What's New in Q1 2012

Telerik Report Designer (Beta)

With Q1 2012 release we introduce the beta of the Telerik Report Designer - a standalone authoring tool for creating reports, utilizing the power of Telerik Reporting. The tool uses the power of RadControls for WPF, and will be officially released in Q2 2012.

The Telerik Report Designer features a simple ribbon interface, which allows power users to create and edit ad-hoc reports on the fly. The interface in this version mimics the current Telerik Reporting Report Designer in Visual Studio, but we significantly improved the designer's usability in the current version and made it easier to work with and more understandable for non-technical users.

We have provided all existing functionality from the current Visual Studio Report Designer (report items, wizards and tools, as well as styling and formatting options).

The reports are saved as XML report definitions in a proprietary XML format, which can be shared with other users. Your existing reports (if saved as XML definitions) will work with the new ad-hoc report designer.

The ad-hoc report designer is packaged as a stand-alone Windows desktop application, however we will try to provide extended integration with other user applications in future versions.

Full Q1 2012 Release Notes