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Document Creator On-Premise

1.56.0 (2023-11-23)

  • Updated to control add-in version 1.44.0.0
  • Added new On-Premise tab/group on the Document Creator Setup page with the following new settings:
    • Renderer - Specifies which method should be used to render document layouts.
      • API - Report layouts are rendered to PDF/Word/Excel/HTML via the API
      • Control Add-in - Report layouts are rendered to PDF/Word/Excel/HTML via the on-premise control add-in
    • Time Out - Specifies the time out in seconds for the control add-in when it renders/prints a document layout. The default is 90 seconds.

1.54.0 (2023-10-25)

  • Updated to control add-in version 1.42.0.0 which includes the following changes:
    • Executable for rendering and printing is compiled as ReadyToRun (R2R) format.
    • Logs are written to the %temp% directory. For each report render/print a new log file is generated. In each log file you can see how long actions have taken.

1.52.0 (2023-10-03)

  • Updated to control add-in version 1.42.0.0 which resolves the following issue:
    • False positives from ScriptSecurity checks.

1.50.0 (2023-08-22)

  • Updated to control add-in version 1.41.0.0 which resolves miscellaneous small issues, including:
    • Enabled SVG Object for .NET 6.0 control add-in
    • Enforce new RichText rendering implementation
    • Updated RichTextObject exception handling
    • Fixed issues caused by potentially missing codepages
    • Adjusted logic for fall-back fonts

1.48.0 (2023-06-16)

  • Added option to install the control add-in in the Service/Add-Ins platform folder.

1.46.0 (2023-06-09)

Requires Business Central 22.0

  • Updated control add-in engine to 1.40.0.0
  • Updated RDLC Layout Conversion page to also select and convert layouts from the "Report Layouts" page and not only the built-in RDLC layout of a report object.
  • Miscellaneous code clean-up and additional XML documentation.

1.44.0 (2023-03-08)

  • Resolved incompatibility with "Document Creator" version 2.36.0.0.

1.42.0 (2022-08-09)

Requires Business Central 21.0

  • Implemented grace period for failing online license check; Online license check only once a day.
  • Adjustments to RDLC Layout Converter for BC 20 (convert to new Tenant Report Layout table records)
  • Adjustments for direct printing on BC 20.2 and up (get printer name from ObjectPayLoad parameter supplied by OnCustomDocumentMergerEx event)

1.40.0 (2022-02-18)

Requires Business Central 19.1

  • Dataset extensions are also applied for direct printing.

1.38.0 (2022-01-14)

Requires Business Central 19.0

  • Added "Export Design" action to RDLC Report Layout Conversion page.
  • Added add-in installation notification to the Custom Report Layouts page as well.
  • Moved to permission set extension for WSB_DCR AL-defined permission set.
  • Apportunix rolecenter extensions:
    • "Document Creator Redirect Printer List"
    • "RDLC Report Layout Conversion"

1.36.0 (2021-11-18)

  • Added new event wgEvpReportExecutionOnPrem_OnBeforeHandlePrintReport to "Document Creator On-Premise" to hook into direct printing.
  • Updated permission set for "Document Creator On-Premise"
  • Updated message for failed license check for "Document Creator On-Premise"

1.34.0 (2021-11-03)

  • Change how Database Name is retrieved for on-premise to address issue with importing/exporting layout packages when working with an AzureSQL server database.
  • Fixed online license check for on-premise installations.

1.32.0 (2021-10-11)

1.30.0 (2021-08-23)

  • A notification is displayed if the Document Creator Control Add-In still needs to be installed. You can invoke the installation from the notification.

1.24.0 (2021-02-01)

Requires Business Central 16.2

  • The columns in the dataset (e.g., Date-columns) use the culture that corresponds with the user's region that is configured in his/her Business Central settings. When a report is generated we are now passing this data culture along.
  • The way fields are formatted (e.g., using "," vs. ".") on layouts is determined by the culture of the server. The Format Locale setting is now also available/visible and used for On-Premise so this can also be set to a different culture without changing the server's culture settings.
  • Fix: "E-mail Product Updates" not sent to the API in Document Creator On-Premise for BC15 and up.

1.20.0 (2020-08-28)

  • Rebranding to Apportunix
  • Enable On-Premise Direct Printing
  • On-premise demo version: Do not show BC license mismatch warning

1.16.0 (2020-03-23)

  • License check now also reports mismatch of the active and licensed BC Serial No.

1.12.0 (2020-02-14)

  • Show a notification to on-premise users to inform about the requirement to install the additional "Document Creator On-Premise" extension for on-premise usage.

1.8.0 (2019-11-28)

  • Initial public release.
Last update: November 23, 2023