Version 21.1.0 Release Notes

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For .NET Engine and .NET RESTful Engine versions 21.1+ you will need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable if you get the following error when initializing the RESTful Engine, or when trying to output PDF using PDFtron in .NET Engine:

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'PDFNet.dll' or one of its dependencies.

You can get the installer from here (click here for direct download of x64 version)

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Customer Reported Defects

[ATE-5254] HD#29895-JSON Nested forEach throws an error.

[ATE-5253] HD#29892-JSON Sum Data macros throwing an error.

[ATE-5216] Webinar - Using Clean Template results in an error and the template name changing.

[ATE-5193] Make sure duplicate parameters are handled in the Java RESTful Engine.

[ATE-5179] HD#29589 - font size changed for standard styles when HTML imported to the template

[ATE-5177] HD#29746 - ForEach Tag break property not appearing unless a space is added after the ForEach tag or before the EndForEach tag

[ATE-5173] Webinar - Double clicking a Tag in the Tag Tree does not bring you to that Tag

[ATE-5164] HD#29694-Windward Java Engine increased the size of images in PDF Output

[ATE-5155] Linked PODs fail if the link is an http(s)

[ATE-5125] HD#29644 - XPath 3.1 is showing a result when Previewing a ForEach Tag that uses the "begin" property

[ATE-5124] HD#29643-XPATH: Out tag querying nested ForEach tag is not outputting data

[ATE-5121] HD#29625 - PPTX output resulting in exception: Index was outside the bounds of the array

[ATE-5117] HD#29626 - "Object reference not set to an instance of an object.System.NullReferenceException" exception when using RESTful service

[ATE-5107] Webinar, HD#29627 - Conditional Formatting Rule Manager UI layout issues

[ATE-5099] HD#29571 - Hyperlinks don't lead to attached links in PPTX output, but does in PDF output without correct hyperlink formatting

[ATE-5097] HD#29565-Line Chart added on top of bar chart doesn't appear in PDF output

[ATE-5094] HD#29493 - UnsupportedOperationException during report generation

[ATE-5086] HD#29558 - Multi-level numbered lists in output change changes "a" and "b" to "1" and "2"

[ATE-5083] HD#29566 - Exception received when using the OData Connection Debugger

[ATE-5080] HD#29543 - Table built from HTML code is not formatted correctly in the output

[ATE-5078] HD#29559-Windward Java Engine Excel Template JSON datasource memory exception

[ATE-5063] HD#29196-Stacked Bar Chart missing error bars in PDF output

[ATE-5039] HD#29536-Pie Chart Data Labels are incorrect in PDF Output

[ATE-5036] HD#29502 - Null Pointer Exception is received when Java Engine logging.filename is turned on

[ATE-5030] HD#29528-Chart Y Axis Units are correct for some equipment and wrong for other equipment should be 10% each marker not 12.5%

[ATE-5029] HD#29470 - Single instance of double quotes in HTML code is causing output issues

[ATE-5027] HD#29512 - After HTML underline is applied, other text is incorrectly being underlined

[ATE-5026] HD#29505 - Word crashes when adding a Global Linked POD to a Master Template

[ATE-5023] HD#29514-PowerPoint template throws Index Out of Bounds error on output

[ATE-5021] HD#29510 - Java Engine logging is not creating a log file

[ATE-5019] HD#29166 - jsonpath wizard is not writing selects with ".limit" correctly

[ATE-5007] HD#29482-PPTX template unable to produce .pdf or pptx output

[ATE-5006] HD#29440 - Use office for PDF output does not output with import tags

[ATE-4993] HD#29454-Formulas including named cells are destroyed in Excel output version 20.3.0.51 but work without issue in version 20.0.0.106

[ATE-4989] HD#29443 - PDF file is not imported by the import tag

[ATE-4974] HD#29421 - Top table border not solid when continue to next page

[ATE-4970] HD#29419 - If over 5,000 list styles, throws a NullPointerException

[ATE-4958] HD#29386-Nested ForEach Loops with outer ForEach order=column and block=true stops working after inner ForEach loop completes

[ATE-4953] HD#29402-Pivot table throws an exception for multiple string values and different font size

[ATE-4951] HD#29340 - Chart tag needed to generate graph with multiple scatter plot lines displayed as a single line

[ATE-4946] HD#29396 - Output is resulting in IndexOutOfRangeException

[ATE-4931] HD#29376 - Footer is missing in PDF output

[ATE-4909] HD#29320 - Not all Out Tag Conditional formatting in Excel output is applied

[ATE-4908] HD#29315 - Footer gets cut off when outputting to PDF

[ATE-4896] HD#29338 - Adding a second Scatter plot in a Chart Tag causes lines to change from solid to not solid

[ATE-4856] HD#29221 - .NET RESTful Client: output resulting in error "An item with the same key has already been added"

[ATE-4847] HD#29294-MacroEvaluator:ValueToken - Cannot have two literals in a row (IllegalAugumentException) This Tag worked in 20.1.1.15 but is broken in 20.3.0.51

[ATE-4843] HD#29247 - Unable to apply Select/Where clause on table results of Stored Procedure

[ATE-4841] HD#29244 - Passing a parameter to a stored procedure with a "," in the text fails

[ATE-4802] HD#29262-Error While Connecting to the Oracle using the ODP.NET_Managed_ODAC122cR1 connector

[ATE-4800] HD#29254-SQL Select Distinct is also doing an OrderBy that same field when it's not asked for

[ATE-4796] HD#29126 - Error message lacks info on root cause of template file corruption

[ATE-4777] HD#29096 - Unable to cast object of type generating on Server version (.NET 20.3)

[ATE-4762] HD#28760 -Stacked Bar Chart with Error Bars, error bars incorrect size in PDF output

[ATE-4722] HD#29030 - First imported PDF page, if the import comes after a hard page break, does not change the page size/orientation to match the imported page

[ATE-4701] HD#28999 - File size of PDF output after 20.2.1 is 8-10 times larger than it was in 16.7.2

[ATE-4656] HD#29123 - Two data point icons in output Chart are incorrect shape for their series

[ATE-4627] HD#29051-Pivot Table only uses the first row of the expanding ForEach records on the raw data sheet

[ATE-4607] HD#29014 - Output is resulting in "Exception: The required item type of the first operand of '/' is node()"

[ATE-3872] Turning the Block=True setting on a ForEach tag in an Excel sheet where one of the cells between the ForEach and the EndForEach is a merged cell throws an index out of bounds exception

Internally Reported Defects

[ATE-5230] BLOCKER | Java engine isn't able to output

[ATE-5118] Default Datasource connections missing in Connections Editor.

[ATE-5084] RESTfulClients.zip does not contain the License agreement.

[ATE-5066] 2 instances of MSSQL datasource in the connection editor.

[ATE-4988] Set graph (layer) order in chart by chart.xml series order property

[ATE-4628] Chart data point markers are wrong for some configurations

[ATE-3384] Simple BITMAP tag in PPTX with anchor property set only outputs once with a ForEach tag

New Functionality Development

[ATE-5187] Use PDFTron SDK for PDF output

[ATE-5158] An import tag can import a template from the Hub REST API passing a token as a header for auth

[ATE-5082] Update generate code for Java Client

[ATE-5081] Update generate code for RESTful .NET Client

[ATE-4895] "Windward Hub" ribbon is shown for users authenticating Hub with their Hub login

[ATE-4724] A datasource with a REST request as the connection string can use a "API Key (Header)" for auth.

[ATE-4716] User is required to give their Hub password again in Designer after 24 hours of inactivity

[ATE-4473] More Detailed Logging for WrProviderFactories.cs

[ATE-3979] Update generate code for Python client library compatible with V2 Endpoint

[ATE-3978] Update generate code for JavaScript client library compatible with V2 Endpoint

[ATE-3056] Conditionally color Word table cells based on dynamic data