Migrate Report Designer application
In our Bold Reports® new assemblies are introduced for both client and server-side to resolve the compatibility problem between Essential Studio Report Designer versions. It has changes in both Web API service and client-side scripts.
This section provides step-by-step instructions for migrating Report Designer from Syncfusion® Essential Studio release version to Bold Reports® version higher than v5.2.xx of ASP.NET Core Report Designer application.
Scripts
| Old Scripts |
New Scripts |
Description |
ej.web.all.min.js
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bold.reports.common.min.js
bold.reports.widgets.min.js
bold.report-viewer.min.js
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We have removed the dependency scripts for report designer from existing ej.web.all.min.js script and provided the dependency scripts as below:
bold.reports.common.min.js - Common script for reporting widgets.
bold.reports.widgets.min.js - It contains the scripts of dependent controls that are common for both Report Designer and Report Viewer.
bold.report-viewer.min.js - Previews the reports designed with Report Designer.
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ej.reportdesigner.min.js
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bold.report-designer.min.js
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Renamed the report designer script file and it used to render the Bold Report Designer widget.
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Styles
| Old Scripts |
New Scripts |
Description |
ej.web.all.min.css
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bold.report-designer.min.css
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We have removed the dependent controls styles for report designer from existing ej.web.all.min.css script and provided the dependent controls styles as bold.report-designer.min.css.
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Remove the old scripts and styles references from existing application, then add the new scripts and styles references based on above script name changes.
Assemblies
| Purpose |
Old Assembly Name |
New Assembly Name |
Description |
| Base Assemblies |
Syncfusion.EJ.ReportDesigner.dll
Syncfusion.EJ.ReportViewer.dll
Syncfusion.Report.Portable.dll
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BoldReports.Web.dll
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The Syncfusion.EJ.ReportDesigner.dll, Syncfusion.EJ.ReportViewer.dll, and Syncfusion.Report.Portable.dll assemblies have been combined as BoldReports.Web.dll. It builds the server-side implementations for both Report Designer and Report Viewer components.
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| Tag Helper Assemblies |
Syncfusion.EJ.dll
Syncfusion.EJ.AspNet.Core.dll
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BoldReports.AspNet.Core.dll
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The Syncfusion.EJ.dll, Syncfusion.EJ.AspNet.Core.dll assemblies have been combined as BoldReports.AspNet.Core.dll.
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Packages
| Purpose |
Old Packages |
New Packages |
| Server Side Helper |
Syncfusion.EJ.ReportDesigner.AspNet.Core
Syncfusion.EJ.ReportViewer.AspNet.Core
Syncfusion.Report.Net.Core
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BoldReports.Net.Core
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| Tag Helper |
Syncfusion.EJ.AspNet.Core
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BoldReports.AspNet.Core
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Based on above assembly and namespace changes, modify the Report Designer Web API Controller in your application.
Tag helper
Modify the tag helpers in the _ViewImports.cshtml page.
| Old code snippet |
New code snippet |
@using Syncfusion.JavaScript
@addTagHelper *, Syncfusion.EJ
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@using BoldReports.TagHelpers
@addTagHelper *, BoldReports.AspNet.Core
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The ASP.NET core reporting components tag prefix has been changed from ej to sf.
| Old code snippet |
New code snippet |
<ej-script-manager></ej-script-manager>
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<bold-script-manager></bold-script-manager>
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Control initialization
| Old code snippet |
New code snippet |
<ej-report-designer id="designer"></ej-report-designer>
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<bold-report-designer id="designer"></bold-report-designer>
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