Telerik Reporting Q2 2008 SP1 Release Notes (v2.8.8.828)
General
- Improved Barcode Rendering
- Report processing hang if PageBreak is set to After for any group header
- Default ReportParameter.Name is not generated for new ReportParameter at design-time
- User functions are not evaluated when used as ReportParam value with UI=visible
- TextBox with =PageNumber expression together with ItemDataBound events produce weird results
- Cannot use the datasource's fields in page sections
- Background images not shown in the chart when FillSettings.BackgroundImage property is set.
Report Model
- FontStyle attributes such as Bold, Italic, etc. are serialized through the FontStyle property which breaks inheritance upon deserialization.
- Leaving a SubReport item without a ReportSource throws an exception when rendering.
- Global styles are not propagated down to subreports.
- VerticalAlign is inherited but it should not be according to W3.org
Processing
- Processing TextBox should allow modifying the Value instead of the formated text
- Filters with a null operand (DBNull) throws InvalidCastException
- Subreport.Parameters are not initialized/evaluated in Subreport.NeedDataSource event and cannot be used inside
Data Binding and Expressions
- Improved column resolution when binding to an ITypedList, DataTable, or a DataRow array
- Setting DataSet with bad-name columns as DataSource of a report throws exception
- Substr function doesn't handle nulls/bad args.
Visual Studio Designer
- Color code is not respected when entered manually in the Style editor.
- In-place Editor (TextEditorService) is not started when pressing F2.
- Background image info is not shown in the Style editor
- DataSource Configuration Wizard: new connection is not selected in the combo
- Changing the ClassName property of an item does not re-apply the StyleSheets
- Bottom offset of the selected Report Items (the measurement glyph) on design surface is not correct
- ChartWizard does not serialize the new changes after clicking Apply/OK button.
- Design time commands (cut, copy, paste, etc.) are active even in Preview mode
- Report items cannot be pasted into a Panel.
- Style properties with default values are not serialized even if they need to be.
- Added warnings for very wide reports, very high page sections, or huge margins
- Report Wizard's font in converters' descriptions is too big and being cut off
WebViewer
- Http handler not registered on the correct place if using IIS 7.
- "Secure and non-secure items" browser warning.
- ZoomPercent is not respected.
- DOCTYPE breaks the layout of the viewer.
- Javascript error when Web ReportViewer nested in element with relative positioning
- In WebViewer parameter with AvailableValues and leading/trailing spaces in the Label gives error
WinViewer
- Report area on high resolution leaves blank space on the left and on the bottom
- Exception is thrown when trying to export to an already open file.
- MultiLine UI parameter editor throws exception when visual styles are not supported or turned off
Image Rendering
- In page header when PictureBox does not find the source of the picture, no inline error is displayed
- A crash occurs when a PageSection is longer than the available page area.
- Group sections' PrintOnEveryPage and sections' PageBreak
HTML Rendering
- Rotated text is rendered as image with different size in html
- GroupKeepTogether property not respected in HTML Rendering.
- Veritical alignment of the text is not respected
- ArgumentOutOfRangeException when a report item is docked top or bottom and has the same height as its parent.
- PictureBox item is not rendered at all when the Value(Image) is not set.
PDF Rendering
- Incorrect rendering of transparent gifs in PDF.
- Reduced memory footprint due to better image handling.
Excel Rendering
- Excel Rendering Extension does not respect image resolutions.
- Excel Rendering Extension does not produce correct PageFooters if items other than TextBoxes are involved.
- ExcelRenderingExtension throws an InvalidCastException when GroupHeaderSection.Visible is false
- PrintOnFirstPage property of the Page Header/Footer not respected in Excel rendering.
- Growing to the right subreport overlaps report items and causes getting of merged range error in Excel rendering.
RTF Rendering
- RTF does not support Padding.
- PictureBox does not display error text in RTF.
Documentation
- Help articles from the API reference with links to general help articles are not formatted properly
- Added a separate topic about the Chart item.
- Added a help topic describing the available rendering extensions in Telerik Reporting
- Added info about the Web Report Viewer client API
- Connecting Data to a report lacks information when to use NeedDataSource and how to set the report's data source