Essential Studio for WPF Release Notes

v14.4.0.20
December 27, 2016

CalendarEdit

Bug fixes

  • #166755- Now the Selection is maintained, when navigated to Next/Previous month.

ComboBoxAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #167161 – Now, time taken to load the ComboBox PopUp while loading unique items has been reduced.
  • #167470- Now, DefaultText will display when unselect all the items using EnableOkCancel.

DateTimeEdit

Bug fixes

  • #167242- Now the Date will not exceed beyond the MinDateTime and MaxDateTime limit, when IsScrollingOnCircle property is set.

DocIO

Bug Fixes

  • #165843 - List number preservation issue has been resolved while importing a particular Word document.
  • #167934 - TextFormField is now preserved properly while replacing a bookmark contents.
  • #168028 - IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer thrown while opening a particular DOCX format document.
  • #167568, #167582 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while opening a particular DOCX format document.
  • #167600 - ArgumentException will no longer thrown while opening a particular DOCX format document.
  • #167568 - File is no longer corrupted while resaving a particular DOCX format document.
  • #166885 - StackOverflowException will no longer thrown while updating document fields for a particular Word document.
  • #167189 - IndexOutofRangeException will no longer thrown while retrieving the bookmark content.
  • #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.
  • #167333 - Before spacing preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167138, #167831 - No longer hangs while updating table of contents for a particular Word document.
  • #167333 - Textbox is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #166995 - Highlight color is now preserved properly for the justify aligned paragraph in Word to PDF conversion.
  • #167448 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167194 - Row splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167838 - Table indent preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular RTF format document as PDF.
  • #167805 - Text splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #168028 - Page number is now preserved properly while updating table of contents for a particular Word document.
  • #167888 - Column break preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167559 - No longer hangs while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #167585 - Text splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.

DockingManager

Bug fixes

  • #167943 - Floated page sub windows are hidden during dock state change in DockingManager has been fixed.

  • #167635 - Dock panel width is now retaining after MainWindow state change.

FontComboBox

Bug Fixes

  • #168383 – Now, Scrollbar displays correctly in dropdown and items are sorted based on the alphabetical order.

GanttControl

Bug fixes

  • #168806 - Gantt chart will be updated properly, when the task added dynamically with start and finish date doesn’t fall within the schedule’s range.

Features

GridDataControl

Features

  • #135620 - Provided support to get the cell coordinates in QTP.

GroupBar

Bug fixes

  • #167512- InvalidOperationException no longer throws, when Navigation Option is used.

PDF

Features

  • #164992- Added support for rendering HTML content directly without the usage of ‘PdfTemplate’.

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.
  • #166940- Exception no longer occurs while drawing text to the particular PDF document.
  • #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.

PdfViewerControl

Features

  • #165111 – Support for search option “Match case” has been added.

Bug Fixes

  • #165386 - Textual contents in the PDF document are rendering properly.
  • #166917 - Polish characters are rendering properly.
  • #166917 - Contents are not messed anymore in PDF viewer control.
  • #167196 - Text elements in the PDF document are rendering properly.
  • #164184 - Image contents in the PDF document is rendering properly.
  • #166222 - Drawn annotations will be preserved properly on saving from the PDF viewer control.
  • #166837 - Landscape PDF documents will be printed properly using PDF viewer control.
  • #166481 - Null reference exception will not be thrown anymore while loading PDF document.
  • #165666 - Text elements are rendering properly while exporting the PDF document pages as images.
  • #166120 - Images are rendering properly.
  • #165653 - Texts are extracted properly from the 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 the PDF document in PDF viewer control.
  • #167487 - Textual contents in the PDF document are rendering properly.

Predictive Analytics

Feature

  • #167299 - Added support to provide localization information using CultureInfo property in the PMMLEvaluator class.

Presentation

Features

  • #166068 - Added support to modify the .PPTM, .POTX and .POTM file formats.

Breaking Changes

  • #167997 - The property InvertIfNegative is now added into IOfficeChartSerie interface.

Bug Fixes

  • #168870 - Bubble size is now updated properly in charts while creating the PowerPoint presentation.
  • #168663 - Invalid cast exception will be no longer thrown while converting the PowerPoint slides having charts to images.
  • #168101 - Data range will be now updated properly while adding data to an existing chart in a PowerPoint presentation.
  • #168581 - Null reference exception will be no longer thrown while converting PowerPoint slides with tables to images.
  • #167554 - Null reference exception will be no longer thrown while converting a particular PowerPoint presentation as PDF document.
  • #167717 - The application will no longer become unresponsive while opening a particular PowerPoint presentation with tables.

ReportDesigner

Features

  • #166340 – Provided option to set format for axis labels in chart report item.

  • #166340 – Added option to set minimum, maximum value to the chart axis scale.

Bug Fixes

  • #168703 – Now, context tab items updated properly based on selected report item while switching between reports.

  • #168598 – The textbox action (Go to URL, Go to Report) working properly in server report.

  • #167215 – The ODBC query working properly when same query parameter is used multiple times in command text.

  • #168525 – The subreport report item not shown when add into tablix cell has been resolved.

  • #168703 – The series color changed to “Blue” without any changes in property dialog has been resolved.

  • #168703 – The parameter popup displayed twice while creating dataset for extension datasource has been resolved.

  • #167785 – Resolved exception while creating chart without “series” group through chart wizard.

  • #168703 – The recently accessed servers are displayed properly in recent server tab.

  • #168703 – The expression option for chart value field has been enabled in chart property dialog.

ReportViewer

Bug Fixes

  • #166508 – The custom zoom factors reset properly while printing the report.

  • #166508 – The predefined paper size (A4, A3) is applied properly while printing the document.

Ribbon

Bug Fixes

  • #166604- InvalidOperationException raises when ContextTabGroupSource has been assigned before ItemSource has been fixed.
  • #167219,167855- Now, RibbonTab is aligned properly when BackStageButton visibility is collapsed.​​​
  • #164998- Now, Ribbon instance will not hold the memory when add empty Ribbon after closing the window.
  • #167541- Ribbon line and RibbonTabPanelItem visible on Office2016 Style issue has been fixed.
  • #168699- Now, DataContext will work properly for the BackStage.

SfBarcode

Bug Fixes

  • Barcode Height is now preserved properly for 1D barcodes

SfChart

Bug Fixes

  • #167455 - Designer exception will no longer be thrown while using SfDateTimeRangeNavigator inside the Expander control.

  • #168884 - Now, Trackball axis label will update properly with real time data.

  • #168533 - Now,ToolTip XData property will update properly in LineSeries.

SfDataGrid

Features

  • #168234 - Provided support to load the records at run time in DetailsViewDataGrid.
  • #167525 - Provided support to load images in CheckBox filter instead of images path.

Bug fixes

  • #167499 - Dragging is working properly while we drag a first or last column from Header and GroupDropArea
  • #168087 - When the NavigationMode as Row the SelectRows method will work fine now while invoking before loading the DataGrid.
  • #168375 - After adding GridUnBoundColumn at run time, the GridUnBoundColumn value is updated properly when we change the values in related column.
  • #167913 - BindableView will not be null when we change the DataContext of DataGrid.
  • #167485 - All records will be exported to excel when setting EnableDataVirtualization as true.
  • #167377 - CellStyleSelector updated the cell style when ScrollMode as Async.
  • #168405 - CheckBox filter loads the items when we remove the filtered records from underlying source.
  • #169017 - Validation is applied now for GridTemplateColumn.

SfDatePicker

Features

  • #166975- Provided support for all Culture Formats.

SfDiagram

Bug Fixes

  • #168593 - Connector Decorator is aligned in the center of TargetPoint when StrokeThickness is higher.
  • #169371 - Null reference exception will not occur when we Drag and Drop the Groups from Stencil.

SfKanban

Bug fixes

  • #168479 - Card will be removed properly, when its corresponding item removed from the underlying collection bound to ItemsSource.

SfLinearGauge

Bug Fixes

  • #168791 - Now, LinearGauge Orientation not changing while adding default gauge issue has been fixed.

SfMaps

Bug fixes

  • #167340 - NullReferenceException when trying to set Layers from code / ViewModel issue has been fixed.

  • #167433 - When Pan is setted in code behind, it is not working issue has been fixed.

  • #167433 - Show Coords are not updated when layoutType is Tile issue has been fixed.

  • #167433 - Zooming and Panning not working properly with random shapefiles issue has been fixed.

  • #167433 - zooming seems to be non-linear while using ShapeFileLayer issue has been fixed.

SfRichTextBoxAdv

Features

  • #168006 - Added GetRect method in TextPosition class to retrieve the bounding box of the current text position.

Bug Fixes

  • #168582 - Selection using API is now working properly.
  • #168739 - Selecting hyperlink using double click/tap, now selects the entire field properly.
  • #168739 - Pasting hyperlink is now working properly.
  • #167957 - Now the attribute values of hyperlink and list elements are properly preserved within double quotes in the exported HTML.
  • #167678 - RowFormat cannot be set on an object of type Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.RichTextBoxAdv.TableRowAdv exception is no longer thrown while opening Word document.
  • #167720 - Retrieving character format for selection is now working properly.
  • #168141 - ArgumentNullException is no longer thrown in pointer pressed and pointer released events.
  • #168621 - Retrieving list format for selection is now working properly.
  • #168249 - Table row is now displayed properly while opening the particular Word document.
  • Word documents with nested field codes are now opened properly.
  • URI text inserted in upper case are now converted to hyperlink properly.

SfSchedule

Bug Fixes

  • #166409 - Now, Editor will open on double clicking while AllowEditing false to view the appointment details.

SfSkinManager

Bug Fixes

  • #167148- Now, SfSkinManager themes will be apply to the custom controls which is derived from Syncfusion controls.
  • #166614- XAML parse exception raises while given empty ResourceDictionary issue has been fixed.
  • #167868- Key tip clipped in the RibbonTab while applying SfSkinManager themes has been fixed.
  • #168709- Now the ListViewItem border has been removed and background color has been applied on MouseHover.

SfSpreadsheet

Bug Fixes

  • #167342 - Format exception no longer thrown while importing the workbook in German region settings.

SfTextBoxExt

Breaking changes

  • Delimeter property name has been changed to Delimiter correcting the typo mistake in the API.

Bug Fixes

  • #168397- Now, NullReferenceException is not raised while loading in Windows Forms application.

SfTreeGrid

Bug fixes

  • #127749,169067- DisplayMemberPath binding is working now in ‘TreeGridComboBoxColumn’.

TabControlExt

Bug fixes

  • #169224 - Null reference exception no longer occurs in TabControlExt during selection change.

TaskBar

Bug fixes

  • #168126 - Expand and Collapse behavior now working programmatically.

  • #168126 – Binding error will not occur, when adding items.

TreeViewAdv

Bug fixes

  • #167117 - Keyboard navigation is now working properly while placing mouse pointer to the right side of TreeViewAdv.

UpDown

Bug Fixes

  • #168586 – Now, Value property gets updated at the first time when MaxValue has been changed dynamically.

XlsIO

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.
  • #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.