Does not work with angular 14

[Gillardo]

Follow the steps on the readme file but use angular 14 and you get this error when trying to run ng serve

[Gillardo]

Here is a sample project, just run npm install and then ng serve and you should replicate the problem

fusion-charts.zip

[spac-valentin]

Is there a plan to start supporting angular 14 soon?

[hebus]

As a workaround, you can put the "angular-fusioncharts"'s source code inside you Angular 14 project... And all should works fine

[epiphanizer]

@hebus Your workaround got it compiling, but actual loading of charts fails with ERROR TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'firstCreatePass')
at providersResolver (core.mjs:21149:13)

Any thoughts? Should I just use 13?

[hebus]

Hello @epiphanizer ,
Here a stackblitz link: https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-ivy-32bzyf

Don't worry, if does not work online, just download the source code and test it in local. This is how we have fixed Angular 14 compilation issues

[ajeet2017]

@hebus in angular 14 got compile successfully. but while load page throw error. ypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'firstCreatePass'). Is it version issue? how can I resolve.

[jerone]

@fusioncharts
We are paying customers and our applications are being held back by this one package lacking support for newer versions of Angular.

This discussion also started with Angular 12, then with version 13 and now with 14.

For the previous versions, the upgrade was possible by forcing the upgrade.
Now with version 14 of Angular, this is not possible anymore, and blocking exceptions are thrown.

Angular 14 is out for 4+ months now.
Please hold an higher release schedule for supporting new versions of Angular.

[jerone]

@fusioncharts I've created #154 to upgrade to Angular 14.

[jprinsloo]

@fusioncharts please merge #154 and make a new package for us to use.

[jerone]

And now we are multiple version behind again, with Angular 15 just released.

I don't know why I pay for this product !!!

[abishek]

When I spoke to their support, they didn't even have an ETA, and their claim was - this is an open-source project, so we cannot expect them to deliver or support. unfortunately, they don't seem to know why or how open-source works: they are not even open to merging community patches. Unfortunately, moving away is not a simple decision either :-(

@jerone would it be possible to publish your patched version as an unofficial package?

[jerone]

The argument about being an open-source project is confusing. They maintain this repo, plus they mention support for Angular multiple times on their website. 1. 2.

I'll contact them too, asking to prioritize this blocking issue.

[..] they are not even open to merging community patches.

Exactly, the work is already done #154 (if they confirm everything is working correctly).

@jerone would it be possible to publish your patched version as an unofficial package?

I have to think about this and discuss this internally, as I forked this repo from my companies org. I try to stay away from publishing clones, because I cannot and will not give support if we unofficially publish it.

[Franccescalee]

Same issue trying to upgrade my app to Angular 14. We only purchased our license due to the fact that they said it "had support for Angular".

[jerone]

Some activity happening:

• commit for upgrading angular version #161
• https://github.com/fusioncharts/angular-fusioncharts/tree/appwrk-master3.20

[unspike]

@fusioncharts We are paying customers and our applications are being held back by this one package lacking support for newer versions of Angular.

This discussion also started with Angular 12, then with version 13 and now with 14.

For the previous versions, the upgrade was possible by forcing the upgrade. Now with version 14 of Angular, this is not possible anymore, and blocking exceptions are thrown.

Angular 14 is out for 4+ months now. Please hold an higher release schedule for supporting new versions of Angular.

@jerone how did u solved issue on angular 12? I have Cannot read properties of null (reading 'firstCreatePass') issue (on prod only, and only on hosted machine, locally 'prod' build also works, and can't find the solution

[unspike]

@jerone yeah, but u said

For the previous versions, the upgrade was possible by forcing the upgrade.

can you please clarify what do u mean by that.

[AdiSilagy]

We are also paying customers and we are forced to upgrade to Angular 14.
Did anyone managed to work around this issue?

[ghost]

What a lamentable business. They need to remediate this things to avoid paying for a license for something that you cannot upgrade.

[Franccescalee]

We are also paying customers and we are forced to upgrade to Angular 14. Did anyone managed to work around this issue?

@AdiSilagy We had to clone the repository and upgrade it ourselves. Then published to a private NPM package.

[yuricamara]

@Franccescalee , how did you upgrade it? Please, let us know.

[Franccescalee]

@yuricamara I think I just changed the angular packages in the package.json to go to 14.x before I did an npm install. I compared what was in there to what I have in my app as well. Then built/packed/published. I don't remember needing to make any changes to the code.

[AyanBhadury]

Hello,

The latest version of angular-fusioncharts has just been released that is angular-fusioncharts 4.0.3 . This version supports angular version till the latest one (15). If you want you can upgrade the angular version and test your application.

Here is the npm link :
https://www.npmjs.com/package/angular-fusioncharts/v/4.0.3

Demo - https://github.com/AyanBhadury/angular-fusioncharts-sample

[jerone]

Super great news. I'll give it a try soon. 🎉

Can you please create an CHANGELOG to keep track of the changes. Preferably via the "Releases" tab. Many corporation need to track the changes.

Are there for example no breaking changes?
Upgrade guide?

But more important, Angular 16 is less then 1 month away ("week of 2023-05-01").

https://angular.io/guide/releases#release-schedule
Please add support for Angular 16 ASAP !!!

[AyanBhadury]

Sorry I don't have the permission, may be create a ticket to [email protected] and request them to add it.