Last Updated November 1, 2004
These Release Notes contain the following information about Style Report™ 6.5:
Features new to Version 6.5 include the following:
A new wizard interface is added to the ad hoc reporting component. It provides an intuitive user interface for creating new reports through a browser. The wizard's goal-oriented design allows business users to select what they want to create, and guide them step-by-step to arrive at the results they want. The wizard is also customizable to allow maximum flexibility.
Report clustering has been re-architectured and re-written. The new clustering architecture is based on standard web technology, and integrates seamlessly with any application server, or running stand-alone in a servlet environment.
The ad hoc report editing feature is now integrated as part of the DHTML report viewer. Instead of editing reports in a separate browser window, users can access all ad hoc report functions with a single click. This eliminates the distraction caused by switching between completely different viewing and editing modes, and achieves an user experience unmatched by any other ad hoc reporting tools.
Report designer has been enhanced to permit users to define formatting, hyperlink, and other properties on a per cell level. Features previous only accessible through scripting can now be defined through the simple point and click interface. A large number of usability enhancements have been incorporated, including a one-click property pane for quick editing of reports.
Barcode presenters are added for displaying text as barcode. Twenty different barcode styles are supported and can be selected for any table cells or text fields.
A new chart type, speedometer, is added to display data as speedometers. It supports multiple datasets, and user defined target ranges.
New options permitting the user to display pie charts in an exploded format have been added. The exploded pie supports both 2D and 3D pies. Users have options to explode one slice, the largest slice, or all slices.
When binding to a data model, users now have options to specify outer joins. Outer joins are used if an attribute is marked as 'Include all rows'. Multiple table outer joins are supported.
The OLAP interface has been enhanced to support creating and editing measures by end users. A new measure can be created as any valid SQL expression.
Note: Style Report™ 6.5 supports any JVM* compatible with JDK 1.3 or higher. JDK 1.1 and 1.2 are no longer supported in this version.
Execute the installation package and follow the on screen instructions. You need a valid license key to install the package.
Make sure JVM (java) is on your PATH.
java -cp ./StyleReportEE.jar install
*Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.