Constance, Germany, 20 October 2023 – as a leading provider in the area of reporting components for software development, combit released version 29 of its List & Label reporting tool today. The new version offers additional options for data visualization in applications on development platforms such as Visual Studio, Delphi, Java and Visual C++.

Innovations have been implemented in particular for web solutions. For example, new bar, line and area charts have been added to the Web Report Designer. By popular request, the desktop designer now provides direct display of 1:n relationships for variables and fields. This makes it easy to create tables with 1:n relationships using drag & drop. Furthermore, List & Label 29 also supports the brand new .NET 8. Where export is concerned, performance has been significantly enhanced for numerous formats. Optimizations for XLS and CSV export are especially noteworthy, for which speed has been increased by up to 60%. The Report Server included in the Enterprise edition now features a Web Designer that runs entirely in the browser. This makes it possible to generate and modify reports without having to install additional software on the local machine.

“We’re proud to introduce List & Label 29 as a version that not only expands the limits of data visualization, but also incorporates the latest technology trends. Some of the new features are a direct result of close collaboration with our loyal List & Label community, as well as their innovative spirit,” summarizes Jochen Bartlau, Managing Director at combit and Head of Development List & Label.

The various editions of List & Label are available for as little as €740 and feature service packs and maintenance including major version updates and security patches, as well as support for new operating system versions and development environments. A free 30-day trial version is available for download from the combit website for interested parties.

Complete information concerning the new version and the free trial version is available here.

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Highlights in List & Label 29

Web Report Designer

• New options for data visualization with bar, line and area charts
• Support for export options such as PDF version, image quality, endless scrolling in Excel and much more
• Display multiple pages at the same time in the Web Report Viewer for a better overview
• Offline use, for example in intranet applications

Desktop Report Designer

• Create tables with 1:n relationships via drag & drop
• Multidimensional data analysis with adjacent crosstabs
• Customized tables with new properties for frame and background

 .NET

• Ready for .NET 8 with new assemblies for the latest .NET version
• Report sharing on self-hosted or public clouds with the new Cloud Storage Provider for WebDAV
• Improved SQLite data provider for supporting views
• New in-memory data provider with native sorting, filtering, and aggregation capabilities for file and web formats such as XML and REST
• Schema support via data providers MariaDBConnectionDataProvider and MySqlConnectionDataProvider

Report Server

• Fully browser-based web designer for designing reports without local software installation
• Support for OAuth 2.0 for connection to REST API endpoints
• Support for XOAUTH2 (OAuth 2.0 for SMTP) for secure transmission of scheduled reports
• Report sharing on self-hosted or public clouds with the new Cloud Storage Provider for WebDAV
• In-memory option for JSON and XML data sources for sorting, filtering, and aggregating data

Export and Printing

• Export performance increased by up to 60%
• Improved navigation in the print selection dialog

List & Label Product Description

Thousands of development teams and millions of users all over the world use the award-winning List & Label reporting tool. Desktop, web, and cloud applications can be expanded to include high-performance reporting capabilities with just a few lines of code. Beyond this, the reporting tool provides access to all types of data preparation and data exchange. As compared with other reporting components, List & Label offers the highest levels of flexibility with regard to the types of data which can be evaluated, supported programming languages and the number of export and barcode formats. The designer is available in several languages and can be integrated into one’s own application without additional license fees. As a result, users are also able to create reports. Three editions of the reporting tool are offered by German software house combit. All editions include an annual subscription with free service packs and maintenance covering major version updates and security patches, as well as support for new operating system versions and development environments. Installation and documentation are available in German and English.

About combit

combit has established itself successfully in the German-speaking and international markets since 1989, and has earned a reputation in the fields of reporting, CRM and contact management. The company’s success has been confirmed by well over 100 distinctions from the trade press and its readers, as well as numerous enthusiastic customer testimonials.