2024 Q3 (18.2.24.924) Changes and Dependencies

This article explains the manual changes required when upgrading to Telerik Reporting 2024 Q3 (18.2.24.924).

Changes

Interactivity in Desktop Report Viewers

Report Viewers in WinForms, WPF, and WinUI applications by default will not execute NavigateToUrl actions that point to files. Use the viewers' property AllowNavigatingToFileUrls to control this behavior.

Type Restrictions

For increased product safety the usage of .NET CLR types and obsolete Reporting types is restricted. If a restricted type is used in a report definition, it must be declared in the application configuration file. See the TypeReferences and AssemblyReferences for configuration information.

WinUI Report Viewer

The viewer is built with Telerik UI for WinUI 2.10.1.

WPF Report Viewer for .NET Framework

The viewer is built with Telerik UI Controls for WPF 2024.3.924.462. If you are using a newer version, consider adding binding redirects. For more information see: How to Add report viewer to a WPF .NET Framework project.

WPF Report Viewer for .NET 6

The viewer is built with Telerik UI Controls for WPF 2024.3.924.60 and targets .NET 6.

WPF Report Viewer for .NET 7

The viewer is built with Telerik UI Controls for WPF 2024.3.924.70 and targets .NET 7.

Standalone Report Designer targeting .NET Framework 4.6.2

TRDX, TRDP, and TRBP report definitions created by the Standalone Report Designer now use schema version http://schemas.telerik.com/reporting/2024/3.0.

Standalone Report Designer for .NET targeting .NET 8.0

TRDX, TRDP, and TRBP report definitions created by the Standalone Report Designer for .NET now use schema version http://schemas.telerik.com/reporting/2024/3.0.

Dependencies

Web Report Designer Dependencies

The Web Report Designer depends on the following libraries:

Telerik Kendo UI (2022.3.913 or later)
jQuery (1.9.1 or later)
Browser's native support for Promise objects. When the browser does not support Promise, the viewer will not try to automatically load it. It's the responsibility of the developer to load Promise functionality from a trusted source in the application.

HTML5 Report Viewer Dependencies

The HTML5 Report Viewer depends on the following libraries:

Telerik Kendo UI (2022.3.913 or later)
jQuery (1.9.1 or later)
Browser's native support for Promise objects. When the browser does not support Promise, the viewer will not try to automatically load it. It's the responsibility of the developer to load Promise functionality from a trusted source in the application.

Angular Report Viewer Dependencies

The Angular Report Viewer depends on the following:

Angular (15.0.0 or later)
jQuery (^1.10.0 || ^2.2.0 || ^3.7.0")

Native Angular Report Viewer

Angular (15.0.0 or later)
Kendo UI for Angular 16.1.*.

React Report Viewer Dependencies

The React Report Viewer depends on the following:

React (16.8.6 or later)
React-DOM (16.8.6 or later)
jQuery (3.2.1)

Native Blazor Report Viewer

The viewer is built with Telerik UI for Blazor 4.6.0.

HttpClient Dependencies

Connecting a desktop report viewer (WinForms or WPF) to a REST service or Report Server instance requires the following NuGet packages:

Newtonsoft.Json (13.0.1 or later for .NET Framework and .NET Core projects)
Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client (6.0.0 or later for .NET Framework projects, 5.2.7 or later for .NET Core projects)

WebServiceDataSource Component Dependencies

The WebServiceDataSource requires the following NuGet packages:

Microsoft.Net.Http (2.2.29 or later)
Newtonsoft.Json (13.0.1.0 or later)

ASP.NET WebAPI REST Report Service Dependencies

The ASP.NET WebAPI REST Report Service requires the following NuGet packages:

Microsoft ASP.NET Web API (5.3.0 or later)
Newtonsoft.Json (13.0.1.0 or later)

StackExchange.Redis.StrongName version 1.0.320 or greater for projects targeting .NET Framework 4.6.2.
StackExchange.Redis version 2.6.122 or greater for projects targeting .NET Framework 4.6.2+ or .NET 6+.