Release History

Progress® Telerik® Reporting 2024 Q2 (18.1.24.514)

May 15, 2024

The target .NET Framework for Telerik Reporting assemblies is changed from 4.0 to 4.6.2

NEW

• All the Telerik Reporting assemblies and examples distributed in the product folder and NuGet packages now target .NET Framework 4.6.2.

Note for an upcoming change

NEW

• The 2024 Q3 release will be the last one supporting .NET 7 applications. The following 2024 Q4 version will support applications targeting .NET 6, .NET 8, .NET 9, and .NET Framework 4.6.2+.

New SQL Query builder added to Web Report Designer

NEW

• The Web Report Designer now has a built-in Query Builder. The editor provides a convenient way to compose and preview complex SQL statements while configuring the SQL Data Source components of your report.

What's Improved

NEW

• Text rendering performance is now improved when using Skia graphics engine.
• The performance of report processing and rendering in PDF format is improved.
• CSharp .NET example projects are now preconfigured to support Docker deployment.
• Angular Native Report Viewer now shows more informative error messages when a parameter is missing or invalid.
• Drag-and-drop operations are now optimized in Web Report Designer.
• The performance of the "live preview" components on the designer surface is now improved in Web Report Designer.
• Visual Studio 2022 Blazor Web App template is now supported in all configuration scenarios.
• Native Blazor Report Viewer now exposes events for rendering and exporting operations.
• The Font Name editor in Web Report Designer now lists the private fonts configured for the web application.

Web Service Data Source

FIXED

• WebServiceDataSource wizard does not use the design-time value of its parameters.

Standalone Report Designer

FIXED

• StyleName property is present twice for TocSection.

Standalone Report Designer for .NET 8 and above

FIXED

• Exception "A generic error occurred in GDI+." is thrown when using a JPEG image in a CheckBox item.
• Error "No data is available for encoding 57011" is shown when WebServiceDataSource has specific DataEncoding "ISCII Punjabi".
• Error "Unable to cast object of type 'Telerik.Reporting.Design.ReportParameterComponentWrapper' to type 'Telerik.Reporting.ReportParameter'" is shown when opening the expression editor through a report parameter's Value property.

Web Designer

FIXED

• The property names in Web Report Designer's Property grid are not localized.
• Wrong selection and visual representation on the design surface after adding gauge or graph item in a table header.
• Wizards' properties have no tooltip descriptions.
• Cannot invoke the context menu without resizing Explorer tree area when the report item name is longer.
• Resizing the report's width does not change the report's "modified" state.
• Table column selection is lost on design surface after a column is moved.
• Selection is lost when more than two columns are selected and table context menu is invoked.
• The SelectCommand and ConnectionString editors of SqlDataSource component invoke an Expression Editor dialog instead of a TextArea dialog.
• Table columns cannot be moved after the layout is rotated.
• Columns cannot be moved for crosstabs with static column groups.
• "Execute Query" in SqlDataSource wizard throws a PostgreSQL error when the query contains non-string parameters.

Installation

FIXED

• Web Report Designer Kendo widgets JavaScript bundle is not distributed in the installation folder.

Processing

FIXED

• Skia graphics engine throws a DocumentRenderException when rendering a graph with tiny data points using polar coordinate system.
• Remediated unsafe deserialization vulnerability (CVE-2024-4200).

Rendering

FIXED

• "System.InvalidOperationException: Operations that change non-concurrent collections must have exclusive access" when using private fonts and Skia graphics engine.

Excel Rendering

FIXED

• Multiple font substitution lines when exporting to Excel using Skia graphics engine.

PDF Rendering

FIXED

• Application crashes when using private fonts with Skia under Linux.
• Resolving OpenType fonts throws a non-descriptive error.
• Repeating images cause poor performance when using Skia graphics engine.
• Installed font is not correctly resolved when its name contains Bold style when using Skia under Linux.
• Font-weight is bigger when the font is "Light" when using Skia graphics engine.

WebAPI

FIXED

• Remediated unsafe instantiation vulnerability (CVE-2024-4202).

Native Angular Report Viewer

FIXED

• ViewMode and ScaleMode are not persisted when persistSession is true.
• The PrintPreview & InteractiveView icons are swapped.
• The buttons for navigating in the viewer history have incorrect state when navigating back.
• Refresh report operation adds a history record.
• Missing value for string parameter leads to infinite loading.
• Year cannot be typed in a DateTimeParameter editor.
• Incorrect message when the REST service is inaccessible.
• Pages navigation is disabled until all pages are loaded.
• Search is not scrolling to the first search result.

Visual Studio Code Integration

FIXED

• Telerik Reporting Schematics does not detect automatically if the project is standalone when generating Angular Native Report Viewer component.

Product Dependencies