Changelog

Fixed

• Replaced old-style signal/slot connections in many places
• Internal engine fixes and algorithm security fixes
• Version number is now defined in one location (info.h)
• Polish translation update
• Occasionally wrong page count in two-pass mode
• The Designer’s internal data mappers in settings dialogs were replaced with a custom solution for full macOS compatibility
• macOS deployment script

Added

• Preview dialog improvements (T112)
• Optional Zint temp file path (#116)
• Logo update
• Optional custom XML attributes in the Designer (#113)

Fixed

• Preview dialog fixes (T112)
• Label item translated labels (#115)
• Group page break (#117)
• Rounded rectangle item (#120)
• Save dialog on Debian Linux
• Test pass page end registration location (#116)
• Designer sub-window selection
• Minor file strategy update (#121)
• Designer message boxes did not work properly in some places (#122)

Added

• Updated old form classes in the Designer (T103)
• The Designer supports WASM mode, with new dialog management (T103)
• Dynamic report name for PDF (T110)
• Dynamic output base file name for PDF (T110)
• Markdown support in text document mode (T108)

Fixed

• Table item resolution (T111)
• Barcode generator temp file mode file path (T109)
• HTML text rendering in the old preview function (T107)
• Reports with grouping sometimes crashed the application (T106)
• Designer: private SQL connection was not saved on macOS (T105)
• Designer: item alignment issue when a line is included (T102)
• Other minor fixes and improvements

Added

• Data formatting callback function (#100)

Fixed

• Label printing bug (#101)
• Text item alignment problem (#99)
• HTML text rendering in the old preview (#98)
• A semicolon caused an issue in SQL queries (#97)
• Crash in the section director (#96)
• JS script fix and other fixes (#95)
• Other minor fixes

Added

• New preview system and preview dialog
• Barcode alignment
• Build configuration updates (config.pri)
• Demos are no longer compiled by default

Fixed

• Minor internal fixes

Added

• Printer full-page mode can be set in the report

Fixed

• Documentation paragraph issues
• Minor performance improvement (section director management)
• Demos turned off in the default build
• Warning message removed for missing dynamic image files
• Other minor internal fixes

Fixed

• File descriptor leak in barcode rendering
• Designer: unsaved position change of report items

Added

• Smaller differences in the XML structure when the Designer saves a report template
• Improved PDF metadata options (title, XMP metadata)
• The JS engine is now the default script engine

Fixed

• Elided text mode now works correctly in high-resolution outputs
• QJS script engine limitations removed, evaluation function fixed
• Label/Field text options dialog
• Zint library: avoid a crash when the barcode color changes
• Other internal fixes

Added

• Optional Zint file mode, enabling Zint in special embedded environments (ARM systems)
• Designer: renewed “open report from database” feature
• Elide mode for labels and fields
• Optional use of the old printer output class for special printers (Qt 5 only)

Fixed

• Script expression evaluator in JSScript mode
• JSScript “print when” conditions
• Internal code fixes

Added

• Designer: selection markers are now circles
• Rotated text alignment support
• Correct handling of vertical texts

Fixed

• Rotated text positioning
• File name evaluation
• Qt 6 compatibility fixes
• Other minor fixes

Added

• Designer: default database connections

Fixed

• Text/label font size differences between outputs: preview and Designer are now much closer to the PDF output
• SQL syntax highlighting
• Other fixes

Added

• Barcode item: three Zint options for special barcode features
• Updated documentation (NCReportBook.pdf)
• All qDebug() calls are now wrapped in NCREPORT_DEBUG_OUTPUT

Fixed

• Updated graphics based on the old logo
• Other internal fixes

Added

• iOS compatibility improvements

Fixed

• Other minor internal fixes

Added

• Larger QR code support
• Custom QPrinter configuration with the customizePrinter(QPrinter*) signal

Fixed

• Zint fixes
• Document name when printing
• Other fixes

Added

• Field: zero-value substitution string
• Programmable font size factor for the preview output (API)
• The Designer no longer produces unnecessary differences when saving a generated XML report template

Fixed

• Conditional formatting when using QJSEngine
• Print preview form font size on macOS
• Zint library with the VC2015 compiler
• Zint MSVC compiler issue
• Other internal fixes

Fixed

• Zint library compiler errors
• Other minor fixes

Added

• Zint library 2.12.0, used as a shared library back end
• Latest Zint barcode symbology support
• Native or fast barcode rendering mode

Fixed

• Additional Qt 4 compatibility fixes
• NCReportSection is now a plain class
• Other minor fixes

Fixed

• Qt 4 compatibility fixes
• SVG output path name
• Cross table crash

Added

• Programmable QLocale setting for number formatting, e.g. m_report->reportDef()->setLocale(QLocale(QLocale::English, QLocale::UnitedKingdom));
• Currency printing based on QLocale (number format: C)

Fixed

• Qt 6: page size issue in QPdfWriter-based PDF printing
• MSVC compiler issue (version number)
• Version numbering reverted
• Minor internal project fixes

Added

• Qt 4 backward compatibility updates
• Parameter data source improvements
• Zint is compiled as a separate shared library (-lzint / -lzintd)
• Table view item: auto row height and fixed font size
• The debug library of the report engine was renamed from NCReportDebug to NCReportd

Fixed

• Qt 6 compatibility (page size identifiers)
• Table item fixes
• Version number handling
• Other minor internal fixes

Added

• Table item without a table view: print a QStandardItemModel without an item view
• Explicit directory paths for report files (data sources, templates, images) with application properties PATH0–PATH9, set via qApp->setProperty("PATHx", dirPath);
• Report Designer API improvements
• Polish translation (thanks to one of our Polish customers!)

Fixed

• Group header print lock when section auto height is applied
• SQL query failed if the statement ended with a semicolon
• Zint fixes
• Several internal fixes

Added

• Qt 6 compatibility (minor differences compared to Qt 5 may be noticed)
• Optional page break after printing an item (set in the item property dialog)
• Updated Polish translation
• Script function evaluation without <% %>

Fixed

• Justified fields/labels lost their alignment
• Several other internal fixes

Added

• QJSEngine as a member object in the evaluator
• Custom cell drawing in table items
• Progress signal in the table view item

Fixed

• Running a report with a group without a header suspended the program
• Rotated text item issue in the Designer
• Rotated barcode issue in the Designer
• Other internal fixes

Added

• Sub-sections for group headers: sub-details can belong to a group header
• A detail section can be repeated by a variable’s value
• Native Qt Markdown support with Qt 5.14 or later

Fixed

• Labels mode: page break problem when labels span more than one page
• Several minor internal fixes

Added

• Access to batch sub-reports
• Default value in the variable editor
• Dynamic date format
• Insert a unique page after every n pages

Fixed

• Several internal engine fixes