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Release date: 9/22/2003

Bugs fixes

Start group in new column checkbox is now suppported
Column footer were incorrectly placed in DOC and HTML
Page orientation setting is now supported in XLS
Numeric fields are now converted to numeric cells in XLS output
Bitmap and JPG pictures in general fields are now supported in XLS and object container
Page headers and footers are suppored in summary page (new feature in VFP 8)
Major speedup of container object
Problem with security warning in Excel XP version has been fixed
fixed the problem with missing pictures in DOC output when temporary directory was used

New features

New features in the container object

added ability to search the report
mouse-wheel is now supported
mouse middle button is now supported
right-click menu was added
new toolbar
major scroll speed increase
and much more is going to come soon :)

XFRX can now optionally generate bookmarks (outlines) into the result document. Please see Creating bookmarks (document outline) section in XFRX manual to see how to define a bookmark.
To enable bookmarks in the HTML output, call

loSession.SetOtherParams("PRINT_BOOKMARKS",.t.)

before calling loSession.ProcessReport()
With bookmarks enabled, XFRX will generate three HTML pages: the main page defining the page frames, the bookmark page and the page with the report output.

XLS cells adjustment

When XLS document is generated, vertical and horizontal coordinates of objects are adjusted - if the difference between two coordinates is smaller than a certain value, the coordinates are 'aligned'. This approach significantly reduces the number of rows and columns in the generated document.
Now it is possible to define this minimal different. The greater the number is, the lesser number of rows/columns is generated, but if the number is too big, fields might get overlapped and could be left out.
Call SetOtherParams method with "HORIZONAL_ADJUSTMENT" or "VERTICAL_ADJUSTMENT" to define the minimal horizontal and/or vertical difference.
Example:

loSession.SetOtherParams("HORIZONTAL_ADJUSTMENT",1000) && default value = 76 
loSession.SetOtherParams("VERTICAL_ADJUSTMENT",1000) && default value = 180

Pictures rotation in PDF

Pictures now can be rotated the same way as text fields. Please see Object rotation in PDF chapter in the manual to see how to define the rotation.

Canceling report generation in progress

The generation process in progress can be canceled by setting the global variable gnStopXFRX to 1. For example, you can, for example, use it this way:

ON KEY LABEL Esc gnStopXFRX = 1