Document Viewer Requirements and Limitations
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Document Viewer Requirements
The following script files should be installed on the client web browser to run the Document Viewer:
- jQuery 1.11.3+
jQuery UI 1.11.4+ (both JavaScript and CSS files) with the following scripts:
- core.js
- widget.js
- mouse.js
- draggable.js
- resizable.js
- selectable.js
To assemble a custom jQuery UI library that includes the required scripts, visit the following page: Download Builder.
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The Document Viewer requires the core Globalize script and its four modules (message, number, date and currency), as well as some cldrjs scripts. Here is a list of the required Globalize scripts:
<script src="js/cldr.js"></script> <script src="js/cldr.event.js"></script> <script src="js/cldr.supplemental.js"></script> <script src="js/cldr.unresolved.js"></script> <script src="js/globalize.js"></script> <script src="js/globalize/message.js"></script> <script src="js/globalize/number.js"></script> <script src="js/globalize/currency.js"></script> <script src="js/globalize/date.js"></script>Read more about Globalize modules and requirements in the Globalize documentation.
The basic cldr content needed for the Document Viewer is included in the library. However, for locales other than “en” (or currencies other than “USD”), cldr content should be loaded additionally (read more in the Globalize documentation).
- knockout 3.3.0+
You should download and place all JavaScript files into your application’s Scripts folder, set the paths to these libraries in the src attribute, and put the CSS files into the Content folder. You can also use NuGet to download and install these files automatically.
To include these script files in a client application, do one of the following:
Automatic Integration
Include these client-side libraries on the web page automatically by adding the “resources” section to the application’s Web.config file, as shown below.
<devExpress> <!-- ... --> <resources> <add type="ThirdParty" /> <add type="DevExtreme" /> </resources> </devExpress>Manual Integration
To avoid automatic loading of any libraries by a control (that is, when such libraries are already referenced on the web page), do the following:
Declare an empty “resources” section in the Web.config file.
<resources> </resources>Manually attach DevExtreme resources and the required third-party libraries (such as jQuery and Globalize) to the web page.
<html> <head> <script src="Scripts/jquery-1.11.3.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="Scripts/jquery-ui-1.11.4.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="Scripts/knockout-3.3.0.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="Scripts/globalize/cldr.js"></script> <script src="Scripts/globalize/cldr.event.js"></script> <script src="Scripts/globalize/cldr.supplemental.js"></script> <script src="Scripts/globalize/cldr.unresolved.js"></script> <script src="Scripts/globalize/globalize.js"></script> <script src="Scripts/globalize/globalize.message.js"></script> <script src="Scripts/globalize/globalize.number.js"></script> <script src="Scripts/globalize/globalize.currency.js"></script> <script src="Scripts/globalize/globalize.date.js"></script> <link href="Content/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" type="text/css" rel="Stylesheet" /> ... </head> ... </html>
Note
Deleting the DevExpress “resources” section from the Web.config file enables the default behavior (with automatic loading only of DevExtreme, without adding third-party libraries).
To learn more about this configuration, see Embedding Third-Party Libraries.
For a list of web browsers supported by the Document Viewer, refer to the following document: Supported Browsers.
Document Viewer Limitations
Consider the following limitations relating to the latest HTML5 Document Viewer version:
The following document formats do not support exporting a report to multiple files:
You can only export a report to any of the above-listed formats as a single file.
- To be able to print a report, the HTML5 Document Viewer first converts it to PDF, which requires that the web browser supports PDF printing.
- The HTML5 Document Viewer cannot render remotely created documents.
- At present, the HTML5 Document Viewer does not meet all the requirements of accessibility compliance.
- The HTML5 Document Viewer does not work in Web Farms and Web Gardens environments because of its server-side architecture specifics. At the same time, Multiple Cloud Service Instances in Azure environment are fully supported.