Essential Studio for ASP.NET MVC Release Notes
v15.1.0.33
February 13, 2017
Autocomplete
Bug fixes
- #170646 - Spell errors with Namespace for
AutocompleteExtension
has been resolved. - #170935 - Issue with adding Name API for Autocomplete control have been fixed.
Chart
Features
- Provided support to render box and whisker series type.
Bug fixes
- #169187 - Step area chart is now rendering properly, while setting
IsTransposed
andIsInversed
properties. - #171090 - Trackball is now positioned properly when the chart is rendered within modal window in canvas mode.
- #170392, #170368, #170855 - Chart mouse events are working properly now in Internet Explorer 11.
Checkbox
Bug Fixes
- #170012 - Checkbox with unchecked state returns null instead of false on form post - Fixed.
CircularGauge
Bug Fixes
- #169442 - While calling the
setPointerValue
method, animation is working properly.
DataManager
Bug Fixes
- #167456 - The issue of “On searching specific filter option causes an error on foreign key field” has been fixed.
- #167877 - Data Serialization will work properly for the nullable property rendering in unobtrusive mode.
- #146609 - Data operations will work properly while using dynamic list object.
Diagram
Bug fixes
- #168698 - Exception raised while connecting BPMN DataObject shape to any other shapes is fixed.
Features
- #157418,#161103 - Hyperlink support for nodes and connectors is added.
- #161002,#162696,#154120 - Support to export the diagram into image format with stretch option is provided.
- #166357 - Support to export the diagram into multiple pages/images is added.
- #143359,#153194,#153251 - Support to render the label in SVG layer is provided.
- #168204 - ImageUrl support for context menu items is added.
- Overflow support for label is added.
- Built-in support for UML activity shapes is provided.
DocIO
Features
- #116079, #164831, #164861, #167358 - Provided RTL text preservation support in Word to PDF and Image conversion.
- #122928, #149937, #153104, #159260, #163792, #165376, #167838, #166859 - Provided support for Textbox with AutoFit layout in Word to PDF conversion.
- #114697, #138846, #153104, #164784 - Provided support for Picture bullet preservation in Word to PDF conversion.
Bug Fixes
- #165843 - List number preservation issue has been resolved while importing a particular Word document.
- #166885 - StackOverflowException will no longer thrown while updating document fields for a particular Word document.
- #166995 - Highlight color is now preserved properly for the justify aligned paragraph in Word to PDF conversion.
- #167138, #168028, #169173, #171615 - Page number is now preserved properly while updating table of contents for a particular Word document.
- #167189 - IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer thrown while retrieving the bookmark contents.
- #167194 - Row splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167333, #167559 - Before spacing preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167333 - Textbox is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167448, #171785, #168567, #169358, #169791 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167559 - No longer hangs while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167568 - File is no longer corrupted while resaving a particular DOCX format document.
- #167568, #167582 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while opening a particular DOCX format document.
- #167585, #169115, #167805, #168097, #169115 - Text splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167600 - ArgumentException will no longer thrown while opening a particular DOCX format document.
- #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.
- #167838 - Table indent preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular RTF format document as PDF.
- #167831 - No longer hangs while updating table of contents for a particular HTML format document.
- #167888, #167559 - Column break preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167934 -
TextFormField
is now preserved properly while inserting a bookmark content usingReplaceBookmarkContent
API. - #168028 - IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer thrown while opening a particular DOCX format document.
- #167559 - Frame missing issue has been resolved while converting a particular DOC format document as PDF.
- #167559 - Page splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167559 - Image position is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167559 - Paragraph left indent preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167559 - Table row is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167559 - Tab splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167559 - Paragraph fill color preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #167559 - Text alignment issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #168166, #169707 - Merge field values are now preserved properly while executing Mail merge using
ExecuteNestedGroup
method. - #168567, #167794 - NullReferenceException no longer thrown while manipulating bookmarks using
BookmarksNavigator
API. - #168733 - Text fill color overlapping issue has been resolved while converting a particular RTF format document as PDF.
- #168733 - Horizontal cell merging issue has been resolved while converting a particular RTF format document as PDF.
- #167559, #168961, #169115 - Before spacing issue has been resolved while converting a particular DOCX format document as PDF.
- #168961, #169115 - Empty space preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular DOC format document as PDF.
- #168961, #169115 - Structured Document Tag Content missing issue has been resolved while converting a particular DOCX format document as PDF.
- #168983 - IndexOutOfRangeException issue will no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #169058 - No longer hangs while updating document fields for a particular Word document.
- #169061, #169791, #171785 - Character spacing issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #169173, #171615 - Page number is now preserved properly while updating table of contents for a particular Word document.
- #169188 - Watermark preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #169549 - Font size preservation issue has been resolved while replacing the text in a particular Word document.
- #169791 - Paragraph position preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
- #169791 - Text overlapping issue has been resolved while converting a particular DOC format document as PDF.
- #170696 - Nested table cell width preservation issue has been resolved while resaving a particular DOCX format document.
- #171615 - FormatException will no longer thrown while opening a particular Word document.
DropDownList
Bug Fixes
- #170563 - The cascaded DropDownList will return the value instead of text.
- #165858, #163735, 167504 - The issue “Databinding issue occurs when updating the value of DropDownList after editing in form view” has been resolved.
Gantt
Features
- #167672 – Now it is possible to set the position of the newly added row using the
EditSettings.RowPosition
property. - #166335, #168662 – Now it is possible to update the resource collection at run time.
- #170609 – Now it is possible to change the start day of the week in week timescale mode using the
ScheduleHeaderSettings.WeekStartDay
property. - Now it possible to change the timescale unit size across all the timescale modes using
ScheduleHeaderSettings.TimescaleUnitSize
property. - #169242 - Now it is possible to edit the baseline start and end date columns.
- #169242 - Now baselines will lie in the working hours of a project if the time information is not provided in the baseline dates.
- Now it is possible to change the taskbar height using the
TaskbarHeight
property.
Bug Fixes
- #168361 – Issue with localizing the predecessor type texts in add/edit dialogs has been fixed.
- #168361 – Issue with localizing the predecessor type texts in add/edit dialogs has been fixed.
- #169453, #170498, #171358– Alignment issues in Gantt when changing the zooming levels in browser has been fixed.
- #170059 – Issue with row drag event not canceling has been fixed.
- #169913 – Issue with Gantt not rendering while referring jQuery version 1.10.2 has been fixed.
- #168361 – Localization support has been provided for the predecessor type field in add/edit dialogs.
Grid
Bug Fixes
- #171163 - Now the
Locale
property updating correctly,When doing singleExporting
followed by multiple exporting. - #128054 - Now the
Skip
value is passed correctly while scroll first time usingUrlAdaptor
. - #170597 - Exception has been cleared while exporting the Grid in Word with empty
DataSource
HeatMap
Features
- Tooltip support for HeatMap control is added.
Kanban
Features
- Responsiveness support improved for Tablet mode.
Menu
Features
- #162041 Enhanced responsive support for Menu based on desktop and mobile mode.
- Provided API overflowHeight and overflowWidth for setting height and width of overflow popup.
- Provided events for overflow popup open and close.
Features
- #164992- Added support for rendering HTML content directly without the usage of ‘PdfTemplate’.
- #169205 - Added support for accessing polygon annotation points.
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.
- #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.
- #168743 - Exception will not be thrown when
ShowHeader
property is set to true inPdfLightTable
- #168654 - Page reference will not be wrong in Text box field collection.
- #168269 - Image will be visible properly in particular PDF page.
- #168227 - Exception will not be thrown while flattening the Form fields.
- #168762 - Text will be properly visible when drawn at 0,0 in PDF.
- #170183 -
PdfAttachment
will not be null when loading the particular PDF document. - #170571 - Text will be properly wrapped in
PdfCell
. - #170953 -
PdfCode128Barcode
will accept special characters. - #171136 - Bookmarks will not have null destination while loading PDF document.
- #171136 - Links will be preserved properly between bookmark and named destination.
- #170126 - Chinese characters will be preserved properly when flattening the form fields
- #170241 - PDF content will not be missed when load and save the particular document.
- #168491, 169115 - Font issue will not be occur in Word to PDF converted document in Mac OS.
- #168165 - Font weight will be applied properly in HTML to PDF conversion.
- #168177 - Exception will not be thrown while converting Word to PDF.
- #168961, 169115 - Text will be preserved properly in Word to PDF conversion.
- #167965 - Temporary files will not be crashed when OCRing particular text document.
- #170573 - Bold text will be preserved properly when converting Word to PDF.
- #170241 -
PdfPage
background color will be preserved properly after removing security from the particular PDF document. - Signature never gets failed when signing the document using author category.
- Image will be preserved properly while converting HTML to PDF using IE rendering engine.
PDF Viewer
Features
- #167519 – Provided support for rendering the rotated pages.
- #164080 - Provided support for the texture brush rendering.
- #165409, #168750 – Provided support for initializing PDF viewer control with PDF document name.
- #170781 - Provided support for unloading the PDF document being displayed.
- #170826 - Provided support for alert the user if the PDF document has been edited.
- #149793, #161744, #168750 - Provided support for populating a PDF document without WebAPI controller in MVC.
Bug Fixes
- #165666 - Text elements are rendering properly while exporting the particular PDF document pages as images.
- #166120 - Images are rendering properly in a particular PDF document.
- #168409 - Horizontal scroll bar will be disabled whenever the width of the PDF document page is smaller than the width of the PDF viewer control.
- #165087 – Form field textbox borders are aligned properly on loading the PDF document containing form fields.
- #168244 - Memory consumption was optimized in loading the PDF document as stream.
- #168896 - The missing parameters for the methods are added and typo issues for the properties of the PDF viewer control are fixed.
- #170217 - The waiting popup get hidden properly while resizing the PDF viewer control.
- #169954 - The dropdown fields are rendered properly in the correct position.
- #170393 - Script error is no longer been thrown when enter key is pressed for long time in Text search.
.
PivotChart
Features
- #166399, #167266 - Provided object binding support in model for all Pivot controls working in server mode.
PivotClient
Features
- #166399, #167266 - Provided object binding support in model for all Pivot controls working in server mode.
- Provided size option to render PivotClient in various size by default.
PivotGauge
Features
- #166399, #167266 - Provided object binding support in model for all Pivot controls working in server mode.
PivotGrid
Features
- #165252 - Expand/collapse support during filter and sort operations has been provided for OLAP data source in server mode.
- #142406, #143465 - Support for sorting columns and rows by value has been provided for relational data source in client mode.
- #166399, #167266 - Provided object binding support in model for all Pivot controls working in server mode.
- Excel-like advance filtering support has been provided for relational data source in server mode.
PivotTreeMap Preview
The PivotTreeMap control lets the user to visualize OLAP data in the form of nested nodes in hierarchical order with the ability to drill up and down.
Features
- #166399, #167266 - Provided object binding support in model for all Pivot controls working in server mode.
Presentation
Features
- #166068 - Added support to modify the .PPTM, .POTX and .POTM file formats
- #168251 - Added support to create and modify sections in PowerPoint presentations
- #171169 - Added support to create and modify hyperlinks in PowerPoint presentations
Breaking Changes
- Clone method is moved from
ITable
interface toISlideItem
interface - #167997 - The property
InvertIfNegative
is now added intoIOfficeChartSerie
interface - #169437 - The property
NumberFormat
is now added intoIOfficeChartDataLabels
interface
Bug Fixes
- #168870 - Bubble size is now updated properly in charts while creating the PowerPoint presentations
- #168101 - Data range will be now updated properly while adding data to an existing chart in a PowerPoint presentation
- #167717 - The application will no longer become unresponsive while opening a particular PowerPoint presentation with tables
- #171147 - The images are now replaced as expected in PowerPoint slides
- #170852 - Invalid cast exception will be no longer thrown while opening the PowerPoint presentation with a handout master
- #169437 -
NumberFormat
property is now added inIOfficeChartDataLabels
interface to enable data label with a percentage symbol in charts - #169379 - PowerPoint presentation will no longer get corrupted while merging two PowerPoint presentations have same theme files
- #170272 - Format exception will be no longer thrown while merging slides from one presentation to another presentation
- #168581 - Null reference exception will be no longer thrown while converting PowerPoint slides with tables having specific themes
- #167554 - Null reference exception will be no longer thrown while converting a particular PowerPoint presentation as PDF document
- #168836 - Text box rotation is now preserved properly while performing PowerPoint presentation to PDF or image conversions
- #168836 - Tab space is now preserved properly while performing PowerPoint presentation to PDF or image conversions
- #168535 - Gradient color is preserved properly while performing PowerPoint presentation to PDF or image conversions
- #168663 - Invalid cast exception will be no longer thrown while converting the PowerPoint presentation having line chart
- #171203 - Index out of range exception will be no longer thrown while converting particular PowerPoint presentation to PDF document
ReportViewer
Features
- #162640 – Provided exporting support using Web Components in EJ ReportViewer.
Bug Fixes
- #168438 - Now, padding has been applied properly for Textbox ReportItem.
- #169495 - The missing page setup localization text has been added in ReportViewer locale file.
- #168598 – The Shared Datasource reports are working fine while drill through actions.
- #168438 – Now, Textbox borders are applied properly in Textbox ReportItem.
- #168438 - Fixed the textbox alignment issue with chrome browser.
- #170045 - Now, Chart data label format will work properly when specify the label format.
- #170601 - Now, Condition expressions are working fine in Tablix Group visibility.
Ribbon
Feature Improvement
- Backstage horizontal scrolling support provided.
- QAT independent support provided without mentioning in tab controls.
Schedule
Breaking Changes
- To improve the performance of the Scheduler’s initial rendering, we have changed the rendering order of the appointment window. Therefore, to customize the default appointment window - we suggest to provide the necessary customization codes within the
AppointmentWindowOpen
event instead ofCreate
event.
Slider
Breaking changes
- In previous, the slider handle was out bound from the slider wrapper. Now based on the handle size, slider wrapper size extends up to the slider handle.
SpellCheck
The SpellCheck is a ASP.NET MVC control used to find and highlight the misspell words. It shows possible suggestions through dialog mode and context menu mode to correct the misspell words.
Features
- Highlighting the error word based on the user customized style.
- Ignoring the alpha numeric, mixed case, upper case words and URL links.
- Ignore the specific collection of words from the error word consideration using custom dictionary.
- Displaying the possible suggestions based on the user specified count.
- Renders with optimal user interfaces for phone, tablet or desktop.
- Allows to spellcheck one or more HTML elements such as div, span, textarea and input elements.
SplitButton
Features
- #167322 - SplitButton can be hidden or visible using the method
visible(argument)
.
Spreadsheet
Features
- Provided support for freeze panes in virtualization.
Bug fixes
- #167723 - Issue with auto recognition of values which contains thousand separators in de-DE culture is fixed.
- #168688 - Provided event for sheet rename and move sheet.
- #168343 - Provided options to prevent alert dialogs.
- #167734 - Provided undo redo support for custom operations.
- #167734 - Provided event for refresh Spreadsheet.
- #167077 - Provided options for getting chart ID.
- #166544 - Provided support to drag fill formula for absolute and mixed cell references.
- #169056 - Provided API for getting cell address in Spreadsheet.
- #170957 - Provided an option for add and update chart title dynamically.
- #170928 - Provided support for setting dropdown datasource from another sheet.
- #171742 - Provided client side event for scroll stop.
- #169546, 169961 - Provided client side event for custom parameters while exporting.
Breaking changes
-
freezePanes
public method parameters are updated.
Sunburst Chart Preview
A new Sunburst chart has been added for visualizing hierarchical data. The center circle represents the root level in the hierarchy, with outer circles representing higher levels of the hierarchy.
Key Features
- Visualize hierarchical data
- Data label support for better readability
- Interactively select or highlight segments.
- Interactive legend
- Colors can be customized
Toolbar
Features
- Provided events for overflow popup open and close.
- Provided API responsiveType to change the responsive type as required.
TreeGrid
Features
- #166951- The load time performance in rendering large data has been improved.
- #161198, #162711 – Provided support for binding nested properties in the data source to columns.
- #161858 – Now the
recordClick
event will be triggered while clicking the records, and this event will be triggered even when disabling row selection. - Now the support for reordering columns using touch action has been provided.
Bug Fixes
- #169042 – Issue with canceling the
rowSelecting
event has been fixed. - #167332 – Now in row editing mode, the cell which is being clicked will get focused, instead of first cell of the row.
- #167863 – Issue with tooltip not rendering when displaying TreeGrid within Dialog has been fixed.
- #170107, #171098 - Issue while dynamically updating data source using setModel has been fixed.
- #169227 – Issue with editing string with special character has been fixed.
- #170958 - Now the console error will not occur, while expanding a specific hierarchy level using
expandAtLevel
public method. - #171091 – Issue with column filtering with multiple filter values has been fixed.
- #128386 – Issue while reordering column when some text is selected in the browser has been fixed.
TreeMap
Features
- #162007, #166239, #164857 - Provided support to bind the hierarchical data source to the tree map.
VS Extensions
Bug fixes
- #170403 - Unexpected missing assemblies dialog issue resolved.
- #170060 - Issue with HTTP handlers entries removed from web.config while update the Syncfusion ASP.NET MVC NuGet package is fixed.
XlsIO
Features
- Provided support to add HTML rich-text string in Excel cells.
- Provided support to export hidden rows and columns into DataTable.
- Provided support to export charts alone from worksheets into PDF.
- Provided support to export Excel 2016 charts into PDF.
Breaking changes
- The property
HtmlString
is added inIRange
interface.
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.
- #170164 - Application no longer hangs while saving empty worksheet as CSV.
- #170017 - Dropdown is no longer deleted while resaving workbook twice.
- #169558 - Changing font size will not alter CheckBox position.
- #169650 - Application no longer hangs while parsing pivot chart extension list.
- #168730 - Parsing Excel document with “$” in auto filter’s address no longer throws exception.
- #168996 - Overflow exception is no longer thrown while writing cell text with the string “infinity”.
- #168659 - Argument exception is no longer thrown while parsing external workbook address in binary format.
- #168084 - Argument out of range exception is no longer thrown while deleting a row from
RowStorage
. - #170857 - Exception is no longer thrown while parsing shared strings relationship with end tag.
- #170511 - Stack overflow exception is no longer thrown while parsing Excel document with not equal condition in filters.
- #170647 -
RefersToRange
address with comma returns proper value. - #171107 - Integer variant type in custom document property is now serialized with valid tag.
- #146066 - Copying charts from Excel 2013 documents will no longer be corrupted.
- #163337 - Opening Excel document with pivot table element “AutoSortScope” no more hangs.
- #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.
- #170840 - 24-hour time format issue has been fixed in Excel to PDF conversion.
- #165809 - Legend entry of a deleted chart no more shown in Excel to PDF conversion.
- #170496 - Chart legend referred to merged cells will be visible in image conversion.
- #169680 - Charts with same name no more replaced in Excel to HTML conversion.
- #168481 - Cell borders with tint and theme color is preserved proper in Excel to PDF conversion.
- #168481 - Embedded font in PDF header is enabled while converting.
- #162207 - Issue with repeated print title rows is fixed in Excel to PDF conversion.
- Issue with font color in migrant range has been fixed.
- Issue with improper 3D material values in charts has been fixed.
- Cloning workbook with 3D charts no more throws exception.
- Exception thrown while reading a cell with more than 7 digits as DateTime is fixed.
- Exception thrown while converting
TimeSpan
value into PDF is fixed. - Exception thrown while applying conditional formula “Days360” into PDF is fixed.
- Exception thrown while populating pivot table with styles in Excel to PDF conversion is fixed.
- Exception thrown while setting invalid hyperlink in PDF conversion is fixed.
- Exception thrown while drawing header/footer with discontinuous range in PDF conversion is fixed.
- Exception thrown while converting a workbook into PDF with comments alone is fixed.
- Exception thrown while converting a document into PDF with invalid print area is fixed.
- Exception thrown while applying conditional formats formula with error value in PDF conversion is fixed.