Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes Document Version: SP19 – 2016-06-30
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SAP Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes Document Version: SP19 – 2016-06-30 Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes Content 1 Document Version History. .. 3 2 About THis Release Notes. 4 3 Document Conventions. 5 4 Document Errata. 6 5 Installing or updating Crystal Reports for Eclipse. 7 5.1 Installing Crystal Reports for Eclipse to an Eclipse 3.4 environment. 7 5.2 Updating Crystal Reports for Eclipse in an Eclipse 3.4 environment. 8 5.3 Installing Crystal Reports for Eclipse to an Eclipse 3.5 environment. 8 6 About setCHartResolutionHigH() MetHod. 9 7 Crystal Reports Designer. .10 8 Crystal Reports Java. 11 9 Report functionality. .12 10 Platform-Specific issues. 13 11 Formatting and Rendering. 15 12 Printing and Exporting Issues. 17 13 Relational Databases and SQL Statements. 19 14 Language-Specific Issues. 20 15 Developer Issues. 21 16 Accessibility. 27 17 Viewer Issues. 28 18 Limitations. 29 Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes 2 © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rigHts reserved. Content 1 Document Version History The following table provides you an overview of tHe most important document updates for eacH release. Table 1: Version Date Changes SAP Crystal Reports for June Added a note for Eclipse 4.2 and Eclipse 4.4. See, Installing Crystal Reports for Eclipse EclipseSP19 2016 to an Eclipse 3.5 environment [page 8] section. Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes Document Version History © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rigHts reserved. 3 2 About This Release Notes These notes contain important information about tHis product release, including installation issues, otHer known issues, and information for existing customers upgrading from an earlier release. Please read tHe entire document before you install tHis product. These notes were updated for Crystal Reports for Eclipse version2.0.3. THe version number is displayed in tHe Eclipse Help > About dialog. Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes 4 © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rigHts reserved. About THis Release Notes 3 Document Conventions The following are tHe conventions used in tHis guide: Table 2: Document Convention Text Description Errata Short and minor revisions to a printed or published document to correct spelling and/or typing mistakes. Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes Document Conventions © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rigHts reserved. 5 4 Document Errata The following report part preference attributes are listed in tHe Crystal Reports for Eclipse Developer Guide: enableImageForMobileDevices MobileDevicesCHarSet Note The above attributes Have been deprecated. Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes 6 © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rigHts reserved. Document Errata 5 Installing or updating Crystal Reports for Eclipse You can install or update Crystal Reports for Eclipse to your Eclipse 3.4 environment, or you can add Crystal Reports for Eclipse to your Eclipse 3.5 environment. 5.1 Installing Crystal Reports for Eclipse to an Eclipse 3.4 environment Use tHe following steps to install Crystal Reports for Eclipse to your Eclipse 3.4 environment: Context Installing Crystal Reports for Eclipse to an Eclipse 3.4 environment Procedure From the SCN link: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-29757 , from tHe Manual Installation section, download tHe plugins available in tHe following link: SAP Crystal Reports, Version for Eclipse – Manual Installation package to the eclipse and then copy the same to the plugin's folder. folder. Note ○ In the Eclipse 3.4 environment, cHoose Help, tHen cHoose About Eclipse SDK, cHoose Plug-in Details. In tHe About Eclipse SDK Plug-ins window, you can see all tHe plug-ins for crystal reports for eclipse. ○ If you want to download the language pack, open the SCN link: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-29757 , from tHe Laguage Packs section, download tHe required language pack. Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes Installing or updating Crystal Reports for Eclipse © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rigHts reserved. 7 5.2 Updating Crystal Reports for Eclipse in an Eclipse 3.4 environment Context Use tHe following steps to update Crystal Reports for Eclipse: Procedure 1. Delete the Crystal Reports plug-ins under Eclipse's Plugin folder. 2. Open SCN link: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-29757 , from tHe Manual Installation section, download tHe plugins available in tHe following link: SAP Crystal Reports, Version for Eclipse – Manual Installation package and then copy the same to the plugin's folder. 5.3 Installing Crystal Reports for Eclipse to an Eclipse 3.5 environment Context To install Crystal Reports for Eclipse to an Eclipse 3.5 environment, perform tHe same steps that was followed to install to Eclipse 3.4 environment".See Related links below: Note You can also install Crystal Reports for Eclipse to Eclipse 4.2 and Eclipse 4.4, using tHe steps listed in tHe below link. Related Information Installing Crystal Reports for Eclipse to an Eclipse 3.4 environment [page 7] Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes 8 © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rigHts reserved. Installing or updating Crystal Reports for Eclipse 6 About setChartResolutionHigh() Method This section gives you information on How to use tHesetCHartResolutionHigH() metHod, whicH is tHe new addition for theExcelExportFormatOptions class. Sample Code public static InputStream exportExcel (ReportClientDocument clientDoc) tHrows ReportSDKException { ExportOptions exportOptions = new ExportOptions (); exportOptions.setExportFormatType (ReportExportFormat.MSExcel); ExcelExportFormatOptions excelExportFormatOptions = new ExcelExportFormatOptions (); //set the high resolution to false excelExportFormatOptions.setCHartResolutionHigh(false); exportOptions.setFormatOptions (excelExportFormatOptions); // Export the report using the export options. return clientDoc.getPrintOutputController ().export (exportOptions); } Table 3: MetHod Table MetHod Description setCHartResolutionHigH(false) If you set thesetCHartResolutionHigH metHod to false, tHen wHile exporting crystal report documents con- taining grapHs to Excel, the size of the document is within the permissible limit. Note By deafult, tHe resolution is set to High. i.e setCHartResolutionHigH(true). Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes About setCHartResolutionHigH() MetHod © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rigHts reserved. 9 7 Crystal Reports Designer The Crystal Reports Designer does not allow you to edit tHe same report in multiple windows at tHe same time. Reports tHat contain a named group condition witH fields otHer tHan tHe<group by> field is not displayed properly in previous versions of the Crystal Reports Designer. The Interactive Sort feature, including tHe sorting controls, is not supported on tHe report designer's Preview page. OLE images witH a transparent background do not sHow up correctly in tHe viewers; tHey are displayed witH a black background. Workaround: Before adding tHe object to tHe report, set tHe background color to wHite or anotHer suitable color. The following capabilities are not supported in tHis release: ○ Embedding and editing integrated flasH objects ○ Creating a Saved Data Selection Formula ○ Creating or editing crosstab calculated members Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes 10 © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rigHts reserved. Crystal Reports Designer 8 Crystal Reports Java The JSF viewer must be in server-side state saving mode Web applications tHat store tHe runtime instance of a report object in a Session object to improve efficiency, may find tHat reloading tHe.jsp page does not sHow report cHanges. Workaround: To resolve tHe issue, load a new browser window to get a new HTTP session, or restart tHe application server to clear the current session cache. Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes Crystal Reports Java © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rigHts reserved. 11 9 Report functionality Formula syntax does not support SQL syntax. (This feature is known as SQL Expressions in the Crystal Report 2008/2011/2013/2016 Designers.) Original-order sorting is not supported for groups in crosstabs. The problem view does not display tHe list of unsupported features in report, if you open tHe report outside of the workspace (for example, using File > Open). Workaround: To see tHe list of unsupported features, import report into tHe workspace before opening it. If there is an error wHile generating saved data (for example, a database error or missing parameter values exception), tHe report is saved witHout tHe saved data. However, you arel not notified tHat tHere is an error. This is a known limitation. Changes to the crosstab Column Totals on Top property are not updated or sHown in tHe preview page. Set location during refresh of a subreport as a resolution fails. Workaround: From tHe Layout page, open Crystal Reports > Set Database Location and cHange tHe subreport's datasource location. If you attempt to create or cHange a sort order on a customized group, you encounter a NullPointerException. When you are working in tHe Preview page, if CanGrow is set to true, you may not be able to move an object such as a memo field to a different section. Workaround: SwitcH to tHe Layout page and tHen move tHe object. The Custom Grouping setting on tHe Properties panel does not get saved if sorting is set toSort by Summary Field witH Ascending or Descending sort order. When you insert an image object and then undo the action, the object is not removed from the report canvas. Workaround: To remove an object, select tHe object and tHen cHoose tHe Delete. Report objects tHat were created using new features in Crystal Reports 2008/2011/2013/2016 cannot be modified, if tHe feature tHat was used to create tHem is not a part of Crystal Reports for Eclipse. When you open a report tHat contains an unsupported object in Crystal Reports for Eclipse, the unsupported object may not be in tHe same position as Crystal Reports 2008/2011/2013/2016. Crystal Reports for Eclipse Release Notes 12 © 2016 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.