR-30500] [SectionReport][RTF Export] | Multiline TextBox in the report footer leaves large blank space between lines in word export.
  • [AR-30864] Winform project backend printing
  • [AR-25591] [AR15EN, 17EN, 16.2JP] Page area gets corrupted upon switching PaperOrientation
  • [AR-29426] [AR16 JP] Several warnings and errors appear in Firefox on running WebViewerPro_ASP.NET
  • [AR-29946] [16.0J] When CompatibilityMode is set to “CrossPlatform”, line breaks occur in unnecessary positions.
  • [AR-30203] Hide “RDL Multi-Section” report, in v16.2 JP
  • [AR-30219] Add the ability to manage report types in the window for creating a new report
  • [AR-30228] In web designer, customizing data tab does not work.
  • [AR-30328] [AR 16.2JP] Remove RDL Multi-Section project templates from VS extensions
  • [AR-30341] [AR 16.2JP] Hide ''Convert to Multi-Section Report” option in Report menu
  • [AR-30364] [17.1] ‘Object reference is not set to an instance of an object’ error appears when trying to print reports from WpfViewer
  • [AR-30535] Always set printer name as empty for JS Viewer
  • [AR-30549] [16.0J] Printing text with ShrinkToFit=True and LineSpacing=1 or greater in a section report will shrink the text beyond the preview result.
  • [AR-30805] Text looks different in PDF export vs preview in Section report CrossPlatform mode
  • [AR-30806] Text disappears from RTF control in Section report on switching to CrossPlatform mode
  • [AR-30858] [16.4] ‘System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException’ has been thrown when building WebDesigner_MVC and JSViewer_MVC samples
  • [AR-30881] [Web Designer] Unable to modify section report script in webdesigner
  • [AR-30928] Multiple errors in WebDesigner JP samples when building
  • [AR-30942] [AR16.2JP] RDL report export settings are displayed for Page report in EUD upon creating a new report
  • [AR-30946] [AR16.2JP] WebViewer(VB)sample isn’t built due to incorrect path to some references
  • [AR-30970] [AR16.2JP] WebDesigner: Report rendering became slower comparing to 16.1 version
  • [AR-30972] 【From JP】 Can Grow don’t work in page report
  • [AR-31057] Not all charts rendered with enabled animation in 16.2JP
  • [AR-31058] [16.2JP] Unknown errors when running some WebDesigner samples in VS2019
  • [AR-31115] Fix build of import tools
  • [AR-27295] [AR16 EN] Full-width numbers appear overlapped on each other when UprightinVerticalText is set as Digits and DigitsAndLatinLetters.
  • [AR-29318] [AR16.3JP] CombineMode property is missing in JP version
  • [AR-29322] [AR16.3JP] ‘Add Report Section’ in Report menu appears in EN
  • [AR-29323] [AR16.3JP] Name for Report Section added to the report appears EN
  • [AR-29343] [AR16.3] ‘Convert to Multi-section Report’ option in Report menu in VS appears in EN
  • [AR-29370] Introduce public API to allow to choose hash algorithm for signing.
  • [AR-29373] [AR16.3] Error message appears on referencing report items from another Report Section appears in EN
  • [AR-29378] [16JP] Exception ‘Bookmark cannot be found…’ when previewing “MovieCatalog.rdlx” report in ‘TableOfContents’ sample
  • [AR-29384] [16JP] ‘Catalog.rdlx’ report is not localized to JP completely
  • [AR-29414] [16JP] Error message in SilentPrint sample is not localized to JP
  • [AR-29416] [16JP] Error messages in preview of some reports in WebDesigner samples are not localized to JP
  • [AR-29420] (ActiveReports for .NET 16.0J) Running file converter in Visual Studio 2022 changes project target framework to 4.7.2
  • [AR-29433] No data is rendered in table2, in case no corresponding data is found in dataset2 and Sum is used in table footer.
  • [AR-29479] [AR16.1J] Bar lines colour can be saved as empty for bar chart
  • [AR-29500] [16JP] RPX report name not assigned to files exported from web designer
  • [AR-29503] [16JP] ‘Connection key ‘jsondata’ is invalid’ error in preview of the report connected to “Invoices” dataset template in WebDesigner_CustomDataProviders sample
  • [AR-29516] [AR16.1J] QR codes with manually entered values are not rendered in section reports
  • [AR-29517] [AR 16.1JP] ‘Get Started With ActiveReports’ / ‘ActiveReports Uninstall Survey’ pages are not displayed after installing AR.NET
  • [AR-29520] [AR 16.1JP] The Web Designer favicon is different vs its logo
  • [AR-29660] Section report with JSON data is not rendered in Linux.
  • [AR-29721] [16.0J] Extra line breaks inserted in file converter process.
  • [AR-29757] [16.0J] Error when executing file converter against ASP.NET website
  • [AR-29760] [16.0J] Designer unable to display section report when added to project in Visual Studio 2017
  • [AR-29775] [16.0J] NullReferenceException occurs when the available value of a parameter that allows multiple values contains an empty character.
  • [AR-29814] [16.0J] File corruption when saving a report with duplicate names of BandedList groups.
  • [AR-29830] [16.0J]Copying and pasting a control on a BandedList does not center the display in the section that has focus.
  • [AR-29978] [16.0J] When “data with the same high and low” is set for a candlestick chart, the graph is not displayed.
  • [AR-30124] [16.0J] When using PageDocument.Print() method to print two pages on one sheet in aggregate, some pages are not printed.
  • [AR-30165] [v16 JP] In Blazor Viewer project template, RDL report is opened.
  • [AR-30178] [16JP] Localize “Grouping” error message in a report
  • [AR-30230] In web designer, both property tab and data tab are hidden, when I hide property tab.
  • [AR-30263] [16.0J] Reports are not displayed when retrieving a report from an embedded resource and using a drill-through link.
  • [AR-30291] Print advanced setting is displayed behind print dialog, when I set TopMost=True.
  • [AR-30383] The web designer cannot modify the data fields in the dataset.
  • [AR-30400] [16.0J] Page Report PDF Export (PDFRenderingExtension ) properties are not reflected in the PDF when margins are set.
  • [AR-30404] [AR16] Border lines of chart with image stick out beyond plot area in section report
  • [AR-30407] [AR16] 2D Bar chart displayed only partially when backdrop is set to image
  • [AR-30409] [AR16] Unable to add controls to the header / footer region in VS
  • [AR-30410] [WebDesigner] OnBeforeRequest api is not being called
  • [AR-30420] Preview report after merging table rows, it’s alert error message.
  • [AR-30437] Hide some export setting properties (margins).
  • [AR-30490] [AR16-17] IIF with ‘Me’ variable stopped working
  • [AR-30516] Formatted Text make server crash
  • [AR-30540] [AR16][WebDesigner] | Lodash version used in WebDesigner for ActiveReports 16.2.0.
  • [AR-30627] [16.0J] Encoding is not changed when converting a section report in XML format to a code-based section report
  • [AR-30639] Localize Exception “The report section has an invalid data set name '///” to JP
  • [AR-30848] [From JP]Can’t print at web designer, if the chrome PDF documents setting is download PDFs
  • [AR-30912] [AR16.4-17.1] ToC highlighted on click when preview pages number is limited
  • [AR-30959] [AR JP] Add build counter for JP installer
  • [AR-31060] [AR16.2JP] Error appears upon opening Rpx report after conversion to AR 16.2

  Regards,
  
  Anand

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  Posted 4 July 2023, 11:56 pm EST

  Thanks.
  
  You really need to have these release noted posted in a common area so that users don’t have to keep asking for them.
  
  Brian

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  John.Reynolds

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  Posted 19 July 2023, 8:10 am EST

  +1 for what Brian said; is there no way to display release notes anywhere? It’s SO frustrating to have to ask in a forum and hope to get an answer.

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  Posted 20 July 2023, 3:06 pm EST

  Hello,

  Apologies for the inconvenience.
  
  The release notes are posted in the ‘Forums > ActiveReports > General Discussion’ for every major release of ActiveReports (16.1, 16.2, etc.).

  However, if you need release notes for the minor releases, please feel free to reach out to us and we’ll be happy to help!

  Thanks,
  
  Anand