ActiveReports 6 contains many new features that enhance the reporting capabilities already praised by developers in previous versions of ActiveReports.
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What's new in the ActiveReports 6 Service Pack 3?
Underscore Support
You can use the underscore character in the OutputFormat property to add the white space after the character specified in the Value property. For example, using the underscore character adds the white space for a closing parenthesis in a positive number format while the negative number format includes parentheses. This way both positive and negative values are lined up at the decimal point.
Learn More | OutputFormat Property
TextBox Date Values Export Support in Excel
A date value of the TextBox control is exported to Excel as a date if the Value property is set to a supported date type and the OutputFormat property is set to a valid value.
Learn More | OutputFormat Property
New Encoding Property
The new Encoding property of QRCode allows you to change the text encoding that QRCode uses. The default value is Encoding.GetEncoding(932). You can set this property at design time or in code.
Learn More | Encoding Property
New LabelDistanceFactor Property
The new LabelDistanceFactor property of the DataDynamics.ActiveReports.Chart.Marker class allows you to specify the distance of the Marker label from the chart. The default value is 1, which defines the original distance. If you set the value to 5, the distance is calculated by multiplying 5 times the original value.
This property is provided for the Doughnut/Doughnut3D chart type only.
Learn More | Chart Types | LabelDistanceFactor Property
New DateTimeUnit Enumeration
The new DateTimeUnit enumeration defines a DateTime unit for the DateTime axis. The default value is Auto and it calculates the DateTime unit automatically, based on the data source. The other DateTimeUnit values are Day, Hour, Millisecond, Minute, Month, Second and Year. You can set the DateTime unit under Axis properties of the Chart Designer or in code in the DateTimeUnit property.
Learn More | DateTimeUnit Enumeration | DateTimeUnit Property
Shortcuts in Thumbnails
You can use shortcuts in the Thumbnails pane of the Windows Form Viewer sidebar, the Flash Viewer sidebar and the Silverlight Viewer sidebar. The shortcuts include Up, Down, Left, Right, Page Up, Page Down, Home and End keyboard shortcuts.
Learn More | Flash Viewer Hot Keys and Shortcuts | Silverlight Viewer Hot Keys and Shortcuts