Changes and Improvements

Ability to sort groups by summary was added. To sort the group by its summary in the GroupHeaderBand three new properties were added. These are SummarySortDirection used for sorting direction by summary; SummaryExpression is an expression for the summary, SummaryType a function type of calculating summary.

When first running the report designer, it can be difficult for a developer to understand all the properties of the components in the properties panel. To simplify this task, the configuration in the properties panel was added. There are three configurations: basic, standard, and professional. Depending on the configuration, the amount of visible properties of components is changed.

The new version provides two new data adapters. The first adapter is designed for dot Connect Universal provider. The adapter is available on the Downloads page of our web-site. The second adapter is designed for accessing MS Access database. The adapter is built into the report engine and can be used without additional configuration.

The new tool Import.Rtf provides the ability to import files in RTF (Rich Text Format) into an internal *.mrt format of Stimulsoft Reports.

Five new themes for the UI are added to our products for WinForms and four new themes for Silverlight. Themes are not only colors but also functional performance.

In Reports.Silverlight the Chart component is implemented. It allows displaying graphs in reports. It supports various types of diagrams.

In previous versions of our product it was not possible to use data from business objects when creating charts. This lack of functionality was corrected in the new version. Data from business objects can be used along with data from data sources.

The previous version of the report viewer for Silverlight supported printing only via exporting a report to the Adobe PDF format and then a report could be printed from the Adobe Acrobat Reader. The new version of the report viewer now supports printing using built-in Silverlight facility. This extension allows printing the report without using Adobe PDF format. Old and new printing methods are available from the drop down menu when clicking the Print button.

Prices and Special Christmas Rates

Obtaining a license for Stimulsoft Reports grants a one year subscription program that allows developers to get free product updates, upgrades and fixes, major and minor releases as well as timely technical support. Stimulsoft Reports does not require royalties at runtime and design time.

Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate is a reporting tool that includes all software of Stimulsoft Reports product line. This proposal is very advantageous to buy, because the price of it starts from $1199.95 but the product includes 4 products with the total price of almost $2400. In addition you get 4 software products for 4 different technologies: .NET, Silverlight, WPF, and ASP.NET.

When purchasing the software, the user gets the right to obtain technical support and free minor and major versions for the period of one year.

Stimulsoft Company has special Christmas and New Year offers to their customers. Users can upgrade their current license to the appropriate license of Stimulsoft Reports.Ultimate with 33% discount, also to update the Subscription Program and obtain additional 12 months of Subscription as a gift. For new users there is a proposal to buy any reporting tool and get a 24-month subscription program instead of the standard 12 months. Detailed description of the offers can be found at http://www.stimulsoft.com/ShowNews.aspx?id=1630

Links:

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Download link: http://www.stimulsoft.com/Downloads.aspx
Company website: http://www.stimulsoft.com/Home.aspx

Company:

Stimusoft Company is a leading provider of development tools and components to generate reports. The main principle of the company is creating the most user-friendly software products based on extensive experience in building reports and ongoing contact with users, which is based on analysis of their wishes and requirements.