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New Combit Reporting Tool Release Supports .NET 9
Combit today announced a new release of its reporting tool for software development that comes with support for the upcoming .NET 9.
The List & Label reporting tool by combit [it doesn't capitalize its name] allows developers to integrate advanced reporting, printing and exporting capabilities into their applications for web, cloud and desktop environments with minimal code.
The company on Oct. 18 released List & Label 30. The versioning is a coincidence because the company's 30th offering follows combit being a multiple winner in the 30th annual Visual Studio Magazine Reader's Choice Awards. A frequent winner in the three-decade series of surveys, the company this year took gold in the "Reporting, Analysis, and Visualization" category, and silver in the "Charts, Gauges, Graph, and Flow" category.
Jochen Bartlau, managing director and head of development at List & Label, said: "With the 30th version of List & Label, we look back on three successful decades. Since the beginning, we have made it our mission to provide developers with powerful tools to make their projects more efficient and flexible. Version 30 continues this tradition in the cloud and on the web. With the new features, developers are well-equipped to successfully meet future challenges in modern environments."
In addition to the support for .NET 9, which is debuting in a few weeks, other highlights of the release include a new drilldown feature in the Web Report Designer that lets users easily analyze complex data structures in their browser. With just one click, they can access detailed information without needing extra data queries, making data analysis simpler.
[Click on image for larger view.] Drilldown Function in the Web Report Designer (source: combit).
Another new feature allows fonts to be embedded in project files, ensuring correct display of CI-compliant fonts across all environments, including cloud and Docker, without needing extra configuration.
List & Label 30 also introduces time zone functionality for server-based reporting, allowing developers to set different time zones for clients and databases. This ensures accurate timestamps and data processing in global, distributed systems.
Other highlights were also detailed, and all of them were displayed in an easily digestible bullet-point presentation:
Web & Cloud
- New drilldown feature with linking via report parameters or relations
- Accessible on the web: VPAT for Section 508 compliance
Reports
- Embedded fonts in project files
- New "apply immediately" property for report parameters
- New barcode: Design-QR-Code
- Optional rendering of SVG files as vectors
- New dialog for editing the repository
.NET
- Support for .NET 9
- New timezone functionality for server-based reporting
- New Azure SQL data provider
- New "NamespacePrefix" property for JSON and CouchDB data sources
FireDAC Component
- “Export” method for silent exports without user interaction
- Simplified project localization thanks to new dictionary support
- Customization of the report designer to individual needs with TDesignerWorkspace
Report Server
- Email sending per data record for serial mail in document printing
- Duplication of connection strings
- Embedding fonts in project files
- Design-QR-Code
- New prefix field for CouchDB data sources
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