Essential Studio for ASP.NET Release Notes

v16.4.0.52
February 5, 2019

Common

Breaking Changes

  • Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2019 Preview 2 installed machine, Syncfusion asp.net Controls will not be configured in Visual Studio 2017 toolbox. Refer this documentation to configure the toolbox manually.

  • Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2019 Preview 2 installed machine, Syncfusion asp.net extensions will not be configured in Visual Studio 2017. Refer this documentation to configure the extensions manually.

Autocomplete

Features

  • #217407 - Improved filtering by providing option to include diacritic characters with suggestion list of AutoComplete control.

    DocIO

Bug Fixes

  • #221972 - Text is now highlighted properly while converting a Word document to tagged PDF.
  • #223350 - Table cell is now preserved properly while opening an HTML document.
  • #222922 - Image is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #222713 - The ArgumentException will no longer be thrown while adding a table.
  • #222608 - Font name is now preserved properly while converting an HTML document to Word document.
  • #222751 - The StackOverFlowException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #222670 - Inline content control text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #222320 - Hyperlink is now preserved properly in inline content control while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #222345 - The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while updating TOC in RTF format document.
  • #221260 - Line space preservation issue has been resolved While converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #221153 - Inline content control custom XML data is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #221725 - The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while cloning a Word document.
  • #221611 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while saving a Word document.
  • #220710 - Table row is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #220324 - Checkbox content control state is now preserved properly while cloning a Word document.
  • #221455 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #221119 - List number is now preserved properly while opening an RTF format document.
  • #218943 - List bullet is now preserved properly while opening an RTF format document.
  • #219092 - Merge field before and after text is now preserved properly while executing mail merge.
  • #F141177 - The metafile images are now replaced by default bitmap images while converting a Word document to PDF in Azure platform.
  • #223340 - The IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #222852 - Footer content is now preserved properly while merging multiple RTF documents.
  • #223355 - Tab is now preserved properly while converting a cloned Word document to Image.
  • #222588 - Formula field result is now preserved properly while updating the Word document fields.
  • #224412 - Hanging issue has been resolved while opening a Word document.
  • #224323, #225518, #225883 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while calling the GetText API.
  • #224412 - Tab is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #223713, #223959 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #224287 - Image is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #223508 - Word document instance is now disposed properly while converting a Word document to PDF.

FileExplorer

Breaking Changes

  • #224998 - At initial time of FileExplorer rendering, if you specify selectedItems or selectedFolder API, select event will not be triggered hereafter. On UI interaction or when dynamically changing the above property values, select event will be triggered.

Bug Fixes

  • #222529 - The issue with, “Search function when the address bar was removed from the FileExplorer” was fixed.
  • #224998 - The issue with, “Post back requests sent repeatedly when using ‘onFileExplorerItemSelected’ event” was fixed

Gantt

Bug Fixes

  • #223283 - Issue in parent task progress calculation has been fixed.
  • #223906 - The initial load performance has been improved for long duration tasks mapped with duration and start date values.
  • #225368 - Issue with initial load task dependency validations has been fixed.

Bug Fixes

  • #224987 - Menu locale throws console error when using RequireJS issue has been fixed.

    PDF

Bug Fixes

  • #223966 - The XFA form fields are now retrieving properly by field name.
  • #224603 - The null reference exception will no longer occur when merging certain PDF documents.
  • #141148 - Tool tip is now preserving properly for PdfSignatureField.
  • #224531 - The null reference exception will no longer occur while saving the merged PDF document.
  • #223013 - The radio button field state is now importing properly from XFDF document.
  • #222779 - Attachment is now opening properly from the merged PDF document.
  • #222425 - The check box form field is now filling properly in PdfLoadedXfaDocument.
  • #222024, #224795 - The null reference exception will no longer occur when saving the PDF document.
  • #221122 - PDF security is now preserving properly when saving the PDF document twice.
  • #217591 - Font is now preserving properly in the flattened PDF document.
  • #221424 - The Brush property of the PdfPen is now initialized through the constructor.
  • #222811 - Line is now rendering properly when converting EMF to PDF document.
  • #222296 - Text is now preserving properly when converting EMF to PDF document.
  • #199783 - Content in EMF is now preserving properly when converted to PDF multiple times.
  • #222410 - EMF is now preserving properly when converting to PDF document.
  • #222516, 224611 - RTL text is now preserving properly when converting a word document to PDF.
  • #221808, #223751 - The “An error exists on this page” exception will no longer occur when converting a word document to PDF.
  • #223650 - The EMF images are now preserving properly when converting presentation to PDF.
  • #222811 - The EMF image is now scaling properly when converting EMF to PDF.
  • #222327 - Hebrew text is now preserving properly when converting XPS to PDF.
  • #219569 - The “Arithmetic overflow exception” will no longer occur while signing the PDF document.
  • #222059 - All hidden layers are now printing properly when saving and loading the PDF document.
  • #221328 - Performance has been improved when saving the uncorrupted PDF document.

PdfViewer

Bug Fixes

  • #223562 - The content of the PDF document are now rendered properly.
  • #222903 - Text is now extracted properly for the provided PDF document.
  • #225164 - Error will no longer occur while loading provided PDF document.

Presentation

Bug Fixes

  • #224226 - Application will no more hang while adding an image to a PowerPoint slide.
  • #F141608 - Background color is now properly preserved while exporting a PowerPoint slide to EMF with 100% transparency.
  • #225390 - PowerPoint file will no longer get corrupted while resaving multiple times with charts.
  • #222440 - Notes in a PowerPoint slide can now be cloned and added to another slide.
  • #222693 - Hyperlinks in a PowerPoint slide are now embedded into the converted PDF document.
  • #226350 - Scaled images will now render properly in PowerPoint to PDF conversion.

    ReportViewer

Features

  • #222076 - Provided InScope expression support for data region and its group elements.
  • #185159 - Provided support to use object functions in code modules.

Bug Fixes

  • #221279 - Applying transparent color for Tablix header cell content and background while exporting to PDF and Word export through the web ReportDesigner has been resolved.
  • #219805 - Now, excel sheet names with Unicode characters will export properly.
  • #221279 - Textbox report item height not updated problem based on line feed elements has been resolved.
  • #220969 - Resolved additional space problem in Excel export when the KeepWithGroup Before option is enabled in the Tablix report item.
  • #221556 - Now, report with Globals.PageName built-in collection can be exported directly through the ReportWriter.
  • #222390 - Resolved built-in collection Globals.PageNumber text run right alignment problem in PDF export.
  • #222198 - Dependent parameter value will update properly in rendering layout after clicking the view report.
  • #222840 - Now, tablix grouping column width will update properly in Excel export.
  • #219541 - Chart data label angle specified for line chart will display properly in the ReportViewer.
  • #222840 - Resolved the sheet name duplication problem when the sheet is named based on group in Excel export.
  • #223992 - Resolved the problem in initial preview and printing of Azure environment reports.

RichTextEditor

Bug fixes

  • #223779 - Change event triggers just for focus in with edge browser issue has been fixed.
  • #221308 - Height not updated with RTE Edit Table properties for selected rows in table issue has been fixed.
  • #223029 - Indent is not applied correctly with ordered and unordered list issue has been fixed.

    SpellCheck

Bug Fixes

  • #223052 - Exception raised when using the ASP.NET Web method for the SpellCheck control issue has been fixed.

SunburstChart

Bug Fixes

  • #226005 - Now, the sunburst chart is working properly when using scripts from the assembly.

    XlsIO

Breaking Changes

  • #222797 - AutoDetectComplexScript has been added in ExcelToPdfConverterSettings class to support complex script rendering in Excel to PDF conversion

Bug Fixes

  • #223667 - Exception no more thrown if chart’s data range column is deleted.
  • #225065 - Currency number format is now properly detected in XlsIO generated Excel File.
  • #224023 - Exception thrown while opening an XlsIO re-saved document with group shape is resolved.
  • #223946 - Conditional format is now preserved properly while saving the workbook multiple times.
  • #223839 - Infinite recursive loop on saving an Excel file after modifying chart data range with the improper series indices is resolved.
  • #224024 - Not implemented exception thrown while opening an Excel document external formula range in check box is fixed.
  • #223448 - Pivot table field settings are properly preserved on re-saving the Excel file.
  • #223167 - Custom time format [h]:mm:ss is now detected automatically.
  • #223376 - Exception occurs while saving Excel document with OLE object is resolved.
  • #223226 - NullReferenceException thrown while resaving an Excel file to HTML is fixed.
  • #223041 - Data validation formula is preserved proper while saving as XML.
  • #221229 - Issue with pivot field values due to improper pivot field data format, is resolved.
  • #214445 - Table.Refresh() is now working proper with ODBC connection.
  • #223918 - Conditional format is now preserved properly on converting Excel document to PDF.
  • #223859 - Hyperlink is now set properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #221079 - Exception thrown if print-title row height is higher in Excel to PDF conversion, is fixed.
  • #221693 - Parameter invalid exception thrown while converting Excel document into PDF is fixed.
  • #222797 - Incorrect Thai font in Excel to PDF conversion is fixed.
  • #F141101 - Issue with incorrect parsing of comment is resolved.
  • Issue with Conditional formatting operator type is incorrect in re-saved Excel document is fixed.
  • Setting a table column header name no longer corrupts the Excel.
  • DataBar color is now applied proper for negative values.
  • External formula is applied proper in NET Standard.