Essential Studio for Windows Forms Release Notes

v15.2.0.40
May 8, 2017

BackstageView

Bug Fixes

  • #174730-BackStageButtonHoverColor has been enabled to set the back color of the BackstageButton when mouse hover.

Calculate

Features

  • #170476 – Provided support to calculate the ROUND, ISERROR and IF formula with named ranges.
  • #170511 – Provided support to calculate the formula having error strings.
  • Provided support to calculate the formula with intersected named ranges.

Enhancements

  • Provided support to return proper error strings when provided invalid arguments to the Imaginary functions.

Bug Fixes

  • #174989, #173732 - IRR formula is now calculated properly.
  • #177228, #176718 - Null exception is no longer thrown when disable the sheet calculation from new thread.
  • #172549 – IMABS formula with decimal value is now calculated properly.
  • #172383 - IMSUM formula with complex number is now calculated properly.

Chart

Bug Fixes

  • #174993 - Exception on passing empty array to the YValue of a point is fixed now.
  • #173607 - Issue with chart control visibility change, on calling SaveImage() or DrawImage() is fixed now.

ComboBoxAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #177356-ComboBoxAdv renders without any flickering and delay.
  • #175774-Issue in the adding of Items in dropdownlist has been fixed.
  • #175643-SelectedIndex and SelectedValue has not been changed while typing text in read only mode.

Diagram

Bug fixes

  • #171291 - Connectors position are updated unnecessarily while changing the document’s size is fixed.
  • #171755 - Gridlines are not visible if zoom level set to 25% is fixed.
  • #172086 - When node added in multiple layers and hiding any one of the layer, does not display the node is fixed.
  • #174294 - Exception raised while updating the page setup after modifying OrgLineConnector’s ControlPoints is fixed.

Features

  • #157663 - Support to wrap the text based on the Label’s Size is added.
  • #173495 - Serialization support for Diagram’s Properties is added.

DigitalGauge

Features

  • Provided support for Office2016 style.

  • Provided support for Theme customization

DocIO

Features

  • #129771, #141097, #152712, #152827, #152953, #161968, #166700, #170011, #170535 - Added Equation(EQ) field preservation support in Word to PDF conversion.

Breaking Changes

  • Enumeration type of Equation(EQ) field is modified from FieldFormula to FieldExpression while opening an existing DOC format document.
  • Enumeration type of Formula(=) field is modified from FieldExpression to FieldFormula while opening an existing DOC and DOCX format document.

Bug Fixes

  • #171423 - ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer thrown while importing and resaving a particular Word document.
  • #171051, #173099, #177192 - File is no longer corrupted while resaving a particular DOCX format document.
  • #169663 - File size is now reduced while converting a Word document as RTF by enabling the OptimizeRtfFileSize property of SaveOptions class.
  • #171841 - Merge field number format preservation issue has been resolved while performing Mail merge execution.
  • #172854 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while using FindSingleLine() method in Multithreading.
  • #171100 - Ref field result is now preserved properly while updating document fields for a particular Word document.
  • #171613 - Marker color of the scatter chart is now preserved properly while resaving a DOCX format document.
  • #171423, #175386 - Data label of the chart is now preserved properly while resaving a particular DOCX format document.
  • #171799 - Table border preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #171799 - Table overlapping issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #171424 - Table positioning issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #171073 - Page break preservation issue has been resolved while converting particular Word document as PDF.
  • #171132 - Frame missing issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167559, #173876, #174704, #177783 - No longer hangs while converting the particular Word document as PDF file.
  • #172618 - Page splitting issue is now resolved while converting a particular DOCX format document as PDF.
  • #172618, #172622, #174134, #173670,#174270,#174798 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while converting a particular DOCX format document as PDF.
  • #172622 - Page break preservation issue is now resolved while converting a particular DOCX format document as PDF.
  • #172910, #173277 - Paragraph position and frame preservation issue is now resolved while converting a particular DOCX format document as PDF.
  • #173039 - Image missing issue is now resolved while converting a particular DOCX format document as PDF.
  • #173346 - Text drawn with improper font issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #173445 - Text alignment issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #173459, #172942 - No longer hangs while opening a particular DOCX format document.
  • #173517 - Table right border is now preserved properly while saving the particular RTF format document.
  • #173567 - Custom properties result is now preserved properly while updating document fields for a particular Word document.
  • #174396, #174699 - Textbox content aligned properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #174511 - Table border is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as HTML.
  • #174602 - Textbox text missing issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #174606 - Table width is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #174834, #174894 - Table rows is now preserved properly when accepting the track changes.
  • #172618 - Table cell border issue has been resolved while converting particular Word document as PDF.
  • #174246 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while refreshing a chart element.
  • #173628 - Chart with trendlines is now preserved properly while resaving a particular DOCX format document.
  • #172618 - Tab splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #175304 - Text position preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #173346 - Bottom alignment of text is preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #174455 - Image missing issue has been resolved while resaving particular Word document.
  • #176036 - Subscript text alignment issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #176036 - Textbox positioning issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #175132 - NullReferenceException will be no longer thrown while parsing the picture fill property of Chart element.
  • #174474, #174954 ,#174997 - ArgumentException will no longer thrown while saving the Word document which contains Chart element.
  • #167585 - Text missing issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #175604 - Image missing issue has been resolved while converting Word document as EPUB.
  • #175051 - ArgumentException will no longer thrown while opening a particular Word document.
  • #175731 - Page break will be preserved properly when accepting the track changes in the Word document.
  • #174174 - Table border preservation issue has been resolved while opening a particular DOC format document.
  • #174602 - Table row is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #176420 - File is no longer corrupted while using ChartData.Clear() method.
  • #173412, #174055 - Performance has been improved while resaving a particular DOCX format document.

GridGroupingControl

Features

  • #162618, #156083, #155483 - Support provided to perform the assertion and playback on child table in Coded UI.
  • #161766 - Support provided to programmatically filter the records using the ExpressionMatch comparison operator.

Bug Fixes

  • #175622 - Null reference exception is no longer thrown while removing a record when its cell validation is handled in the TableControlCurrentCellValidating event.

LinearGauge

Features

  • Provided support for Office2016 style.

  • Provided support for Theme customization.

MainFrameBarManager

Bug fixes

  • #175796 - CustomActiveTextColor property will be applied properly for ParentBarItem.

  • #173354 – Memory leak will not occur, when adding and disposing BarItem collection.

  • #172594 - Null Reference Exception no longer occur, when RegisterMDIChildType function is invoked.

MessageBoxAdv

Features

  • #171478 – Provided support for Right to Left Layout View.

  • #171478 – Provided support for Details Pane view.

  • #171478 – Provided support for loading Custom Button combination.

MetroForm

Bug fixes

  • #176868 – Events in Caption Images will be triggered properly, when Mouse hovered on it.

  • #170568 – Standardized control Scaling behavior 125 DPI Level.

MultiColumnComboBox

Bug Fixes

  • #153334-Null reference exception will not occur when using Item source in MultiColumnComboBox.

MultiColumnTreeView

Bug fixes

  • #175000 – Border will be rendered properly based on defined BorderStyle.

MultiSelectionComboBox

Bug Fixes

  • #174910-The text of the MultiSelectionComboBox is aligned correctly with the checkbox.
  • #174588-Issue with the display member when having same items in the DataTable has been fixed.
  • #174345-Items in the Dropdown has now been cleared when DataSource is set to null at runtime.
  • #173449-Visual Items clears when changing the DataSource at runtime.

PDF

Features

  • Provided support for flattening the pop up annotation in PDF.
  • Provided support for flattening the ink annotation in PDF.
  • Provided support for PDF 2.0 security feature (AES Revision 6).

Bug Fixes

  • #172260 - PdfLightTable cell customization is now preserving properly when disable the AllowRowBreakAcrossPages.
  • #171850 - Decrypting padding block exception is no longer thrown when loading the particular PDF document.
  • #172057 - The PDF page contents are displaying correctly when encrypt the PDF document.
  • #171135 - OCR processed PDF documents are no longer increase in size when printing using Adobe Acrobat DC.
  • #172578 - Some graphics content of XPS are now rendering properly when converting to PDF.
  • #164222 - Numeric glyphs in RTL languages of XPS are now rendering properly when converting to PDF.
  • #164222 - Input string not in correct format exception is no longer thrown when converted XPS to PDF.
  • #172269 - Index out of range exception is no longer thrown when viewing PDF document in PDF Viewer.
  • #171740 - Documents are now compressed properly while replacing the images in the document with low quality.
  • #170611 - PDF size is no longer compressed compared to TIFF image on converting TIFF images to PDF.
  • #171469 - Internal links are now preserving properly while converting HTML to PDF.
  • #171703 - PdfLightTable headers are drawing only once when enable the ShowHeader.
  • #171857 - Form fields values are preserving properly when flattening the form fields.
  • #172460 - NotSupportedException no longer thrown while using PdfTrueTypeFont.
  • #173882 - The inner color of the ellipse and circle annotations are now preserving properly when flattening the annotation.
  • #174433 - Null reference exception no longer occurs when loading the PDF document.
  • #172945 - Named destination is now supported when merging PDF documents.
  • #172848 - Preservation issues will not occur while flattening PDF form fields.
  • #170584 - File size is not increased when importing single page from the PDF document.
  • #174608 - Images are preserving properly when converting HTML to PDF using IE.
  • #173919 - Null reference exception no longer occurs when getting the certificates from store.
  • #172316 - No exception thrown in Adobe Reader when replacing the image in the PDF document.
  • #177066 - Blank PDF document will not be generated while converting particular EMF to PDF.
  • #176429 - PdfTextWebLink destination now works as expected for rotated PDF documents.
  • #176663 - Masked images are now preserved properly while converting XPS to PDF.
  • #173563 - PDF text box fonts are preserved properly when merging the PDF documents.
  • #176565 - Code 128 barcode will be generated without any unwanted characters.
  • #174986 - Chinese characters will be displayed properly when OCR the particular PDF document.
  • #175857 - PDF document will no longer corrupted while merging the PDF documents.
  • #175375 - PDF document will no longer corrupted while drawing the image.
  • #175053 - Exception will not be thrown while loading the PDF document.
  • #175267 - Exception will not be thrown while loading a particular PDF document as byte array.
  • #175861 - QR barcode size will be generated properly with respect to the XDimension.
  • #175758 - ArgumentOutOfRange exception is no longer thrown when appending the particular document.
  • #175090 - Check box values are preserved properly while flattening the form fields.
  • #175090 - PDF document will no longer corrupted while applying flatten the form fields.
  • #175090 - Text box properties are now preserved properly while parsing the particular PDF document.
  • #175684 - Images are replaced as expected while replacing the images in the PDF document.
  • #174498 - Annotation bounds are now preserved properly while rotating the PDF document.
  • #164314 - Certificate chains are now preserved properly while sign the PDF document.
  • #175002 - PDF document will no longer corrupted while drawing a string in particular PDF document.
  • #175879 - fi ligatures are now black listed while OCR the PDF document.
  • #174801 - Text colors are now restored properly when drawing with the same PdfPen multiple times using PdfIccColor.
  • #175020 - Exception no longer thrown while accessing the ForeColor of the PdfFields.
  • No duplicate fonts are added in the OCR processed PDF document.
  • Internal links are now properly preserved while converting the HTML to PDF converter using IE.
  • The annotation bounds are now preserved properly while loading the PDF document.
  • Null reference exception is no longer thrown while getting the annotation author and subject properties.
  • Exception no longer thrown while getting the used fonts from particular PDF document.
  • Exception will not occur when adding bookmark to larger PDF document.

PdfViewerControl

Features

  • #174886 - Exposed an API IsDocumentLoaded to identify whether the PDF document is unloaded.

Bug Fixes

  • #173635 - Texture brush contents will be rendered properly.
  • #172543 - Texts will be rendered properly in the PDF document.
  • #174391 - Application will no longer hangs while extracting text from the PDF document.
  • #175566 - Contents of the PDF document will be rendered properly.
  • #172540 - Header images and table lines in a particular will be rendered properly.
  • #171347 - Transparency of the image exported from the PDF document will be preserved properly.
  • #173676 - Middot character in Times New Roman font will be rendered properly.
  • #176121 - The PDF document will be loaded properly in PdfDocumentView.
  • #174735, #173255 - Contents of the PDF document will be rendered properly.
  • #173328 - Text extraction using ExtractText() will work properly for the PDF document .
  • #173684 - Texts in the PDF document will be rendered properly.
  • #175204 - Contents of the PDF document will be rendered properly.

PivotGridControl

Bug Fixes

  • #175366 – Argument out of range exception is no longer thrown while expanding or collapsing the pivot rows when PivotGrid has more than two pivot rows.

Predictive Analytics

Bug Fixes

  • #173671- Resolved memory issue while loading large sized PMML file in PMML Evaluator.

Presentation

Features

  • #168464 - Added support to create and modify comments in PowerPoint presentations.
  • #176530 - Added support to create and modify hyperlinks for shapes in PowerPoint presentations.

Breaking Changes

  • #176530 - The property Hyperlink is now added into IShape interface.
  • #176530 - The method SetHyperlink is now added into IShape interface.
  • #176530 - The method RemoveHyperlink is now added into IShape interface.

Bug Fixes

  • #170494 - The resaved PowerPoint presentation will be no longer corrupted while opening in Microsoft Office 2007.
  • #174113 - The merged PowerPoint presentation will no longer get corrupted while merging cloned slides from PowerPoint presentations.
  • #173849, #173493 - The merged PowerPoint presentation will no longer get corrupted while merging slides from different PowerPoint presentations.
  • #174190 - No more exceptions thrown while creating a new presentation by merging cloned slides from different PowerPoint presentations in multi-threading environment.
  • #174295 - Replaced text in a PowerPoint presentation will be no longer marked as spelling error.
  • #173747 - Custom table styles will be now preserved while performing PowerPoint presentation to PDF conversion.

RadialGauge

Features

  • Provided support for Office2016 style.

  • Provided support for Theme customization.

RibbonControlAdv

Bug fixes

  • #174118-Alignment of the ToolStripItems has been arranged properly in Office2010Collapse behavior.
  • #177008-AutoHide feature issues has been fixed.
  • #176896-Memory leak associated with the RibbonPanelMerge container has been cleared.
  • #174118-Layout issue with ToolStripItems in higher resolution has been fixed.
  • #176240-Image alignment in the MainPanel of Office2007 ribbon style has been fixed.
  • #176193-Focus has been maintained in the current cell of GridControl after clicking the RibbonButton.
  • #174712-When the ToolStripItems visibility is changed at run-time, the ToolStripItems has been collapsed correctly according to the space of the Form.
  • #175198-Remove button in the Customize Ribbon is enabled after removing items from the ListView consecutively.
  • #156164-In Office2010CollapseBehavior, the Maximized state of the ToolStripItems has been restored properly.
  • #156164-MultiLine text in the ToolStripItems issues has been fixed in Office2010Collapse behavior in all resolutions.
  • #156164-Behavior of Text alignment and Image Alignment has been changed in Office2010Collapse behavior
  • #172504-RibbonBorder will render properly when using dual screen.

ScrollersFrame

Bug fixes

  • #177401 – Visual Studio no longer crashes, when deleted in Form Design Time.

  • #177435 – ScrollBar visibility will be updated properly, when GridControl Column is resized.

  • #176009 – Visual Style will be maintained properly, when GridControl Row is resized.

Spreadsheet

Bug Fixes

  • #176691 – Exception is no longer thrown while deleting a worksheet.

TabControlAdv

Bug fixes

  • #175918 - In Coded UI, the recording action now able to recognize the Tabs in the TabControlAdv.

ToolStripEx

Bug Fixes

  • #171508-Image size will change according to the Resolution.
  • #171522-StackOverFlow exception will not occur when setting Metro style.

TreeViewAdv

Features

  • #173685 – Provided support to override Dispose function.

VS Extensions

Features

  • #167707 - Handle Visual Studio Toolbox configuration issues with Syncfusion controls in Syncfusion Troubleshooter(up to Visual Studio 2015).

Bug fixes

  • #177060 - Higher Framework unsupported issue fixed in Syncfusion Reference Manager.

XlsIO

Features

  • #171521, 171966 - Provided rich-text support for chart elements in chart to image conversion.
  • #165809 - Provided support for chart series with different markers in chart to image conversion.
  • #152955 - Provided table filters support for the types text, number and date.
  • #175326 - Provided custom IconSets support in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Provided custom sorting support in pivot table.

Breaking changes

  • The properties Position and Text are added in IPivotFieldItem interface.
  • The properties ShowAutoFilter and AutoFilters are added in IListObject interface.
  • The method Sort is added in IPivotField interface.
  • The method RemoveText is added in IAutoFilter interface.

Bug fixes

  • #171362 - Date format is maintained while importing data using Template Markers.
  • #171130 - Workbook protection password is maintained while re-saving Excel document.
  • #172188 - Exception thrown while parsing custom properties of Excel document has been resolved.
  • #172449 - Empty string can be assigned to workbook application name.
  • #172619 - Exception thrown while opening an Excel document with more than 32 characters in data validation title has been resolved.
  • #172767 - Exception thrown while opening an Excel document with numeric separators modified has been resolved.
  • #171513 - Applying standard height sets custom height to proper value in XLS document.
  • #95412 - Text rotation for chart axis is applied proper while creating charts.
  • #172748 - Date value “01/01/0001” is considered as string.
  • #171998 - File with empty space in table column header is no more corrupted.
  • #172562 - Data field is now applied proper in pivot table creation.
  • #173466 - Exception while parsing Excel documents with invalid named range in charts has been fixed.
  • #175311 - Exception is no longer thrown while clearing ranges for empty worksheet.
  • #175311 - Exception is no longer thrown while adding external workbook with invalid named ranges.
  • #172529 - Issue with copying external formula string in CopyTo method is fixed.
  • #173735 - Issue with copying a cell value with hyperlink is fixed.
  • #173465 - Issue with spaces in hyperlinks is fixed.
  • #173893 - Formula with custom function is updated properly when named range is removed from workbook.
  • #173674 - Row insertion issue in Excel table with “Template Markers” is resolved.
  • #173808 - Data missing issue while re-saving an Excel document is resolved.
  • #166942 - Issue with currency symbols displayed with quotation marks is resolved.
  • #170860 - Performance has been improved while closing a binary Excel document with filters.
  • #171034 - Issue with incorrect table formula while copying a worksheet is resolved.
  • #171130 - Issue with removal of hyperlinks in shapes while resaving Excel document is fixed.
  • #171418 - Number formats are now properly applied in Template Markers.
  • #173568 - Exception will no longer thrown while opening Excel documents with EMF image.
  • #175161 - Issue while accessing chart series with theme colors is fixed.
  • #175311 - Exception will no longer thrown while clearing range from an empty worksheet.
  • #175397 - Issue with incorrect value when a cell is calculated twice is fixed.
  • #175547 - Issue with chart shadow properties is fixed.
  • #175792 - ListObjects will now be removed while clearing worksheet data.
  • #175900 - External names are now added proper while copying ranges into another workbook.
  • #175902, 177524 - External names are now added proper while copying worksheets into another workbook.
  • #175941 - Issue with setting visibility to blank item in pivot field is fixed.
  • #176016 - Exception is no longer thrown while resaving Excel document with images from XLS to XLSX format.
  • #176311 - File no longer gets corrupted when rich-text is added with invalid characters.
  • #176381 - Issue with SetWriteProtection is resolved now.
  • #176959 - Formatting applied to entire row is now copied properly.
  • #177031 - Issue with collapsed state of button in pivot table is fixed.
  • #177187 - Exception is no longer thrown while adding conditional formats to RangesCollection.
  • #171967 - Issue with legend order in chart to image conversion is fixed.
  • #162635, 168229, 171967 - Issue with cropping of chart area in chart to image conversion is fixed.
  • #172502 - Secondary value axis missing issue in chart to image conversion is resolved.
  • #171859 - Chart title with formula is converted properly in chart to image conversion.
  • #171297 - Converting a chart into image with gap width and series overlapping is now equivalent to Microsoft Excel.
  • #171521 - Vertical axis issues in chart to image conversion has been resolved.
  • #170689 - Horizontal scroll bar preserved proper in Excel to HTML conversion.
  • #175932 - Issue with repeated style in Excel to HTML conversion is fixed.
  • #175564 - Issue with highlighting active tab in Excel to HTML conversion is fixed.
  • #175331 - Issue with worksheet tabs visibility when there are more worksheets in Excel to HTML conversion is fixed.
  • #174480 - Issue with text alignment of merged cells in Excel to HTML conversion is fixed.
  • #172941 - Issue with content height while saving a workbook in HTML as a stream is fixed.
  • #175332 - File size issue while converting a workbook with charts into HTML is resolved.
  • #172962 - Prompt is no longer displayed in Internet Explorer while opening Excel to HTML converted files.
  • #176114 - Exception is no longer thrown while converting Excel document with invalid date into PDF.
  • #170287 - Border issue while applying PrintTitleRow in Excel to PDF conversion is resolved.
  • #175905 - Performance has been improved while converting a workbook with large number of empty cells into PDF.
  • Performance is improved while adding multiple text filters in filters collection.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while opening a workbook with ParseWorksheetsOnDemand option.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while opening Excel documents with invalid formula.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while opening workbook with background images.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while parsing external worksheets.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while opening a workbook with chart using ParseWorksheetsOnDemand option.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while sorting columns with blank cells.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while saving workbook with shapes after AddCopy.
  • CalculatedValue now returns proper time value.
  • Filters applied is no longer removed when sorting is applied to a filtered range.
  • TopVisibleRow and LeftVisibleColumn are now applied properly.
  • Issue with visibility of comments in binary files is fixed.
  • Issue with RTF text in merged cells is fixed.
  • Range intersection issue for multiple ranges is resolved.
  • Issue with multiple filter range is now resolved.
  • Sorting is now applied properly on hidden rows.
  • Filter is now applied properly for an empty cell range similar to Microsoft Excel.
  • Issue with freeze pane while setting TopVisibleRow is fixed.
  • Rows are no longer hidden when Excel document with filters are opened and saved.
  • Issues with cell border, font style and vertical scroll bar has been fixed.
  • Issue with visibility of empty data labels in chart to image conversion is fixed.
  • 3D chart rotation perspective has been improved in chart to image conversion.
  • Image cropping issue in Excel to HTML conversion is resolved.
  • Issue with image position in Excel to HTML conversion is fixed.
  • Issue with row height in Excel to HTML conversion is fixed.
  • Issues with rich-text format in Excel to HTML conversion is now resolved.
  • Issues with table borders in Excel to HTML conversion is now resolved.
  • Issue with clipping of print title rows in Excel to PDF conversion is fixed.
  • Line missing issue in Excel to PDF conversion if row height is less than text height is resolved.
  • Issue with repetition of header text in Excel to PDF conversion is fixed.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while converting an Excel document into PDF with header or footer color.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while converting an Excel document into PDF with horizontal page breaks.
  • Exception is no longer thrown in Excel to PDF conversion while updating table content range.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while parsing picture fill properties of chart in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while parsing chart text area in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Exception is no longer thrown from Print title rows in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while accessing rich-text properties in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • XML exception is no longer thrown while converting Excel document into PDF.

XpTaskPane

Features

  • #174692 – Improved the functionality of EnableTouchMode property.