Some chart bugs...
theodore
Greece
Hello...
I recently tried to create some reports with charts.
I found out some bugs...
1. Up left we see the series tree. If the tree has more than 4 series, the fifth-sixth etc are not visible. Also there is not any scroll bar for the tree. A way to view the series, is to click on a visible and then scroll down with arrow keys. But when scrolling, the properties do not update to the current series, a further click on the visible series is needed to update them and many times (if you forget it) you change another series properties!!!.
2. If i change a property (like 'Title') for a series and then close the chart editor, the property looses the value. I need to click on another property to have the changes saved just after the change (something wrong with focus...)
3. Sometimes, i need to have a band as value source. The combo for the band is inactive (but displays a band name) and then i make it active. I change the x and y value sources and close the editor. If i edit the chart again there is no band selected...
4. When i change the x - y value sources (a band as value source), by using the Fx button, i get the expression editor, but without the old value. (does not copy to the expression window)
5. When i am trying to use 3d bars, there is a selection of how i need them displayed (eg side - stacked). Now the problem: I need 2 bars stacked, 1 bar sided, 2 bars stacked - total 5 bars
Now the bug:
I add a new series - a new series comes with 'side' as default
I add another series
I change the property to the last series to 'stacked'. Automaticaly changes the first bar to 'stacked' too.
I add another series - So far so good (I have 2 stacked and 1 side bar-from default - it works great).
I add another series - the series is 'sided' and i change it to 'stacked', the series 1-2-3 changes also to 'stacked'!!! and i loose my '3 as side' bar....
6. When a legent string is lengthy, the graph looks weird and broken....
7. In preview mode, i noticed that sometimes the graph does look weird, but prints correctly (except 6)
8. (A general problem) Sometimes, in design mode and without the grid display option enabled, the textboxes does not look correctly (eg. even if they have same top properties they look like the top is different). If i change the option for the grid to enable it, everything looks ok, even if i turn it off again...
9. A feature that is easy to implement:
I think that many of us use ADS. Everytime, a new fast report version is out there i need to manually add ADS comps. Can you please include them in the setup procedure?
Finally, i think fastreport 3.0 is one of the greatest tools-components out there (heavily underpriced if we consider the $$$ we spend for other components).
Theodore
I recently tried to create some reports with charts.
I found out some bugs...
1. Up left we see the series tree. If the tree has more than 4 series, the fifth-sixth etc are not visible. Also there is not any scroll bar for the tree. A way to view the series, is to click on a visible and then scroll down with arrow keys. But when scrolling, the properties do not update to the current series, a further click on the visible series is needed to update them and many times (if you forget it) you change another series properties!!!.
2. If i change a property (like 'Title') for a series and then close the chart editor, the property looses the value. I need to click on another property to have the changes saved just after the change (something wrong with focus...)
3. Sometimes, i need to have a band as value source. The combo for the band is inactive (but displays a band name) and then i make it active. I change the x and y value sources and close the editor. If i edit the chart again there is no band selected...
4. When i change the x - y value sources (a band as value source), by using the Fx button, i get the expression editor, but without the old value. (does not copy to the expression window)
5. When i am trying to use 3d bars, there is a selection of how i need them displayed (eg side - stacked). Now the problem: I need 2 bars stacked, 1 bar sided, 2 bars stacked - total 5 bars
Now the bug:
I add a new series - a new series comes with 'side' as default
I add another series
I change the property to the last series to 'stacked'. Automaticaly changes the first bar to 'stacked' too.
I add another series - So far so good (I have 2 stacked and 1 side bar-from default - it works great).
I add another series - the series is 'sided' and i change it to 'stacked', the series 1-2-3 changes also to 'stacked'!!! and i loose my '3 as side' bar....
6. When a legent string is lengthy, the graph looks weird and broken....
7. In preview mode, i noticed that sometimes the graph does look weird, but prints correctly (except 6)
8. (A general problem) Sometimes, in design mode and without the grid display option enabled, the textboxes does not look correctly (eg. even if they have same top properties they look like the top is different). If i change the option for the grid to enable it, everything looks ok, even if i turn it off again...
9. A feature that is easy to implement:
I think that many of us use ADS. Everytime, a new fast report version is out there i need to manually add ADS comps. Can you please include them in the setup procedure?
Finally, i think fastreport 3.0 is one of the greatest tools-components out there (heavily underpriced if we consider the $$$ we spend for other components).
Theodore