Essential Studio for Windows Forms Release Notes

v15.1.0.33
February 13, 2017

Barcode

Features

  • UPC Barcode support have been implemented.

Calculate

Bug Fixes

  • #170476 - ROUND formula with cell ranges are now calculated properly.

  • #170476 - VALUE formula with cell ranges are now calculated properly.

  • #170837 - MIN and MAX formulas with DateTime values are now calculated properly.

  • #167668 - Exception no longer thrown while calculating the embedded formula with the value #N/A.

  • #171378 - Formula which contains “{}” is now calculated properly.

Chart

Bug Fixes

  • #168945 - Cursor property is now working properly.
  • #167344 - Data labels rendered for pie chart are now positioned properly, when placed at the top left corner.

ColorPickerUIAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #167415- Time taken to load the control at 200% scaling has been reduced and appearance has been changed based on the DPI.

ComboBoxAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #166331- Time taken to load the items in ComboBoxAdv has been reduced considerably.

CurrencyTextBox

Bug Fixes

  • #170617- Now Cursor property working properly.

DateTimePickerAdv

Features

  • #161485, 166152 - Support provided to set Nullable DateTime value.

Diagram

Bug fixes

  • #169524 - Connector’s BoundingRectangle returns incorrect value in SizeChanged event is fixed.

Features

  • #155077 - Support to export the diagram into SVG format with label wrapping option is provided.
  • #167185 - Support to add custom history entry into HistoryManager list is provided.

DocIO

Features

  • #116079, #164831, #164861, #167358 - Provided RTL text preservation support in Word to PDF and Image conversion.
  • #122928, #149937, #153104, #159260, #163792, #165376, #167838, #166859 - Provided support for Textbox with AutoFit layout in Word to PDF conversion.
  • #114697, #138846, #153104, #164784 - Provided support for Picture bullet preservation in Word to PDF conversion.

Bug Fixes

  • #165843 - List number preservation issue has been resolved while importing a particular Word document.
  • #166885 - StackOverflowException will no longer thrown while updating document fields for a particular Word document.
  • #166995 - Highlight color is now preserved properly for the justify aligned paragraph in Word to PDF conversion.
  • #167138, #168028, #169173, #171615 - Page number is now preserved properly while updating table of contents for a particular Word document.
  • #167189 - IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer thrown while retrieving the bookmark contents.
  • #167194 - Row splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167333, #167559 - Before spacing preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167333 - Textbox is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167448, #171785, #168567, #169358, #169791 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167559 - No longer hangs while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167568 - File is no longer corrupted while resaving a particular DOCX format document.
  • #167568, #167582 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while opening a particular DOCX format document.
  • #167585, #169115, #167805, #168097, #169115 - Text splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167600 - ArgumentException will no longer thrown while opening a particular DOCX format document.
  • #167794, #167934 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while replacing the bookmark contents.
  • #167798 - Frame preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular DOC format document as PDF.
  • #167838 - Table indent preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular RTF format document as PDF.
  • #167831 - No longer hangs while updating table of contents for a particular HTML format document.
  • #167888, #167559 - Column break preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167934 - TextFormField is now preserved properly while inserting a bookmark content using ReplaceBookmarkContent API.
  • #168028 - IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer thrown while opening a particular DOCX format document.
  • #167559 - Frame missing issue has been resolved while converting a particular DOC format document as PDF.
  • #167559 - Page splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167559 - Image position is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167559 - Paragraph left indent preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167559 - Table row is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167559 - Tab splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167559 - Paragraph fill color preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167559 - Text alignment issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #168166, #169707 - Merge field values are now preserved properly while executing Mail merge using ExecuteNestedGroup method.
  • #168567, #167794 - NullReferenceException no longer thrown while manipulating bookmarks using BookmarksNavigator API.
  • #168733 - Text fill color overlapping issue has been resolved while converting a particular RTF format document as PDF.
  • #168733 - Horizontal cell merging issue has been resolved while converting a particular RTF format document as PDF.
  • #167559, #168961, #169115 - Before spacing issue has been resolved while converting a particular DOCX format document as PDF.
  • #168961, #169115 - Empty space preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular DOC format document as PDF.
  • #168961, #169115 - Structured Document Tag Content missing issue has been resolved while converting a particular DOCX format document as PDF.
  • #168983 - IndexOutOfRangeException issue will no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #169058 - No longer hangs while updating document fields for a particular Word document.
  • #169061, #169791, #171785 - Character spacing issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #169173, #171615 - Page number is now preserved properly while updating table of contents for a particular Word document.
  • #169188 - Watermark preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #169549 - Font size preservation issue has been resolved while replacing the text in a particular Word document.
  • #169791 - Paragraph position preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #169791 - Text overlapping issue has been resolved while converting a particular DOC format document as PDF.
  • #170696 - Nested table cell width preservation issue has been resolved while resaving a particular DOCX format document.
  • #171615 - FormatException will no longer thrown while opening a particular Word document.

DoubleTextBox

Bug Fixes

  • #170617- Now Cursor property working properly.

GridGroupingControl

Bug Fixes

  • #167992 - No rendering issues will be occurred while performing the zooming operation for two GridGroupingControl in a Form.

  • #165488 - Cell Values are now properly exported while exporting the ComboBox column with display member and value member.

  • #166366 - GridExcelFilter is now properly worked for nullable DateTime column.

  • #169081 - The null reference exception is no longer thrown while setting the GroupDropArea properties through designer when grid has StackedHeaders.

  • #169134 - ZoomGroupingGrid is now properly worked with the related tables.

  • #169429 - GridExcelFilter is now working properly with the display member and value member.

  • #169664, #170600 - The selected dates are updated properly in the schedule views while navigating through the Navigation calendar.

  • #169800 - The zooming is now applied properly according to the individual row heights.

  • #171187 - GridExcelFilter popup is now working properly with the same value member for different columns.

HTMLUIControl

Bug fixes

  • #167605 – Now Text selection behavior will work properly, when Mouse Drag action is performed on empty spaces.

IntegerTextBox

Bug Fixes

  • #170617- Now Cursor property working properly.

MultiColumnTreeView

Bug fixes

  • #169941 - SelectedNode’s text cropping issue in MultiColumnTreeView has been resolved.

  • #169941 - ItemHeight, Expand and Collapse button size are now scaling properly with different scaling in MultiColumnTreeView.

  • #170508 - ColumnHeader and Width are now updated properly based on scaling in MultiColumnTreeView.

  • #171748 - Column header in MultiColumnTreeView not resized properly in secondary screen has been fixed.

Bug fixes

  • #167365 – Designer Page error no longer occurs, when MainForm is opened in Design Time.

NumericUpDownExt

Bug Fixes

  • #166331- Now, time taken to load the control has been reduced.

PDF

Features

  • #164992- Added support for rendering HTML content directly without the usage of ‘PdfTemplate’.
  • #169205 - Added support for accessing polygon annotation points.

Bug Fixes

  • `PdfGrid` cells are now preserved properly based on the column span.
  • #166940- NullReferenceException is no longer be thrown while drawing text to the particular PDF document.
  • #168422- ArgumentOutOfRangeException is no longer thrown while drawing text in particular PdfLoadedDocument instance.
  • # 165345, 168250- Form field values has been preserved properly while filling with large text.
  • #168281- Syntax issue is no longer thrown in preflight with the particular PDF document created.
  • #167608- Text is now preserved properly when flattening the form fields.
  • #168228- Text positions are now properly preserved when flattening the form fields.
  • #167014- ArgumentOutOfRangeException is no longer thrown while flattening the PDF form fields.
  • #168225- Bookmark destination is now preserved properly while loading the PDF document.
  • #166308- Texts are now preserved properly while drawing using MS Mincho font.
  • #166947- Images are now loaded properly while converting from HTML to PDF using IE rendering engine.
  • #167965- Syntax issue is no longer thrown in preflight with the concurrently OCRed PDF document.
  • #167798- AccessViolationException is no longer thrown when converting from EMF to PDF.
  • #168341, 164992- File size of the PDF is reduced when converting from HTML to PDF.
  • #167333- Picture border is now preserved properly while converting from EMF to PDF.
  • #151048- Text positions are now properly preserved when converting from EMF to PDF.
  • #167263- PDF document will be no longer corrupted while converting from XPS to PDF more than once.
  • #167933- Text content is no longer clipped while converting from XPS document to PDF.
  • #168743 - Exception will not be thrown when ShowHeader property is set to true in PdfLightTable
  • #168654 - Page reference will not be wrong in Text box field collection.
  • #168269 - Image will be visible properly in particular PDF page.
  • #168227 - Exception will not be thrown while flattening the Form fields.
  • #168762 - Text will be properly visible when drawn at 0,0 in PDF.
  • #170183 - PdfAttachment will not be null when loading the particular PDF document.
  • #170571 - Text will be properly wrapped in PdfCell.
  • #170953 - PdfCode128Barcode will accept special characters.
  • #171136 - Bookmarks will not have null destination while loading PDF document.
  • #171136 - Links will be preserved properly between bookmark and named destination.
  • #170126 - Chinese characters will be preserved properly when flattening the form fields
  • #170241 - PDF content will not be missed when load and save the particular document.
  • #168491, 169115 - Font issue will not be occur in Doc to PDF converted document in Mac OS.
  • #168165 - Font weight will be applied properly in HTML to PDF conversion.
  • #168177 - Exception will not be thrown while converting Word to PDF.
  • #168961, 169115 - Text will be preserved properly in Word to PDF conversion.
  • #167965 - Temporary files will not be crashed when OCRing particular text document.
  • #170573 - Bold text will be preserved properly when converting Word to PDF.
  • #170241 - PdfPage background color will be preserved properly after removing security from the particular PDF document.
  • Signature never gets failed when signing the document using author category.
  • Image will be preserved properly while converting HTML to PDF using IE rendering engine.

PdfViewerControl

Bug Fixes

  • #165386 - Textual contents in a particular PDF document are rendering properly.
  • #166917 - Polish characters will be rendered properly.
  • #166917 - Contents are not messed anymore in displaying a particular PDF document using PDF viewer.
  • #167196 - Textual contents in a particular PDF document are rendering properly.
  • #170144 – PDF viewer control will maintain the current system culture while printing the PDF document.
  • #167571 - Particular PDF document contents will be rendered properly.
  • #167571 - Images in a particular PDF document will be rendered properly in the appropriate location in the PDF viewer control.
  • #167571 - Images uses CCITT decode filter will be decoded properly in PDF viewer control.
  • #169022 - Polish characters will be copied properly.
  • #171053 - PDF document will be printed properly in landscape mode using PdfDocumentView.
  • #169838 – PDF viewer control will print the particular PDF document properly while printing using Print() API.
  • #167487 - Textual contents in the particular PDF document are rendering properly.
  • #164184, #166120 – Image contents in particular PDF document are rendering properly.
  • #165666 - Text elements are rendering properly while exporting the particular PDF document pages as images.
  • #165653 - Texts are extracted properly from a particular PDF document which is generated using Print to PDF feature available in Windows 10.
  • #165049 – Argument exception and Null reference exception are no longer thrown on loading a particular PDF document.
  • #166743 – Argument out of range exception will not be thrown on performing OCR by setting IsImageStraighteningEnabled to true.

PercentTextBox

Bug Fixes

  • #170617- Now Cursor property working properly.

Presentation

Features

  • #166068 - Added support to modify the .PPTM, .POTX and .POTM file formats
  • #168251 - Added support to create and modify sections in PowerPoint presentations
  • #171169 - Added support to create and modify hyperlinks in PowerPoint presentations

Breaking Changes

  • Clone method is moved from ITable interface to ISlideItem interface
  • #167997 - The property InvertIfNegative is now added into IOfficeChartSerie interface
  • #169437 - The property NumberFormat is now added into IOfficeChartDataLabels interface

Bug Fixes

  • #168870 - Bubble size is now updated properly in charts while creating the PowerPoint presentations
  • #168101 - Data range will be now updated properly while adding data to an existing chart in a PowerPoint presentation
  • #167717 - The application will no longer become unresponsive while opening a particular PowerPoint presentation with tables
  • #171147 - The images are now replaced as expected in PowerPoint slides
  • #170852 - Invalid cast exception will be no longer thrown while opening the PowerPoint presentation with a handout master
  • #169437 - NumberFormat property is now added in IOfficeChartDataLabels interface to enable data label with a percentage symbol in charts
  • #169379 - PowerPoint presentation will no longer get corrupted while merging two PowerPoint presentations have same theme files
  • #170272 - Format exception will be no longer thrown while merging slides from one presentation to another presentation
  • #168581 - Null reference exception will be no longer thrown while converting PowerPoint slides with tables having specific themes
  • #167554 - Null reference exception will be no longer thrown while converting a particular PowerPoint presentation as PDF document
  • #168836 - Text box rotation is now preserved properly while performing PowerPoint presentation to PDF or image conversions
  • #168836 - Tab space is now preserved properly while performing PowerPoint presentation to PDF or image conversions
  • #168535 - Gradient color is preserved properly while performing PowerPoint presentation to PDF or image conversions
  • #168663 - Invalid cast exception will be no longer thrown while converting the PowerPoint presentation having line chart
  • #171203 - Index out of range exception will be no longer thrown while converting particular PowerPoint presentation to PDF document

RangeSlider

Bug Fixes

  • #170209 - Tick Marks are now rendered properly, when MinimumValue is in Negative.

RibbonControlAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #167329,167881- NullReferenceException raises while opening the Dropdown has been fixed.
  • #167329,167881- Foreground color of the disabled MenuItem has been changed from black to gray.
  • #167324- Unwanted space at the top of the Ribbon has been removed when RibbonBorder is set to none.
  • #170865- Now exception is not thrown when changing from Backstage to Ribbon in designer.

ScrollerFrame

Bug fixes

  • #170130 – ArrowPushed property customization will be applied properly.

SplitButton

Bug Fixes

  • #169219- Tag value now returns the assigned value on DropDownItemClicked event.

SplitContainerAdv

Bug fixes

  • #170688 - MainForm will no longer closing on disposing the SplitContainerAdv.

TextBoxExt

Bug Fixes

  • #170348- Border color now rendered properly in Windows 7 Classic theme.
  • #170617- Now Cursor property working properly in TextBoxExt.

ToolStripEx

Bug Fixes

  • #167327- Now Font get applied properly in 150 % scaling.

TreeViewAdv

Bug fixes

  • #170835 - AfterSelect event is now triggering properly on selecting node programmatically.

XlsIO

Features

  • Provided support to import data from Microsoft DataGridView and DataGrid controls.
  • Provided support to add HTML rich-text string in Excel cells.
  • Provided support to export hidden rows and columns into DataTable.
  • Provided support to export charts alone from worksheets into PDF.
  • Provided support to export Excel 2016 charts into PDF.

Breaking changes

  • The methods ImportDataGrid and ImportDataGridView are added in IWorksheet interface.
  • The property HtmlString is added in IRange interface.

Bug fixes

  • #166572 - Issues with RTF text in Korean culture is fixed.
  • #166760 - Exception while parsing pivot cache definition is no longer thrown.
  • #166820 - Exception while parsing conditional formats with invalid formula is no longer thrown.
  • #167141 - File corruption issue while resaving a workbook with improper attribute has been fixed.
  • #167392 - Exception is no longer thrown while parsing Excel document with dialog sheets.
  • #167478 - Exception is no longer thrown while assigning value in Russian culture.
  • #167592 - Creation of duplicate cell value while assigning value to a single cell has been fixed.
  • #167735 - Corruption issue with shapes having multiple “=” characters is fixed.
  • #167754 - Moving ranges will also move comment shapes to proper location.
  • #167812 - Parse exception is no longer thrown while resaving Excel document with invalid named ranges in conditional formats.
  • #167857 - Not a legal OleAut date exception is no longer thrown while accessing display text with switching arguments in different cultures.
  • #167940 - Exception is no longer thrown while measuring size of an empty string in a cell.
  • #168768 - Argument exception is no longer thrown while invoking EnableSheetCalculations twice.
  • #168440 - Color issue in data points while converting 3D charts into image has been fixed.
  • #167944, #167945 - Exception is no longer thrown while parsing a binary Excel document with invalid extended format index.
  • #168804 - Argument null exception is no longer thrown while applying template markers in different cultures.
  • #170164 - Application no longer hangs while saving empty worksheet as CSV.
  • #170017 - Dropdown is no longer deleted while resaving workbook twice.
  • #169558 - Changing font size will not alter CheckBox position.
  • #169650 - Application no longer hangs while parsing pivot chart extension list.
  • #168730 - Parsing Excel document with “$” in auto filter’s address no longer throws exception.
  • #168996 - Overflow exception is no longer thrown while writing cell text with the string “infinity”.
  • #168659 - Argument exception is no longer thrown while parsing external workbook address in binary format.
  • #168084 - Argument out of range exception is no longer thrown while deleting a row from RowStorage.
  • #170857 - Exception is no longer thrown while parsing shared strings relationship with end tag.
  • #170511 - Stack overflow exception is no longer thrown while parsing Excel document with not equal condition in filters.
  • #170647 - RefersToRange address with comma returns proper value.
  • #171107 - Integer variant type in custom document property is now serialized with valid tag.
  • #146066 - Copying charts from Excel 2013 documents will no longer be corrupted.
  • #163337 - Opening Excel document with pivot table element “AutoSortScope” no more hangs.
  • #167941 - Format exception is no longer thrown while converting Excel document into PDF in Russian culture.
  • #167944 - Argument out of range exception is no longer thrown while converting an empty Excel worksheet into PDF.
  • #168660 - Null reference exception is no longer thrown while converting Excel document with pivot table into PDF.
  • #169183 - Scatter chart axis is properly rendered in Excel chart to image conversion.
  • #169104 - Trendline is properly rendered in Excel chart to image conversion.
  • #167942 - Exception is no longer thrown while accessing invalid header and footer string in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #167938 - Index out of range exception is no longer thrown while accessing a row beyond the row limit in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #167936 - Exception is no longer thrown while converting an Excel document with unknown named range into PDF.
  • #170840 - 24-hour time format issue has been fixed in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #165809 - Legend entry of a deleted chart no more shown in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #170496 - Chart legend referred to merged cells will be visible in image conversion.
  • #169680 - Charts with same name no more replaced in Excel to HTML conversion.
  • #168481 - Cell borders with tint and theme color is preserved proper in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #168481 - Embedded font in PDF header is enabled while converting.
  • #162207 - Issue with repeated print title rows is fixed in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Issue with font color in migrant range has been fixed.
  • Issue with improper 3D material values in charts has been fixed.
  • Cloning workbook with 3D charts no more throws exception.
  • Exception thrown while reading a cell with more than 7 digits as DateTime is fixed.
  • Exception thrown while converting TimeSpan value into PDF is fixed.
  • Exception thrown while applying conditional formula “Days360” into PDF is fixed.
  • Exception thrown while populating pivot table with styles in Excel to PDF conversion is fixed.
  • Exception thrown while setting invalid hyperlink in PDF conversion is fixed.
  • Exception thrown while drawing header/footer with discontinuous range in PDF conversion is fixed.
  • Exception thrown while converting a workbook into PDF with comments alone is fixed.
  • Exception thrown while converting a document into PDF with invalid print area is fixed.
  • Exception thrown while applying conditional formats formula with error value in PDF conversion is fixed.