Seal Report 8.1.1

New Features 8.1:

• Seal Web Interface APIs:

  • The Seal Web Interface APIs now include the sessionId (string) parameter.
  • The sessionId is returned from SWILogin and can be passed as a parameter for other calls within the session.
  • A new testWebApplication is included in the project to test the API.

• Dynamic Compiled Assemblies:

  • A new Assemblies\Dynamics folder can contain .cs files to share source code amongst report scripts.
  • Each .cs file will be compiled into a .dll assembly file that will be loaded automatically.
  • Example of .cs file:

using Seal;
using Seal.Model;
namespace MyNamespace
{
   public class MyClass
   {
       public static int MyInt = 2;
       public static void MyMethod(Report report) 
       {
           string message = "this is a test";
           System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();  //To use debugger in Visual Studio
           report.LogMessage(message);  
       }
   }
}

• Global Razor Cache:

  • New Assemblies\RazorCache and Assemblies\RazorCache\Win folders to store assemblies generated from static templates (Views, Tables, Tasks).
  • This feature speeds up the first load and execution of reports.
  • The feature can be enabled or disabled using the 'Enable Razor Cache' option in 'Server Configuration'.

• PostgreSQL Support:

  • Added support for PostgreSQL.
  • Added a missing dependency for QuestPDF when rendering on Linux (GitHub Pull Request #112) (Thanks to jb-modist).

• Task Reference:

  • A task can now reference another task to share Script, SQL, and Parameters.

• New Task Template - "Load Model to Database":

  • Allows loading one or several model result tables into the current database.

• New Model Option - "Maximum Number of Records":

  • Limits the result table to a maximum number of records.
  • Server implementation available for MS SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL.

• New HTML Table Template:

  • A new template to generate a model from an HTML table (Web Scraping).
  • Check the sample: 204-LINQ Sample - Web Scraping - Countries Tables.srex.

• Report Designer Enhancements:

  • Functions defined in 'Script' for Tasks or 'Load Script' for MetaTable can now be edited individually.

Migration:

• CommonScripts in Configuration and Report must be replaced by Dynamics .cs files.

Issues addressed in 8.1.1:

• 216 PDF Renderer does not work if the report has Chart ScottPlot view.
• 217 Seal Report Designer: The Report Viewer Window may remain hidden after a report execution.