Essential Studio for ASP.NET Web Forms Release Notes(Beta)

v17.1.0.32
March 13, 2019

Chart

Breaking Changes

  • #226714 - The value type of the Start and End properties in StripLine has been changed from Double to Object to accept all the values.

Features

  • #218167 - Provided the support to rotate the axis label based on different text anchor position.

Bug Fixes

  • #226714 - Now, stripline will be rendered properly for datetime axis.
  • #225792 - Now, RangeArea series will be rendered properly with empty point.
  • #142405 - Resolved the implicitly declared variables in global scope.

ComboBox

Bug Fixes

  • #141933 - An issue with setting the index dynamically through the actionComplete event has been fixed.

    Common

Features

  • Provided the project template support for Visual Studio 2019.

Bug Fixes

  • #227554 - Server-side events will trigger properly after form validation.

    Diagram

Features

  • #219437 - Support to flip a node/connector in both horizontal and vertical directions is added.

    DocIO

Features

  • #224654 – API has been added to set created date and time for Word document comments.
  • #223907 - API has been added to skip the Complex format is not supported exception while opening an incrementally saved DOC format Word document.

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.
  • #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.
  • #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.
  • #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.
  • #225386 - Page field is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225611, #225386 - Table content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #218799 - Pagination issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #224351, #224561 - Inline content control’s text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #224062, #226901 - Table border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document as RTF.
  • #226599, #226243, #220279 - Table is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #226599, #226243, #225970, #225679, #226352, #223713, #223959, #224412, #221455 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #226243 - Frame content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #227112 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while updating the Word document fields.
  • #224637 - Picture preservation issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225091 - Check box is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225458, #223134 - Table row border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225091 - Underline is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225176 - Image is now preserved properly while converting the RTF document to HTML.
  • #226725 - Embedded Microsoft Visio (VSDX) object is now preserved properly in DOCX to DOCX conversion.
  • #220362 - Picture watermark is now preserved properly while resaving the RTF document.
  • #225947 - Number format is now preserved properly while performing Mail merge.
  • #225062 - Image is now preserved properly while importing a Word document.
  • #218957, #220198 - The ArgumentException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225481 - The NotSupportedException will no longer be thrown while opening an HTML document.
  • #225481 - Image size is now preserved properly while opening an HTML document.
  • #225481 - Table border is now preserved properly while opening an HTML document.

Gantt

Features

  • #206486, #222896, #226182 - The Gantt control now provides support for quarter year and half year timeline views.

Bug Fixes

  • #226182 - Now it is possible to export the Gantt to PDF file in 24 hour working timescale without any issues.

    Grid

Bug Fixes

  • #226660,227581 - Grid is rendered properly in Design View, when Scrolling is enabled.

    PDF

Features

  • #136187 - Added support to create the ZUGFeRD PDF invoice.
  • #135996, #179159, #124105 - Added support to create the PDF/A-2b and PDF/A-3b conformance level document.
  • #222759, #226015 - Added support to import and export a PDF annotation with FDF and XFDF formats.
  • #223208 - Added support to fill both XFA and acroform fields with sample API.
  • Added support to rotate annotations.
  • #220871 - Added support to retrieve the acroform radio button option values.
  • #141170, #222335, #223048 - Added support to retrieve review status and comments from a PDF annotation.
  • #221779 - Added support to update the layout result.
  • #194410, #198765 - Added support to create an ink annotation with ink list collection.
  • #141253 - Added support to create multiple range of page labels.
  • #223924 - Added support to retrieve certificate details from the existing signed PDF.
  • #223970 - Added support to clear the XFA date time field value.
  • #227357 - Added option value support to import and export the radio button field.

Breaking Changes

  • #223629 – Now, by default, EnableMemoryOptimization is set to false when append the PDF files, so close the existing PDF document after saving the new PDF document.
  • Free text annotation call-out line coordinate points are now changed to top to bottom.
  • Annotations are now rotating based on the page rotation in an existing PDF document.

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.

  • #227081 – Row span is now applying properly in PdfGrid header.
  • #224992, #225719 – Argument out of range exception will no longer occurs when importing pages from a PDF document.
  • #224584 – PDF document will no longer be corrupted when redacting the PDF document.
  • #227605 – Border width is now retrieving properly from the free text annotation.
  • #227261 – Text is now selectable after processing OCR for the PDF document.
  • #226916 – Documents will no longer be corrupted when creating PDF template from imported PDF document.
  • #226124 - PDF lexer issues are now thrown with PdfException.
  • #227048 - Form fields are now preserving properly while resaving the existing XFA document.
  • #226167 – PDF documents will no longer be corrupted after modifying the PDF document information.
  • #226393 – Form fields are now filling properly when importing XFDF document to fill XFA document.
  • #221393, #221376 – Memory leaks will no longer occurs when converting Word document to PDF.
  • #225910 – The “PathException” will no longer occurs while retrieving custom metadata from an existing PDF document.
  • #222811 – Content is now preserving properly when converting EMF to PDF document.
  • #225853 – Display date format is now preserving properly while filling the PdfLoadedXfaDateTimeField.
  • #225896 – “ArgumentOutOfRangeException” will no longer occurs while importing the PDF document.
  • #222797, #225325 – Vertical alignment of the Thai language text is now preserving properly.
  • #223629 – Performance of the PDF append method is now improved.
  • #224852 – XFA form flatten is now preserving properly in Danish culture.
  • #224583 – Font size is now preserving properly in combo box field.
  • #224603 – Null reference exception will no longer occurs while merging certain PDF documents.
  • #223346 – Images are now preserving properly while encrypting the PDF document.
  • #224531 – Null reference exception will no longer occurs while saving the PDF document.
  • #224269 – Free text annotation’s properties are now retrieving properly.
  • #222297 – Color preservation issues will no longer occur while converting EMF to PDF document.
  • #221805 – Fonts are now embedding properly in conformance enabled PDF document.
  • #141148 – Tool tip is now changing as expected for PdfSignatureField.
  • #219569 – Arithmetic overflow exception will no longer occurs while signing the PDF document.
  • #185722 – PDF document content is now preserving properly after merging the PDF files.
  • #224887 – Added PDF signatures are now valid.
  • #221808, #205098 – Text is now preserving properly while converting Word document to PDF.
  • #225055 – The bounds are now retrieving properly from PdfLoadedTextBoxField.
  • #225055 – RTL text is now preserving properly in PDF form fields.

PdfViewer

Features

  • #226761 – Exposed the new event ajaxRequestSuccess to notify the AJAX request success status.
  • #226632, #227289 - Added the new fields width and height in the signatureSettings property to customize the size of signature content.

Bug Fixes

  • #223562 - Text 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.
  • #225449 - Restriction summary is now preserved properly.
  • #225447 - Custom zoom value is now set properly during initial loading of a PDF document.
  • #226006 - The downloaded document name is same as the original document name, when document is loaded using the choose file from disk option.
  • #227921 - Now, the required form fields are displayed correctly.
  • #225018 - The FindText API is now working properly for the provided PDF document.
  • #227777 - Exception will no longer occur on loading the provided PDF document.

PivotClient

Features

  • #195204 – Provided support to change aggregation types dynamically with UI interaction via the pivot button context menu.

PivotGrid

Features

  • #204545, #225528 - Provided support to export pivot grid information without subtotals and grand totals.

Presentation

Features

  • #227243 - Support has been added to add the OLE Object into PowerPoint slide as link.

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.

ReportDesigner Preview

Features

  • #140559 and #222739 – Provided list report item support to create free-form layout in reports.
  • #209470 - Provided custom code support.
  • #222739 and #139940 – Provided the necessary APIs to programmatically handle the data source and dataset options.
  • #222138 - Provided reordering support for report parameters.
  • Provided an option to order the layout of report items in the design area.

Bug Fixes

  • #229302 - Fixed the undefined issue with the headers property when uploading an image using the image manager.
  • #227493 – Now, expressions can be set for the subreport item in the visibility property.
  • #142413 - Fixed the report parameter layout tag creation issue when creating parameters in the report.
  • #226659 - Fixed the header color and column span properties’ serialization issue in the grid report item.
  • #226659 and #223252 - Fixed the issues with the textbox report item’s expression option.
  • #223797 - Fixed the image upload issue when the file name contains Unicode values.
  • #222796 - Fixed the summary row property disabling issue in the grid report item.
  • #226659 - Fixed the issue with populating the text alignment property in the grid report item.
  • #222888 - Resolved the console errors thrown when applying font sizes continuously for the selected text in the text box report item.
  • #221279 - Resolved the issue with inheriting the alternate row cell properties from the cell styles in the grid report item.
  • #221279 - Fixed the column resizing issue in the grid report item.
  • #223348 - Fixed the parameter type conversion failure in dataset query.

    ReportViewer

Bug Fixes

  • #226131 – Resolved the lookupSet expression fails issue when used inside the code module function.

    Spreadsheet

Features

  • Provided import/export support for charts with Trendlines.
  • Provided support to highlight the invalid data while updating the value in validation applied cells.
  • Provided custom format support for negative numbers.
    *Provided cellSave event support, whenever the cell value changed in the spreadsheet.
  • Provided the performance improvements while scrolling with applied freeze pane.
  • Provided support for add table references in name manager collection while importing.

XlsIO

Features

  • #F99670, #185459, #194756, #197860 - Added support for custom table styles in Excel.
  • #128585, #132019, #224861 - Provided support to format unique and duplicate values in conditional formatting.
  • #199594, #199992, #206375, #206374, #209766, #F139259, #218497, #225207 - Provided support for chart to image/PDF conversion in .NET Standard.
  • #222797 - Added support for complex script rendering in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Provided support for PDF conformance level in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Added support for Excel 2019 version in XlsIO.

Breaking Changes

  • #F99670, #185459, #194756, #197860 - The TableStyles property is added in IWorkbook interface to get the table styles collection for adding custom table styles.
  • #128585, #132019, #224861 - The Unique and Duplicate types are included in ExcelCFType enumeration to highlight the cells with unique and duplicate values using conditional formatting feature.
  • #199594, #199992, #206375, #206374, #209766, #F139259, #218497, #225207 - Added ExportChartImageOptions property and ConvertToPDF() and ConvertToImage() methods in IXlsIORenderer class and SaveAsImage() method in IChart interface.
  • #222797 - AutoDetectComplexScript has been added in ExcelToPdfConverterSettings class to support complex script rendering in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Enumeration PdfConformanceLevel is added in ExcelToPdfConverterSettings class to set conformance level in PDF document that is converted from Excel.
  • Type Xlsx is added in ExcelVersion enumeration to represent Excel version 2019 and above.

Bug Fixes

  • #222397, #222732 - Table with query is now preserved properly on invoking Table.Refresh().
  • #223856, #224976 - File will no longer be corrupted while copying a range with multiple list objects.
  • #226454 - The IndexOutOfRange exception will no longer be thrown while converting Excel document into PDF with header and footer.
  • #224770 - Exception will no longer be thrown while exporting worksheet data into data table.
  • #223667 - Exception will no longer be 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 has been resolved.
  • #223946 - Conditional format is now preserved properly while saving the workbook multiple times.
  • #223839 - Infinite recursive loop on modifying and saving Excel document with improper chart series indices has been resolved.
  • #224024 - Not implemented exception thrown while opening an Excel document with external formula range in check box has been fixed.
  • #223448 - Pivot table field settings are now preserved properly on resaving the Excel file.
  • #223167 - Custom time format [h]:mm:ss is now detected automatically.
  • #223376 - Exception occurs while saving the Excel document with OLE object has been resolved.
  • #223226 - The NullReferenceException thrown when converting an Excel file to HTML has been fixed.
  • #223041 - Data validation formula is now preserved properly while saving the Excel document as XML.
  • #221229 - Issue with pivot field values due to improper pivot field data format has been resolved.
  • #214445 - Table.Refresh() is now working properly 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 has been fixed.
  • #221693 - The Parameter invalid exception thrown while converting Excel document to PDF has been fixed.
  • #222797 - Incorrect Thai font in Excel to PDF conversion has been fixed.
  • #222156 - Improper number detection with invariant culture has been fixed.
  • #F141101 - Issue with incorrect parsing of comments has been resolved.
  • Issue with incorrect conditional formatting operator type in resaved Excel document has been fixed.
  • Setting a table column header name will no longer corrupt the Excel document.
  • DataBar color is now applied properly for negative values.
  • External formula is now applied properly in .NET Standard.
  • Shapes rendering issue for curved shapes in Presentation to Image conversion has been fixed.