GRD 2.50 new features
This publication includes information about new features and changes in existing functionality.
These changes and enhancements are relevant to this publication.
| Overview | Reference |
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| Tables support. | See Working with tables |
| Pivot tables support. | See Working with pivot tables. |
| PDF enhancements. Improved PDF output, to include better memory consumption, use of the PDF referencing mechanism to improve Page M of N processing, share recurring images and CID keyed fonts support. | No further reference. |
| Null value support. | See The String Class and The Numeric Class, Conditional Expressions. |
| Improved trigger updates. Algorithm improved to remove the need for frequent manual adjustments for each change within the data schema (rdd) file. | See Triggers. |
| QR code barcode support. | See qr-code. |
| Display position of footers. Layout nodes designated as footers display at the bottom of the Mini Page, providing a WYSIWYG experience for the report designer. | See Add headers and footers to a report. |
| Element creation by context. Create elements based on the document context in the report design. The object type created for a field is determined by the location in the document. | See Adding data values and captions. |
| Splitting of oversized elements across pages to prevent overfill. | See splitOversizedItem (Split Oversized Items). |
| Rotation of items. When the Transform transparently property is set on a parent, its children map their orientation based on the parent's parent orientation rather than the parent. | See Transform transparently (transformTransparently). |
| Support for reverse side printing. | See Specify a different reverse side page. |
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Chart sorting. For MapCharts and CategoryCharts, the sortBy property allows you to specify how the data is sorted: alphabetic, numeric, or by order of declaration of the chart items. The sortAscending property allows you to sort in ascending or descending order. |
See sortBy (Sort By) and sortAscending (Sort Ascending). |
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Fallback image support when the requested image for an Image Box is not found. |
See Image Box. |
| Edit triggers with a Repeat selected items on menu option in the context menu in the Report Structure view, allowing you to select a trigger to be the parent of a document node. | See Place a trigger within the report structure. |
| Class property added for report elements. | See class (Class). |
| Display and modify the sizing policy of containers. | See Modify the sizing policy of containers. |
| The fidelity property has been added to business charts and the pivot table, applied only when the object in question is drawn as a table. | See Business Graphs. |
| The layout direction of a parent container is highlighted in the Genero Report Designer by the addition of a dashed, slowly moving, U-shaped yellow border. | See layoutDirection (Layout Direction). |
| Preference added to control the appearance of RTL expressions in the document view. | See Report Writer preferences. |
| Added options to facilitate the mass generation of images that are sized by their content (e.g. for web sites). | See fgl_report_setImageUsePageNamesAsFileNames and fgl_report_setImageShrinkImagesToPageContent. |