Windward Core
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Catch exception on expired license
When using the RESTful Engine with an expired license the application throws a 500 with an unhandled exception. I would suggest you improve your application by catching your exceptions and throwing meaningful error codes and messages to the client.
I get the exception when calling the version endpoint with an expired license. I tried uploading the Postman response but that doesn't work either. Below is the stack trace.
[LicenseException: Expired license key ]
net.windward.xmlreport.ProcessReport._init(Boolean ) +6115
net.windward.xmlreport.ProcessReport.init() +26
net.windward.api.csharp.Report.Init() +24
RESTfulEngine.WebApiApplication.InitLicenseAndEngine() in C:\agent_work\1\s\restfulengine\RESTfulEngine\Global.asax.cs:87[HttpException (0x80004005): Expired license key ]
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.EnsureAppStartCalledForIntegratedMode(HttpContext context, HttpApplication app) +520
System.Web.HttpApplication.RegisterEventSubscriptionsWithIIS(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context, MethodInfo[] handlers)…4 votes -
Add class HTML attribute to all HTML tags.
The documentation at https://ohana.windwardstudios.com/m/76878/l/899627-html-and-css-tags-and-attributes-supported-by-out-tags notes that the class html attribute is only valid for the p tag. I would request that the class attribute be valid for all supported tags. This would allow me to provide easier default styling to all tags instead of having to ensure all tags of a type have a default set of style attributes.
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Add the ability to format output data in Chart Tag
This would be similar to the formatting that can be applied to an Out Tag through the Properties tab. This would help to format data that's displayed in a Chart data table fields.
1 vote -
Excel worksheet display or be dropped based on value from data
There is a need to hide or show Excel worksheet based on value we are getting. That could work with IF tag where value "true" shows tab and value "false" hides tab.
3 votes -
Named cells in Excel
It would be good to support named cells in Excel to be used in formulas as well. With named cells it will be possible to work between different worksheets.
1 vote -
Distinct Values Macro for all Datasources
Would like to have a new macro distinctvalues to be used against any datasource
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Use an OUT tag in a graph title
I want to produce a series of graph for different equipment types, and put the equipment type in each graph title.
There is a work around (put the graph title outside of the graph) which is ok for any advanced user. However, our plan is to give access to Windward Designer to a large crowd of users from our clients. These users will have limited support and training, i.e. each work around becomes a barrier. The expectation is that you should be able to put an OUT tag in the title1 vote -
https
Update this site to use https
6 votes -
Enhanced Text Form Field Properties for PDF Output
Please add support for additional text form field properties for use in PDF output. Specifically:
1. Multi-line fields (text wraps, carriage return support)
2. Character limits (text can be entered up to character limit)
3. Scroll long text (vertical scroll bar is automatically added to compensate for text that extends beyond the boundaries of multi-line text fielt)
4. Auto font size (as a user types in text, the font size changes to fit the text in the box)24 votes -
UI improvement - close Edit Tag screen with ESC key
Closing the edit tag screen with the ESC key is faster than clicking on the small close button.
It's a standard available across most software.
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Include Rich Text Control in PDF output
We want to generate PDF forms, so we are using different Word form controls. We found that plain text control is exported into the PDF output as a PDF field, however it has some limitations with text length and wrapping. We are very interested on using rich text controls, since they allow better formatting, longer and wrapped text and inserting tags inside the control to pre-fill the PDF form field.
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Scatter chart - same size for markers in plot area and in the legend
Hello,
Right now when working with a scatter chart in Word if you have different sizes for the markers they will be shown as different sizes on the plotted area, but in the legend the marker sizes are the same size.
In the attached picture 1 and 2 have different sizes on the plotted area and in the legend they are the same size but smaller. Right now only marker sizes 3 and 4 behave normally (the marker size is the same on the plot and in the legend).
I was told that this is a known limitaion.
Can you…
3 votes -
Excel report result file is not adjusting the size of the cell based on data length
We are generating report in excel and facing one issue related to size of the cell based on data length.
Report is not displaying complete data in cell as length/width of cell is not adjusting by windward report automatically based on data length.1 vote -
1 vote
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HTML rendering in PowerPoint
We understand the Out tag can render HTML when the Type property is set to TEMPLATE. This is not possible in PowerPoint. We need to have this feature in PowerPoint as it is one our core docs requiring HTML.
99 votesHello Reporter,
We have reviewed this suggestion and accepted it for future development. Please watch this ticket for a future update on when this functionality is targeted for release. Thank you for your idea and please submit any other suggestions you have to improve our software.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Ability to output equations in WindWard
In the latest version of WindWard it's not possible to output Microsoft Equations, in the output .DOCX file the places where the equations should've been are left empty.
Ideally, the equations are shown in the generated output.
3 votes -
Images in HTML specified as absolute URLs
We use Winward to generate HTML content for marketing emails. These mailers often have images included along with the text. However, some email clients block images in HTML that are embedded inline using base64 encoding. An alternative solution is to specify the source of the image as an absolute URL.
For example, the following inline embedded image:
<img src="data:image/jpg;base64, iVBORedghAAAfrdsdge=">should be replaced with:
<img src="https://www.myserver.com/car.jpg">.It would be great if Winward could support adding images specified by absolute URLs into templates.
3 votesHello Reporter,
Your idea has been accepted for future development. Thank you for your idea and please submit any other suggestions you have to improve our software.
Adam Austin
Product Manager -
Json data source: Distinct value for a column feature is not available
Json data source: Distinct value for a column feature is not available.It is a common feature for any reporting tool and it is very much needed for the reports which we are creating.
21 votes -
Allow entering Array-type Input Parameters
It would be great if we could add an array-type variable of either String or Number type as an input variable. This could be used to filter datasources with a IN statement, for example.
3 votes -
Support Unix Time
Support Unix Time and be able to format that as a date or datetime
Perhaps a new macro could do this for us.
example converter
https://www.unixtimestamp.com/index.php3 votes
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