Essential Studio for WPF Release Notes

v15.3.0.29
August 31, 2017

DocIO

Breaking Changes

  • WordDocument.Background.Type property will not return the value NoBackground, if show background in print layout view option is disabled and valid background is defined. In this case make use of new property WordDocument.Settings.DisplayBackgrounds to check whether show background in print layout view option is enabled or disabled.

Bug Fixes

  • #184513 - Formula fields are updated properly while calling UpdateDocumentFields() method.
  • #183656 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while closing a particular Word document.
  • #183819 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while setting WMergeField.FieldName property.
  • #184348 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while parsing Word document which contains shapes.
  • #183627 - Document background color is preserved properly while resaving a particular Word document.
  • #182050 - Page orientation will be preserved properly while resaving a particular Word document.
  • #183778 - Table will be no longer overlapped while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #183038 - No longer hangs while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #182958, #184115 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #184228, #182740 - OutOfMemoryException will no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #183100 - Horizontal position of RTL text is preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #183007, #184047 - No longer hangs while calling UpdateDocumentFields() method for a particular Word document.
  • #182382 - Text missing and page count issues has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #183879 - Table is now positioned properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #182992 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while converting a Word document to PDF after calling UpdateDocumentFields() method.
  • #185358 - Text color is preserved properly in the text box while converting a particular Word document as PDF.

DockingManager

Bug fixes

  • #184367 - Dock Windows not properly partition the space even DockFill enabled in DockingManager after Loaded the Saved State.

Gantt

Bug fixes

  • #184749 – Now, the z-index can be customized in the milestone style.

GridControl

Bug Fixes

  • #183319 - Selection from column or row is not removed when selecting any cell with control key pressed.

GroupBar

Features

  • #181838 – Support provided to specify the number of items to be displayed in StackMode OverflowPanel.

  • StackVisibleItemsCount property used to specify the number of items to be displayed in StackMode OverflowPanel.

MaskedTextBox

Bug Fixes

  • #185792- ArgumentOutOfRange exception while pressing backspace key has been fixed.

PDF

Bug Fixes

  • #185884 - Empty page is not created, when merging particular PDF document.
  • #185705, 183560 - Text is now preserving properly, when converting particular XPS document to PDF.
  • #185722 - PDF document with Adobe flash is now merging properly.
  • #182001 - Form fields are not duplicated, when load and save the PDF document.
  • #185460 - Attachment collection is not empty, when loading a particular PDF document.
  • #185098 - Exception no longer occurs when merging particular PDF document.
  • #184712 - The document keywords are not duplicated when using commas along with keyword.
  • #184488 - Null reference exception no longer occurs when signing existing PDF document.
  • #183595 - ArgumentOutOfRange exception is no longer occurs when importing pages from a particular PDF document.
  • #182438 - Named destinations are now preserving properly, when adding to the existing PDF document.
  • #183375 - Exception will not be thrown when converting a particular XPS Document to PDF.
  • #183112 - PdfConformance exception does not occur, when merging normal document with PDF conformance document.
  • #182417 - Annotation are now removing properly from PdfLoadedPage.
  • Signature fields are not duplicating when loading and saving the signed PDF.
  • Form fields are not empty when loading and saving the PDF document.
  • PopUp annotation is preserving properly after flattening.
  • PDF documents are now compressing properly when using JBIG2 encoding.

PdfViewerControl

Bug Fixes

  • #183884, #185363 - FitPage is now achieved as excepted while loading byte array to the PdfViewerControl.
  • #182075 - All the text in the PDF document are now rendered properly.
  • #181027 - Contents of the PDF document are now rendered properly.
  • #184237 - Content in the PDF document is now rendered and printed properly using PdfViewerControl.
  • #182591 - Content in the bottom of the PDF document is now rendered properly while viewing the PDF document using PdfViewerControl.

Presentation

Bug Fixes

  • #184456 - Background color of the text box will be preserved properly while converting the PowerPoint presentation to PDF.
  • #184967 - ArgumentOutOfRangeException will not be thrown while cloning a PowerPoint slide with pie chart.
  • #182963 - FontSize property of Font class will now return the correct value.
  • #185237 - The shape name will be preserved like Microsoft PowerPoint, while creating new slide from an existing layout slide.
  • #185236 - The shapes in the footer will be preserved properly while creating new slide from an existing layout slide.

ReportDesigner

Bug Fixes

  • #184104 – Now, SQL server names are displayed with instance name in server selection drop down.

  • #182060 – The ReportItem expression used in subreport item now returns correct value.

ReportViewer

Features

  • #184449 – Provided ‘TimeSpan’ expression support with aggregates.

Bug Fixes

  • #182060 – The ReportItem expression used in subreport item now returns correct value.

ReportWriter

Features

  • #184146, #184239 – Hyperlink support has been provided for report items in PDF export.

Bug Fixes

  • #184380 - Tablix cell borders are applied as like RDL standard when default border set as none.

SfDataGrid

Bug fixes

  • #184364 - SortColumnDescriptions already exists exception no longer thrown while Deserialize the datagrid.

SfDatePicker

Bug Fixes

  • #183785 - Cancel and Done buttons will be displayed properly in Windows 7 Operating System.

SfDiagram

Bug Fixes

  • #184787 - Node will not be disappeared when dragging from Stencil using touch.
  • #184787 - Node will be dragged smoothly using touch.
  • #179712 - Serialization on the Shape property will update the Geometry properly.

SfLinearGauge

Bug Fixes

  • #I85064 - Now scale labels will render over bar pointer in lineargauge.

SfNavigationDrawer

Bug Fixes

  • #183195 – Expand / Collapse behavior of SlidingPanel will work properly.

SfRadialMenu

Bug Fixes

  • #169661 - Background of SfRadialMenuItem will no longer changed on MouseHover while menu item is in disable state.
  • #185047 - Visual state of OuterRimItem now updated properly based on Enable state of SfRadialMenu.
  • #169661 - Navigation of SfRadialMenu not canceled even handle the Navigation while click exactly on menu item header has been fixed.
  • #169661 - Tooltip not shown at OuterRimItem of RadialMenuItem has been fixed.
  • #183107 - Layout of SfRadialMenu not updated based on dynamic radius changes has been fixed.

SfRangeSlider

Bugs

  • #183944 – InvalidOperationException no longer occurs, when Theme is applied.

SfRichTextBoxAdv

Features

  • #185251 - Added SetResources method in SfRichTextBoxAdvResourceWrapper class and SfRichTextRibbonResourceWrapper class to specify the assembly and optionally namespace for loading resources to localize SfRichTextBoxAdv control and SfRichTextRibbon control respectively.

Bug Fixes

  • #185160 - COMException will be no longer thrown when custom template is used for SfRichTextBoxAdv control.
  • #185869 - Blinking caret will now be hidden properly when SfRichTextBoxAdv control lost focus.
  • HTML tags font, strike and attributes font-size, line-height, padding are now preserved properly while loading HTML.

SfSkinManager

Bugs

  • #184780- Template for AllowSelectAll property will be available for all SfSkinManager themes.

SfTimePicker

Bug Fixes

  • #183785 - Cancel and Done buttons will be displayed properly in Windows 7 Operating System.

SpreadsheetControl (Classic)

Bug Fixes

  • #183367 - Cell values are removed properly while editing or deleting the entire value in the spreadsheet control.

SfSpreadsheet

Bug Fixes

  • #185736 - Unhandled exception no longer thrown while saving the Workbook.
  • #186232 - Popup window displayed properly when minimize and restore the window.
  • #185254 - Hidden shapes are not visible in the SfSpreadsheet.

Breaking Changes

  • Event argument of CommandExecuting event is changed from CommandExecutionEventArgs to CommandExecutingEventArgs.

TreeViewAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #183777, 185862 – Edit Mode will be applied properly, when TreeViewItemAdv is expanded programmatically.

XlsIO

Breaking changes

  • #185530, 185561 - Exposed an API Name to get OLE object name in IOleObject class.

Bug fixes

  • #F132160 - Support is provided to change header label while importing data.
  • #181134 - Performance issue in converting Excel document into PDF with conditional formats is fixed.
  • #182915 - Issue with borders being cleared while merging cells is fixed.
  • #183016 - Issue with cell text casing while setting number format is fixed.
  • #183332 - Issue with conditional format is not preserved which has formula as another worksheet range, is fixed.
  • #183361 - Marker color gets changed on resave is fixed.
  • #183369 - Exception is no longer thrown on assigning the scatter chart category axis properties.
  • #183445 - Exception is no longer thrown while inserting rows in XLS format file.
  • #183738 - Performance issue while opening Excel file with multiple charts is fixed.
  • #183799 - Issue while setting print title rows for binary files is fixed.
  • #183807 - CopyTo() method is not working properly after applying AutoFilters is fixed.
  • #184328 - Exception is no longer thrown while applying data validation through ListOfValues property.
  • #184407 - Index out of range exception is thrown while setting RTF text is resolved.
  • #184407 - Key not found exception is thrown while setting RTF text is resolved.
  • #184540 - Binary Excel file gets corrupted while copying range with conditional formats is fixed.
  • #184569 - Cell value with comma character is changed while saving in CSV format is fixed.
  • #184894 - Exception is no longer thrown while adding IconSet multiple times.
  • #185139 - Argument exception is no longer thrown while coping worksheet with EMF images.
  • #185527 - Application hanging issue while opening the Excel file with table is resolved.
  • #184160 - Issue with incorrect margin values on resave is fixed.
  • #184801 - Issue with incorrect currency format in Excel to PDF conversion is fixed.
  • Sorting (descending order) is not working properly when filtering a column is fixed.
  • Issue with copy and paste of formatted cells is fixed.
  • Issue with IsBestFit property while accessing the SetColumnWithPixes method is fixed.
  • Stack overflow exception is no longer thrown while accessing RefersToRange property.
  • Argument exception is no longer thrown while copying one range to another range with styles.
  • Argument exception is no longer thrown when sorting filtered numbers in descending order.
  • The old and new cell values are validated on copy/paste through ValueChanged event.
  • AutoFit is now proper when text in the input file contains line feed and wrap text is set to false.
  • Performance issue in filtering when sheet has comments is fixed.
  • Exception is no longer thrown when coping the define names between different workbooks.
  • Exception is no longer throw when cloning shape during AddCopy() method.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while accessing table range using formula token.
  • Calculated column formula is not updated during AddCopy() is fixed.
  • Null reference exception is no longer thrown while serializing conditional formats during AddCopy().
  • Issue with ColorRGB in Borders is fixed.