What’s new in SharpShooter Collection 7.3.1 (09/08/2015)
SharpShooter Reports All Editions
New: Visual Studio 2015 support;
New: XLSX cell format support;
SharpShooter Reports.Silverlight
Improved: XLS export time in Silverlight;
SharpShooter Reports.Web
Improved: PDF-based printing in web viewer.
What’s new in SharpShooter Collection 7.3.0 (12/18/2014)
SharpShooter Reports All Editions
Fixed: Issue with getting index out of bounds when exporting reports;
Improved: Import from Active Reports;
Improved: Font selection in PDF export;
Improved: Increased performance of relation fields;
Fixed: Issue with adding images to the Picture set control in the Gauges control;
Fixed: Inability to run font editor in the Chart control.
SharpShooter Reports.Silverlight
Fixed: Issue with printing of the unuploaded images;
Fixed: Issue with the viewer failure when scrolling big reports;
SharpShooter Reports.WPF
Fixed: Issue with the mouse pointer appearance;
Fixed: Issues with exporting pictures to xlsx;
Fixed: Issue with the charting control failure when a data source point is deleted;
Fixed: Issue with the viewer failure when scrolling big reports;
SharpShooter Reports.Web
New: Tooltips in the web viewer.
What’s new in SharpShooter Collection 7.2.0 (08/04/2014)
SharpShooter Reports all editions
Fixed: Issues in PDF export;
Fixed: Issue with exporting a PivotTable to xlsx with “Keep Data Types” option enabled;
Fixed: Issue with vertical align of the Advanced Text in PDF export;
Fixed: Issues with exporting textboxes and bookmarks to HTML;
Fixed: Issue with page orientation when exporting to xlsx;
New: Amplified functions list in the expression editor of the gauge designer;
New: Ability to add FNC1 characters to Barcode 128;
SharpShooter Reports.Web
New: New reportViewer.exportToHtmlAjax method that allows getting html as text using Ajax query.
SharpShooter Reports.WinRT
Fixed: Issues with viewer localization;
Fixed: Support for ANY CPU platform;
SharpShooter Reports.Silverlight
New: Ability to set delimiter when exporting to CSV;
SharpShooter Reports.WPF
Fixed: Issue with handling an empty Picture control;
SharpShooter Collection 7.1.0 (04/04/2014)
SharpShooter Reports All Editions
New: Visual Studio 2013 integration;
New: Export to Excel with preserved data types;
New: Ability to mark a field as exportable to CSV and Excel;
Fixed: Issue with breaking data into groups in the Excel document;
Fixed: Missing cells in the Excel document;
Fixed: Post generate script is now accessible in the script browser;
Fixed: Issue with totals in the databand footer;
SharpShooter Reports.Web
Improved: Export to HTML in the web viewer;
Fixed: Incorrect view of the export dialogs derived from the standard site.css;
Fixed: Export options now work for the service hosted without IIS;
SharpShooter Reports.Silverlight
Fixed: Scale to fit for printing in Silverlight report viewer;
SharpShooter Reports.Win
Fixed: Hot keys can be overridden;
SharpShooter Reports.WPF
New: Ability to cancel rendering in WPF viewer;
New: Support for network paths to templates;
Fixed: Animation of an invisible control is removed. Useless CPU usage eliminated;
Fixed: Memory leak in WPF report viewer;
Fixed: Braces escaping in WPF viewer;
SharpShooter Collection 7.0.1 (10/02/2013)
SharpShooter Gauges™ 7.0.1
Added: Redo button in the designer;
Added: Ability to open the widget with wizard and merge;
Added: Open and Merge function in the designer;
Added: Bindings for Start and CenterPoint of all linear gauges;
Added: Scale Maximum and Scale Minimum are now real.
Fixed: Issue with ticks length;
Fixed: Incorrect docking;
Fixed: Serialization of PictureSet and other elements;
SharpShooter Collection 7.0 (09/04/2013)
SharpShooter Reports 7.0
SharpShooter Reports.Web
New: Excel export dialog. Now users will be able to set export options before saving a report to a file;
New: PDF export dialog. Now users will be able to set export options before saving a report to a file;
New: Ability to pass parameters form code to export;
New: Ability to add custom headers for Ajax requests sent by the report viewer to the server;
New: Search through a report;
New: Ability to localize report viewer skin;
Improved: Creation of web report viewer with just 4 lines of code;
Improved: Setting parameters value;
Improved: Informative error messages;
Fixed: Correct output of overlapping report elements in the web report viewer and in HTML export;
Fixed: Report styles are no longer affected by global styles;
Fixed: Correct output of the rotated text in HTML export;
Fixed: Export of shapes to HTML;
SharpShooter Reports.WPF
New: ReportSource data source loading during report rendering;
SharpShooter Reports.Silverlight
New: Native Silverlight 5 report viewer;
New: ExportToStream method is added;
New: Ability to print with default printer and elevated privileges without additional dialog;
Fixed: Incorrect text splitting in XAML export;
Fixed: Incorrect shape filling.
SharpShooter Reports All Editions
New: RepeatEveryPage is now available for Footer;
New: Ability to set CommandTimeOut of SQLiteDataSource;
New: New gauge designer;
New: About 200 new business gauges to visualize your report data;
Improved: Report designer help;
Fixed: Duplicating of bookmarks in PDF export;
Fixed: ElementAdding event passes correct container when executing drag&drop;
SharpShooter Collection 6.4.0
SharpShooter Reports 6.4.0 (01/23/2013)
New: Wizards for setting up report data source in the designer (MS SQL, Oracle, mySQL, ODBC). Now developers don’t need to build connection String when configuring data sources in the designer. Instead, they get convenient dialog windows to setup connection to the most popular data source types. MySQL and Oracle connectors require installation of additional libraries.
New: Generate Script now works in the Pivot Table element;
New: Ability to design custom context menu instead of the standard one, since MouseModeContextMenu property is now public. Please, review the following
forum post
Added: Document tab in the ribbon menu of the report designer. Developers now have quicker access to the document properties and are able to set them faster;
Added: A list of the ElementAdding event arguments is extended. Now it’s possible to get information on where the element is added to;
Added: Ability to position Page overlay element not only from the page top, but also right after the Page header;
Added: German localization is updated;
Fixed: Issue with compatibility of NewPageBefore and NewPageAfter properties of the Databand in different product versions;
Fixed: Designer panels’ layout didn’t save after the designer is closed.
Fixed: Issue with incorrect positioning of nested elements in the table wizard;
Fixed: Localization issues;
Fixed: Issue with adding shape element under Turkish localization;
Fixed: PDF export: page footer is located at the end of the page regardless of the content size on the page;
Fixed: Issue with syntax editor on the pivot table form;
Fixed: Issue with addition of PivotTable element into the SideBySide band;
Fixed: Issue with document deserialization related to the different component versions;
Fixed: Issue with rendering of non-IBreakable controls in the Detail band with the CanBreak property set to true;
Fixed: Issue with incorrect export of bookmarks to RTF;
Fixed: Minor issues with some fonts in PDF export;
SharpShooter Collection 6.3.0
SharpShooter Reports 6.3.0 (06/20/2012)
New: Support for Visual Studio 2012;
New: Interactive Pivot table style editor;
Added: Sample of using Windows Forms report designer in a Silverlight application;
Fixed: Issue in Pivot table with using data source that is not available in design time;
Fixed: Issue with gathering meta-information in Side-by-Side reports;
Fixed: Page number field width.
SharpShooter Reports.Web 6.2.0
Fixed: Issue with export potion in MVC applications;
SharpShooter Reports.Silverlight 6.2.0
Fixed: Memory leak on the server side in Silverlight component;
Added: Ability to register custom adapter that will render element in XAML;
Fixed: Issue with printing of several documents;
Added: Ability to export text control as a picture, if necessary. Especially vital for Silverlight viewer if the user wants to display everything exactly as in preview;
New: Item Templates for SharpShooter Reports.Silverlight in Visual Studio;
SharpShooter OLAP 6.2.0
Fixed: Multiple columns filtering. Now the filter conditions don’t include options filtered out by the previous column filter.
SharpShooter Collection™ 6.1.0 (17.01.2012)
SharpShooter Reports™ 6.1.0 (17.01.2012)
SharpShooter Reports.WPF
New: WPF report viewer. Now you can display reports, created in SharpShooter Reports, in WPF applications.
SharpShooter Reports.Web
New: Ability to use Item Templates to create WCF Service in Visual Studio.
New: HTML5-based zoom.
SharpShooter Reports.Silverlight
New: Ability to use commands to manage Silverlight report viewer.
Improved: Cache structure and mechanism. “The document is out of cache” error doesn’t occur anymore.
Fixed: Shortcoming with text clipping. If canGrow=true and align=Top, the text that is out of a textbox is now clipped correctly.
Fixed: Error with displaying rotated text.
SharpShooter Reports.Win
New: Ability to set initial zoom for the Preview form
SharpShooter Reports (All Editions)
New: Open XML (.xlsx) export filter. It is possible to export reports to Excel using text styles and formats, charts, images, etc.
New: Re-styled reports in SharpShooter Reports Samples Center.
Improved: Ability to handle the elementAdding and elementAdded events in the designer. You can control addition of the elements in the report designer.
Improved: Error message appearing, when a report template opens, contains additional information.
Fixed: Elements default alignment in Table Wizard. Left alignment is set by default.
Fixed: Error occurring when the Table Wizard opens for complex objects which are not collections and strings.
Fixed: Error with reset font style after closing Font Style Dialog.
Fixed: Error occurring when more than one Custom Control is registered in the designer.
SharpShooter Gauges 6.1.0 (17.01.2012)
Improved: Ability to set custom style for 7-segment digits in gauges.
SharpShooter OLAP 6.1.0 (17.01.2012)
Fixed: Minor bugs in SharpShooter OLAP
SharpShooter Collection™ 6.0.0 (19.09.2011)
SharpShooter Reports™ 6.0.0 (19.09.2011)
Rebranding of Perpetuum Software’s products. Now, products have new names and separate installation packages. Please see the detailed information on correspondence of new product names and versions to the old ones on our site.
New: Redesigned Samples Center. Now, most of the reports include precise description and code examples.
New: Bug report dialog. It is possible to automatically send feedback about unhandled exception to PerpetuumSoft technical support team.
New: Context menu for selection of shape types. Clicking the Shape button on the Illustration tab section in the Insert tab of the Ribbon interface report designer and select the needed shape.
New: Tooltip when selecting the element in the data source tree. The tooltip shows the data type and several first values.
New: The “Refresh” button for a report in Silverlight viewer.
Improved Report designer interface.
Improved Addition of objects of different types to the designer. Now, each object has its own icon which displays its type (text, image). The objects’ appearance is specified by their types during the addition to the designer.
Improved Styles editor. It is possible to copy the existing style. You can use hot keys to undo / redo changes.
Improved: Performance when reports scrolling in SharpShooter Report.Web.
Fixed: Considerably improved performance while editing of large reports.
Fixed: Incorrect work of the NewPageAfter and NewPageBefore properties if DataBand (GroupBand) contains Header\Footer.
Fixed: Issue with incorrect display of report when changing the PlaceInBottom and Visible properties.
Fixed: Issue with incorrect work of the MinSpaceAfter and RepeatEveryColumn properties for Header.
Fixed: Issues in work of Bolder Editor. Now, you can easily edit parts of the border.
Fixed: Issue with display of reports in Internet Explorer 7 in SharpShooter Report.Web.
SharpShooter Collection™ 5.3.0 (21.06.2011)
SharpShooter Reports™ 5.3.0 (21.06.2011)
New: Table Wizard. The process of the first report creation becomes as simple as ABC. You easily add simple data tables to the reports using Table Wizard.
New: Support for Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework.
New: Advanced Script Browser abilities:
- Ability to search and replace text in all scripts of the document.
- Ability to undo/redo for all windows through the script browser.
- Ability to validate scripts before saving.
- Improved error list integrated with the script browser.
Improved: AdvancedTextBox.
Fixed: The issue with saving when opening a new document in the designer.
Fixed: The issue with bookmarks work when exporting to PDF.
Improved: Designer performance when working with big documents with a lot of objects.
Fixed: The issue with opening reports which include a script started with a double slash comment.
Fixed: Issue with cache handling.
Improved: Pivot Table Wizard.
SharpShooter Collection™ 5.2.0 (29.03.2011)
SharpShooter Reports™ 5.2.0 (29.03.2011)
New: Script browser. Now, you have the ability to view all the scripts on the fly and, thus, have better script navigation.
New: Ability to get total by all nested DataBands. Earlier, it was impossible to get total by all data output from the nested DataBand using the Totals property. Obsolete Aggregates method was used.
New: Printing directly to the printer without opening a control on the form or pressing the button.
New: Report zoom with the mouse wheel and CTRL button.
New: Ability to consider the Document.SnapToGrid property when changing document size with the rule. This feature facilitates setting of the size value.
New: The OwnerForm property is set automatically when placing ReportManager onto the form.
New: Parameters drag&drop in the script editor.
Fixed: Issues with arguments sorting in several series of the StackedBar chart.
Fixed: Issue with negative margin values. If the margin value was negative, the control content was beyond its bounds.
Fixed: ReportDesigner doesn’t handle the issue when the FilePath property is not set in the fileReportSlot slot.
Fixed: Issue with incorrect export of the document containing images to some formats.
Fixed: Issue with code autocompletion in BindingBar in the Ribbon report designer.
Fixed: Minor bugs and shortcomings.
SharpShooter Collection™ 5.1.0 (01.02.2011)
SharpShooter Reports™ 5.1.0 (01.02.2011)
New: Ability to print in landscape mode in SharpShooter Reports.Silverlight.
New: Code autocompletion in script editor.
New: Syntax highlighting for C#, VB.NET and SQL in script editor.
New: Ability to hide/show Total in the pivot table.
Improved: Ribbon report designer interface:
- New user interface icons;
- Fixed minor bugs and shortcomings;
- Improved style editor interface;
- Ability to size the document using the Rule.
Improved: Inner designer forms now have the common style with report designer.
Improved: Reading of bar codes during printing from Web Viewer.
Fixed: Incorrect right-to-left alignment, including flip images in right-to-left flow.
Fixed: Bug with images export to PDF. Large images were exported as separate ones that caused “out of memory” exception. Now, the process of images export becomes less memory consuming.
Fixed: Problem with charts printing in 64 bit OS.
Fixed: Problem with installation of the component with switched on UAC (User Account Control).
Fixed: Problem with incorrect display of lists in RTF after the insertion into AdvancedText.
Fixed: Export of Hebrew and Arabic fonts to PDF format.
Fixed: Underline in PDF export option.
Fixed: Minor bugs and shortcomings.
SharpShooter Collection™5.0.0.0 (22.11.2010)
SharpShooter Reports™ 5.0.0.0 (22.11.2010)
Ribbon Report Designer Interface
- New:Contextual tabs.
- New:Convenient preview during the selection of property values provides the ability to see the result of changes in the element immediately. Preview will be available for Font, FontSize, TextFill, Angle, Fill, Gallery of Styles, SizeMode, Line, Shadow, Label, BackColor and BarColor.
- New:Quick access toolbar, which includes standard controls like save, undo, redo and so on.
New: Silverlight 3.0 and Silverlight 4.0 features are available in one installation package of SharpShooter Reports.
New: Automatic addition of the Detail section into DataBand or GroupBand upon insert of the TextBox.
New: Ability to use hot keys for text formatting: copy, paste, select, zoom and so on.
Improved: If many elements are overlapped, then when you click the overlapping area repeatedly the element with lower z-index will be selected (after the last element is selected the most top element will be selected again).
Improved: Drag&drop in the report designer connected with change of the Parent. If you locate the element in the other container (section), the parent will be changed automatically similar to the change of container in the tree.
Improved: Ability to copy the element during drag&drop. You are able not just drag the element from one position to the other, but copy this element by pressing CTRL.
Improved: Drag&drop from the data source. Now the element is inserted immediately.
Fixed: Incorrect right-to-left alignment, including flip images in right-to-left flow.
Fixed: Issues with message boxes during rendering on the web service.
Fixed: TextBox overflowed in HTML rendering.
Fixed: BackSlash line rendering issue in SharpShooter Reports.Silverlight.
Fixed: StringTrimming issues for ellipsis values.
Fixed: Minor bugs and shortcomings.
SharpShooter Collection™4.4.0.0 (12.08.2010)
SharpShooter Reports™ 4.4.0.0 (12.08.2010)
Improved: Ribbon report designer
- Ability to change the size of group of elements;
- Selection of all objects with the same style;
- Ability to save the style of the selected object;
- Tab section to set page layout (margins, size and orientation).
New: Context menu in report designer and document tree. Now all the frequently used functionality of elements and group of elements is available via context menu items.
Improved: Report designer user interface.
Fixed: Minor fixes of CSV export filter.
Fixed: Minor fixes of PDF export filter.
SharpShooter Collection™4.3.0.0 (14.07.2010)
SharpShooter Reports™ 4.3.0.0 (14.07.2010)
New: Optional designer with ribbon user interface
New: Uniform size mode for image resizing – saving aspect ratio
Fixed: Document rendering process logic
Fixed: Invalid links disabling in exported documents
Fixed: Minor report designer user interface improvements
SharpShooter Collection™4.2.0.0 (17.06.2010)
SharpShooter Reports™ 4.2.0.0 (17.06.2010)
New PDF export filter:
- New: Support for document bookmarks export.
- New: Support for encryption and document security.
- New: Ability to set the image quality.
- New: Support for custom characters.
- New: Support for the extended characters.
- New: Support for the TextBox.StringTrimming property.
- Fixed: Problems with display of hieroglyphs and Arabic symbols.
Improved: SharpShooter Reports report rendering performance.
Improved: Document tree drag&drop functionality.
Fixed: Memory leak at some conditions during the work with the component.
Fixed: Work of the Aggregation function on a page.
Fixed: Pivot Table rendering issues.
Fixed: Minor bugs and shortcomings.
SharpShooter Collection™4.0.3.5 (12.10.2009)
SharpShooter Reports™ 4.0.3.5 (12.10.2009)
Improved: Display of the document, exported to HTML, in MS Office.
Fixed: Problem with the memory leak during the opening of Report Viewer.
Fixed: Bug with the output of the Picture element with empty picture.
Fixed: Bug with the use of the Round function with the additional parameters which define number of significant fractional digits.
Fixed: Bug with ReSharper during the product installation.
Fixed: Error during the set of the ContextMenu property in ReportViewer.
SharpShooter Collection™4.0.3.0 (02.06.2009)
SharpShooter Reports™ 4.0.3.0 (02.06.2009)
Report designer usability is improved
Removed: The Alignment dialog.
New: Ability to edit document tree using Drag&Drop function.
New: Support for the resolutions other than 96dpi when document is exported.
Improved: The RtfText element; now the Rich Edit 4.1 component is used for its implementation.
SharpShooter Collection™ 4.0.1.0 (02.04.2009)
SharpShooter Reports™ 4.0.1.0 (02.04.2009)
New: Support for the right to left text writing in the PDF Export Filter.
New: IntelliSense for scripts binding in Toolbar.
New: Ability to change standard adapters with the custom ones in the export filters.
New: The PlaceInBottom property of the Footer section. This property allows the location of Footer always at the bottom of the page.
Fixed: Excel export filter. Now the cell size remains invariable during the export to Excel.
Fixed: Execution of Page.GenerateScript more than once.
Fixed: Page breaking in AdvacncedText.
Fixed: Pages visibility in sub reports.
Fixed: Symbols size in PDF Export Filter.
Fixed: Visible property in the PivotTable element.
SharpShooter Reports.Silverlight™ 4.0.1.0 (02.04.2009)
New: Ability to save data to the set folder.
SharpShooter Collection™ 4.0.0.0 (26.03.2009)
SharpShooter Reports™ 4.0.0.0 (26.03.2009)
New: SharpShooter Reports.Silverlight
SharpShooter Collection™ 3.9.0.0 (13.02.2009)
SharpShooter Reports™ 3.9.0.0 (13.02.2009)
New: 90 new gauges and 180 new charts are available to visualize report data;
New: Ability to get data source field value through the GroupBand element;
New:Complete functionality required to design custom report designer became public;
New: Support for LINQ to SQL queries as a data source;
Fixed: Location of the text in the AdvancedText element;
Fixed: Text paging in the AdvancedText element;
Fixed: Bug in the aggregate collection editor;
Fixed: Picture zooming when exported to HTML;
Fixed: Display of print dialog on 64 bit operating systems;
Fixed: Display of Header section on every page(RepeatEveryPage = true);
Fixed: Exporting documents with high resolution pictures to RTF;
Fixed: Setting of a picture quality when document is exported to RTF;
Fixed: SideBySide sections visibility;
Fixed: Extra pages between two pivot tables in the report;
Fixed: Label in the Code39 Extended Bar code;
Fixed: Incorrect displaying of the underlined text in the PDF documents;
Fixed: NewPageaBefore and NewPageAfter properties for the subReport element;
Fixed: Error handling when ReportSlot state doesn’t allow storage of the document;
Fixed: Compression of the PDF document;
Fixed: Compatibility of the report web viewer toolbox with Mozilla Firefox;
Fixed: Work of the report web viewer component with AJAX;
Fixed: Reciprocal output order for PageHeader, PageFooter;
Fixed: Japan postal Bar Code;
Fixed: Passing DataBand record number to sub-report;
Fixed: Passing report parameters from sub-report to master report;
Fixed: Sorting in the DataBand component;
Fixed: Pictures export to RTF.
SharpShooter Charts™ 3.9.0.0 (13.02.2009)
New: Ability to set background image and fill for Bar charts;
New: Ability to add new chart element directly into the chart tree view;
New: 180 new charts designed in 10 new styles;
Improved: SharpShooter Charts Samples Center and Wizard include newly designed charts.
SharpShooter Gauges™ 3.9.0.0 (13.02.2009)
Fixed: Setting of the slider step;
New: Ability to add push buttons to the gauge;
New: Ability to add new gauge elements directly into the gauge tree view;
New: 90 new gauges designed in 10 styles;
Improved: SharpShooter Gauges Samples Center and Wizard include newly designed gauges.
SharpShooter Collection™ 3.8 (28.04.2008)
New: Support for Visual Studio 2008. You will able to use all products included in the SharpShooter Collection™, if you decide to upgrade to the most advanced and effective Microsoft tools.
New:SharpShooter Reports™ features new QR Barcode that is very popular in Japan.
Improved: SharpShooter Reports™ features master style support. Now, styles specified in the master report are available in sub reports, they can be assigned to any report element. This new feature will reduce time required for templates development, since there will be no need to duplicate styles. At the same time master reports and sub reports will have unified style and this will make your reporting system more professional.
Improved: SharpShooter Gauges™ and SharpShooter Charts™ sample centers are amplified. New charts and instruments using new attractive styles are added.
Improved:Updated user interface in all designers and viewers. New icons on the toolbars will make your application even more professional.
Improved:SharpShooter OLAP™ features highlighting of insert area, where a field can be placed.
Improved:Localization to basic languages is complete.
Fixed:Minor errors and bugs are fixed.
SharpShooter Collection™ 3.7 (12.03.2007)
SharpShooter Reports™ 3.7 (12.03.2007)
New: Integrated SQL and XML data sources support. The connection string and query text are specified for SQL data source. XML data source support is based on XML file and XPath format query. End user can edit data sources directly in the report designer.
Improved: XPS export is fully integrated in WebViewer. Just place XpsExportFilter on the page and the export option will be automatically available for users.
Improved: A lot of modifications in charts and gauges (3D effects, rich library of templates, new frame types, enhanced palette) allows you to represent the report data in a more attractive form.
SharpShooter Charts™ 3.7 (12.03.2007)
New: Imitation of 3D effects on chart series elements in PieSeriesView, PointSeriesView and BarSeriesView.
New: Option for BarSeriesView design change allows the display of elements with rounded corners;
New: Ability to display custom image in the BarSeriesView columns;
New: Mechanism for bevels setting makes the process of unique charts development less time consuming;
New: Bevels types: ellipse, standard (rectangular) and custom (rectangular bevel with possibility of any parameter customization);
New: Color shade palettes. Already existed palettes were extended. Now you can create bright and colorful charts and diagrams which address the most sophisticated requirements;
Redesigned: Templates library. Now, charts and diagrams, created on the basis of new templates, will advantageously distinguish with their attractive appearance.
SharpShooter Gauges™ 3.7 (12.03.2007)
New: DigitalText instrument element. This element is intended for the display of text and numbers using LED markers;
New: Mechanism for bevels setting makes the process of unique instruments development less time consuming;
Redesigned: Templates library. Now, instruments, created on the basis of new templates, will advantageously distinguish with their attractive appearance;
Improved: Custom functions are available in the visual expressions editor. By setting your own function for instruments creation you will save your time and efforts.
SharpShooter OLAP™ 3.7 (03.11.2007)
New: Cube layout allows you to specify headline, header and footer printed out and taken into account when the document is exported to Excel, Html and Pdf formats. Headers and footers are edited in the wizard available for both developers and end users.
Improved: User functions are available now in the visual expressions editor.
SharpShooter Collection™ 3.6
New: Support for smart tags functionality provides access to the SharpShooter Collection components’ common properties in a smart tag window, invoked by a mouse pointer.
SharpShooter Reports™ 3.6 (10.10.2007)
New: Report Manager editor makes reports design process much easier and faster: a double click on the ReportManager component invokes a special editor that allows editing collections of reports and data sources.
New: Smart tags functionality in the Report Viewer allows you to quickly and easily access any Viewer properties in the smart tags window, thus to adjust Viewer much quicker.
New: XPS (XML Paper Specification) export filter provides the ideal tool for data storing, displaying and publishing. It is intended to display a document in the same way across the machines independently from the software installed.
New: Support for PDF417 2D barcode that is irreplaceable for the applications where the data must travel with the labeled item. It can store up to 1,800 printable ASCII characters per symbol and can be used for hazardous materials labeling, storing technical specifications and calibration data on electronic instruments.
Improved: Export to PDF is considerable improved. Now your PDF documents become dramatically smaller due to the files compression.
Improved: Error handling (exception handling) becomes much easier with SharpShooter Reports™ 3.6.
SharpShooter Charts™ 3.6 and SharpShooter OLAP™ 3.6 (10.10.2007)
Improved: Tighter integration of SharpShooter OLAP and SharpShooter Charts provides the ability to dynamically represent OLAP data as feature-rich charts. No need to adjust components to each other or write sophisticated code. Just place Chart Viewer on the form the DataCubeGrid is located on, few mouse clicks and your data is transformed into useful and meaningful information.
SharpShooter OLAP™ 3.6 (10.10.2007)
Improved: Export to PDF is considerable improved. Now your PDF documents become dramatically smaller due to the files compression.
SharpShooter Collection™ 3.5.1.2 (12.09.2007)
Fixed: Problem with design-time components licensing appeared on Windows Vista x64.
Fixed: Some other slight problems with licensing.
SharpShooter Collection™ 3.5
New: The localization of the Sample Center allows the developer to examine the example in the chosen language.
SharpShooter Reports™ 3.5 (25.07.2007)
Updated: Demo application. All the examples are placed in a single Sample Center. The examples were redesigned.
New: Ability to add StrikeOut in the TextBox.
Fixed: Bug in the GrowToBottom property in AdvancedText.
Fixed: Bug in page break of the pivot table.
Fixed: Bug in TextBox.
Fixed: Bug in DataBand with empty data source.
SharpShooter Charts™ 3.5 (25.07.2007)
New: A Web Forms viewer allows the developers to display charts and graphs in ASP.NET applications.
SharpShooter Collection™ 3.0
New: Pure .NET 2.0 component.
Improved: Visual Interface. Automatic layout of localized interface elements allows the correct displaying and positioning of these elements in the property grid and on the toolbar.
SharpShooter Reports™ 3.0 (17.05.2007)
New: Designer. All text properties can be easily changed from the associated toolbar buttons. Expressions toolbar provides a more convenient way of assigning expressions for a selected element property. Fill editor helps developer set fill of a selected control. The following fill types are available: solid, gradient, multigradient, spherical, hatch, and conical.
New: Syntax editor. New syntax editor is similar to those in Visual Studio.Net. It provides the code completion and syntax highlighting features.
Improved: Report viewer.
Improved: Mechanism of data grouping. It is possible to sort groups and their elements. Master-Detail reports are designed the same way as Group reports are created.
Improved: DataBand functionality. It is possible to perform filtering and sorting of the displayed data.
Improved: Mechanism of working with aggregate functions. A wide range of aggregate functions is available: sum, minimum, maximum, average, standard deviation, estimate of standard deviation, variance, estimate of variance, median, skewness, and kurtosis. Group totals are calculated automatically. It is possible to calculate running totals and totals by page.
SharpShooter Gauges™ 3.0 and SharpShooter Charts™ 3.0 (17.05.2007)
New: Designer. It is possible to easily manage elements’ visibility, smoothness, define if the element is active or not, change elements’ style, font and size if applicable from the designer toolbar. Fill editor can also be invoked by clicking an appropriate button. The following fill types are available: solid, gradient, multigradient, spherical, hatch, and conical. You can also set a line style including line width, color, type, etc.
SharpShooter Collection™ 2.3
SharpShooter Reports™ 2.3 (24.01.2007)
Improved: The SharpWebViewer component: it is possible to set the custom method of the temporary storage of a generated document on the server side.
Improved: HTML export filter: the direction of the text (left to right, right to left) is saved at the document export.
Fixed: Bug in the RTF export filter: it is possible to set image alignment and bounds while exporting an image; adequate output of the last page at the document export.
Fixed: Bug in the PDF export filter.
Fixed: Bug in the PivotTable element designer.
SharpShooter OLAP™ 2.3 (24.01.2007)
New: The $Value variable provides access to the source data records and not just to their fields.
New: The ProfessionalPainter style.
Fixed: Bug in the data source setting designer occurred while working with the .NET Framework 2.0.
Fixed: Bugs in the work with date functions.
SharpShooter Gauges™ 2.3 (24.01.2007)
New: The UseRoundValues property allows the display of round values on the axis and in the grid in the most convenient manner.
SharpShooter Charts™ 2.3 (24.01.2007)
New: Ability to create multicolumn legend.
Improved: The Qualitative ScaleType property speeds up the process of charts generation.
New: The UseRoundValues property allow displaying of round values on the axis and in the grid according to the integral values on the axis.
New: The $Value variable provides access to the source data records and not just to their fields.
New: Nonstandard series types allow displaying of charts data in the form of spectrum analyzers, thermometers or tanks located along the scale.
Fixed: Bug in the Alignment property of the Title element.
Fixed: The CustomPalette bug.
Fixed: Bug in decimal data type setting.
Fixed: Bug in the data source setting designer occurred while working with the .NET Framework 2.0.
SharpShooter Collection™ 2.1
SharpShooter Reports™ 2.1 (13.10.2006)
New: Built-in component for charts and graphs creation.
New: Built-in component for creating digital dashboards and KPIs.
New: New capabilities for WMF/EMF pictures drawing.
Fixed: Bugs in the Spanish and Turkish localization files.
SharpShooter OLAP™ 2.1 (10.13.2006)
New: Compatibility with SharpShooter Charts™ that allows developers to represent calculated in the OLAP cube data as charts and graphs.
SharpShooter Gauges™ 2.1 (10.13.2006)
New: High-level elements: RangedLevel, LinearLevel, Tank, ScaleTitle, ScaleMarks, Hightlight, Gear.
New: A Unified Samples Browser.
New: The ConicalFill fill type.
Improved: Scale architecture:
- It is possible to perform an automatic layout of such scale elements as ticks and labels taking into account the specified values, font, size etc.
- MimLimit and MaxLimit properties that can be assigned both in absolute and relative values. It is possible to assign the Auto value.
- The Origin property allowing a developer to assign a reference point manually taking into account the step.
- The Step property which makes it possible to specify the interval value between divisions. When the Auto value is specified for the Step property the interval is defined subject to the number of divisions on the scale.
Improved: The Labels element.
- The Fill and Stroke properties which are used for background and frame drawing can be used now for each single label.
- The Position property allows labels alignment
- The OddLabelDistance property provides space-saving layout of labels due to the shift of odd labels in relation to even ones.
- The CustomLabels element has been amplified with the Value property allowing exact positioning of each label on the scale. This new property can be assigned in absolute or relative values or take the Auto value.
Improved: Instruments designer interface. It provides access to any properties of the visual element with a mouse clicks. Elements under the mouse pointer are automatically highlighted.
SharpShooter Collection™ 2.0 (04.04.2006)
SharpShooter Reports™ 2.0.4 (06.19.2006)
New: Import from Active Reports.
Fixed: Problem of the Designer property grid compatibility with Visual Studio 2005.
Fixed: Problem of the Image Editor compatibility with Visual Studio 2005.
Fixed: Bugs in the Excel (XML) export.
Fixed: Bugs with the use of MasterReport and sub-reports functionality: now when a template is rendered from several pages, a final document is paged.
SharpShooter Reports™ 2.0.3 (06.07.2006)
New: Ability to export reports with pictures to multi-page TIFF format.
Improved: HTML export filter: it is possible to set fixed table size.
Fixed: Bug in expressions: the priority of operations is taken into account now.
Fixed: Bug in the RTF export filter concerning cells size.
Fixed: Bug in Advanced Text export to PDF format.
Fixed: Bug in the WebViewer component: two Web Viewer components can be used now on a single page.
Fixed: Bug in the WebViewer component: parameters can be used now in the query string.
Fixed: Bug in the Advanced Text rendering.
SharpShooter Reports™ 2.0 (04.04.2006)
New: The Master Report concept. Having the functionality similar to Master Page in ASP.NET 2.0, this Master Report concept allows developers to create of a single master form which appearance adheres to corporate standards, and then use it in further report designs.
New: Parameterized reports.
New: Parameterized sub-reports.
New: New rendering concept - the SideBySide band that allows placing separate report parts in parallel with horizontal shift.
New: Integrated OLAP component.
New: The Report Manager component intended for managing a set of report templates.
Improved: System of reports serialization.
Updated: The Web Viewer component. It includes a modified Toolbar. Search option and settings of reports exporting and printing are added.
Updated: The base of utilization examples.
SharpShooter OLAP™ 2.0.1 (07.18.2006)
New: More then 30 new styles performed in various palettes.
Improved: Filter setting dialog.
SharpShooter OLAP™ 2.0 (05.22.2006)
New: Calculations can be carried out in a standalone thread without «freezing» application’s user interface.
New: Possibility to manage calculations manually; a developer can deactivate automatic calculating and recalculate the pivot table according to the user’s demands. It is possible to specify a set of filters and then to recalculate a pivot table.
New: Interactive grouping of values.
New: Sorting by total.
New: Possibility to acquire a set of source data used for any pivot table cell calculation and to analyze and edit these data.
New: PDF export filter.
New: A unified sample browser.
Updated: The built-in expression language. The new functions for work with dates and strings are added.
Updated: Rearranged library core increases calculation speed and decreases short-term memory usage.
Updated: The list of localizations. It contains now Romanian, Thai, Danish, Czech, German, Turkish, Portuguese, Italian and Russian localizations.
Updated: Excel export filter. Total values are exported now as cells with number format.
Fixed: Bug with the use of the data source that contains the Null value in a field of the DateTime type.
SharpShooter OLAP™ 1.7 (04.07.2006)
New: Support for nested data sources.
New: Ability to edit styles at run time.
Improved: Expression editor. It provides a convenient visual interface for writing expressions using all available expression language constructions and elements, as well as data source fields.
SharpShooter OLAP™ 1.6 (04.01.2006)
New: The DataCubeGrid.ActiveCell that allows a user to get the information on active table cells.
New: Ability to dynamically change the cell style subject to data contained in it.
New: Ability to draw a grid cell manually.
Fixed: The behavior of the DataCubeGrid control. Now the DataCubeGrid control placed on the TabControl in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 works properly.
SharpShooter Gauges™ 1.6 (04.01.2006)
Improved: Expression editor. It provides now a convenient visual interface for writing expressions using all available expression language constructions and elements, as well as data source fields, while viewing and editing.