In addition to the previous Release based on .net 4.8, MIK.arjuna+ is based on the latest LTS Framework .NET8. An MSI setup is also available for this version, as is a separately available offline installer with the entire MIK suite. Further important information and frequently asked questions can be found in the documentation section of Community4U.
MIK.starlight Server using HTTPS
Limitation of HTTPS/SSL for hosted IIS was finally able to be removed. HTTPS can be configured as well for Windows service and console server/test server.
MIK.arjuna / MIK.arjuna+
UserManagement
Disallow reuse of the last X private passwords has been implemented.
Button added to generate secure password with a minimum of 10-15 characters. (CS0927640)
Possibility implemented to take over also the users at group duplicating. (CS0915307))
Option implemented to export users line by line for each assigned group. (CS0885885))
Reading license file was not possible in write-protected application folders.
If the vertical scrollbar was double-clicked, a group was automatically added to the list.
Builder
Add view nodes via simple clipboard text content in view dialog. (CS0926272)
Exception occured on generate sheet when viewnode member has a special character.
ETL initialization was maybe triggered when the tab has been changed to a different than ETL-loader tab.
Server
Machine name showed name of MIK.starlight Server instead of MIK.starlight+ Client when console server parameter 'User' is used.
Double calculation time for recalculation specific MIK.xylona sheet has been fixed. (CS0882602)
MIK.etl
Manager
Implement navigation button for File | Open dialogue.
Very long tooltips have triggered an exception in the ETL Manager.
Formula data of excel file was maybe unable be read and therefore not shown in preview of ExcelReader. (CS0933345)
Reading license file was not possible in write-protected application folders.
Modules
Redesigned / Modernized EtlUnit4FinancialReader for current Unit4 architecture (EtlUnit4FinancialReaderV7).
Depending on the cell format, negative values in the output of an ExcelReader were wrong. (CS0923254)
MIK.starlight+
General
.NET8 DesktopRuntime package has been updated from 8.0.8 to 8.0.22 within installer (msi/exe).
Updated login dialog and login process.
Updated tooltip and context menu styling.
App arguments can be stored and used from registry or appdata text file.
New feature request menu for administrators.
New keyboard shortcut CTRL+M to create and send app screenshots, also available in logging toolbar using camera icon.
Application logo replaced with new vector based application logo.
Icons have been replaced with Windows 11 Segoe Fluent.
Other performance and UX improvements
Deadlock have been fixed on showing asyncronous error messages.
Configurator
Adhoc: Default document for Adhoc can be selected - also by document type.
Adhoc: New option to hide the button for collapsing the topic bar.
Templates: New template for document slicers.
Templates: New template for color picker default colors.
SMTP: Timeout can be configured for SMTP settings.
Logging: New option to show default logging bar always.
Performance: New option to adjust message polling/keep live timer.
Adhoc
General: New slicer dialog to change all slicers at once has been implemented. This feature is known from previous MIK solutions.
General: Shortkey list has been implemented for Ultimate designer.
General: Delete all entries button has been added to attribute dialog.
General: Delete all entries button has been added to subset dialog.
General: Delete all entries button has been added to exclusions dialog.
General: New keyboard shortcut CTRL+E has been implemented to focus document search.
General: Possibility has been implemented to delete single or all messages.
General: Recent list of last X opened documents has been implemented.
General: Document export via email has been extended for multiple email receiver. (CS0931270)
General: Clear all columns filter button has been added to document search dialog.
General: Filter implemented in mail/message dialog.
General: Filter implemented in open named subset dialog.
General: Behaviour of background image improved - optional as watermark.
General: New navigation modes for opened documents.
General: New theme bar button to open MIK.xylona with empty sheet.
General: New modern document comments - number of comments shown in badge.
General: Implement document fullscreen to hide theme panel and top app bar.
General: Auto-hidden theme panel uses background color of Adhoc like tool- and statusbar.
General: Update check implemented for administrators. Option needs to be enabled in Configurator | General.
Map: Name for linked map refers alternative caption in context menu when given.
General: Exclusion buttons were not disabled on remove all entries.
General: Attribute buttons were not disabled on remove all entries.
General: Message dialog was opened without any available message.
General: Missing font type preview in ultimate format tabs.
General: Ordering of themes was not possible using Drag and Drop.
General: Defined hex value was not shown on opening color picker dialog.
General: Ultimate formula parser has been extended to allow more syntax cases.
General: Formula parser throwed error when decimal places were used within the formula.
Graph: Combi graph gallery combobox was not shown in Ultimate designer.
Graph: Connector line was drawn through data label.
Graph: Second y-Axis was not functional with row subsets more than 1 level.
Graph: Exception for infinite values have been fixed.
Graph: Option 'Keep colors on drilldown' was not working for null row surpression and sorting. (CS0905334)
Table: Label "No action button defined" was not using white color on dark sidebar background.
Table: Exception for infinite values have been fixed.
Gauge: Exception for infinite values have been fixed.
Designer
Redo for page changes implemented and undo improved.
New draft mode for PowerUser roles to build and test in development state Dashboads.
New emoji standard control with extended emoji list.
file:// can be used within WebBrowser url, e.g for pdf files.
Background image can be set for all pages - specific pages can be excluded from usage and fallback to background color is used.
Readonly attribute can be used for MIK.xylona local sheet action, for repository sheets the document theme item right is used.
Button standard control is extended with optional roundes corners and specific mouse over color.
New keyboard shortcut CTRL+F to find page objects.
Wrong tab was selected when save /save with check-in has been executed.
Previous and new group name were missed in group changing confirmation box.
Radiobutton caption was not updated after change via rename dialog.
MikBisBase group could not be set for dashboards.
Runtime
Home, previous and next page have been implemented as general functions in runtime toolbar.
Temporarily shown table possible for embedded chart controls via context menu.
DrillUp action does not work on the first click on the button after PageLoad. (CS0873605)
View node dialog did not scroll to selected element in combo tree control when search button has been clicked.
Do not show message dialogue when no messages available.
Homepage
Fiter for dashboards has been implemented.
Dashboards can sorted by page numbers and dashboard group.
Background image can be set for background of homepage, optional as watermark.
Style can be set for homepage toolbar.
New dashboard tile types with image, circle image, icon or detail card - in different sizes.
Page number and other information are shown in tile badges.
Corners of tile can be rounded and tiles can be shown centered.
Dashboards can sorted by page numbers and dashboard group.
New homepage sidebar with dashboard grid overview.
Refresh homepage icon was not shown for non power user.
MIK.starlight Server
General
HTTPS implemented via certificate store or manually using pfx/p12 cert. The SSL certificate can be selected directly or joined via the Windows certificate store.
Automatic scaling did not work for unit type 'Days'.
Application Server Manager
User interface has been updated.
New connections can be created directly as HTTPS connections.
SSL certificate selection added when using HTTPS. The certificate can be read from the certificate store or specified as a file. Please note that only certificates with a private key can be used.
When creating a web.config for IIS hosting, tracing is now enabled by default.
IIS hosted
Implement tracing for IIS.
Implement own cache directory for IIS when using noappprofile=true to handle multiple pools.
Console
Log file is written to the AppData directory upon exit.
MIK.xylona
General
MikBisUser formula can also return email address, fullname or comment.
New sheets/files should use name of file when caption is empty.
Exception occured while exported. (CS0916178)
Preselected caption was using file extension wrongly.
Create ProtBulk.txt in %APPDATA% instead of in program folder.
InstallMikXylona was not able to handle parallel installations of Excel 32-/64-Bit in every way. (CS0873605)