Essential Studio for ASP.NET MVC Release Notes

v17.2.0.34

July 11, 2019

DocIO

Features

#227695, #144419, #129497, #F136030, #118915 – Added group shapes support in DOCX to PDF conversion.
#227388 - New event has been added to customize clearing each unmerged merge fields during Mail merge.
#208057 - Added support for warnings to show unmatched merge fields and groups during Mail merge.
#209444 - API has been added to access the new instance (WPicture or WTextRange) to be replaced in Mail merge event arguments.
#208534 - API has been added to update the Word document fields while converting a Word document to PDF.
#222516,#206993,#204167,#209466,#212256,#205172,#209881,#213951,#224611,#225399,#236070,#220198,#205172 - RTL text rendering algorithm has been improved in Word to PDF conversion.

Bug Fixes

#233421 - Empty paragraph preservation issue has been resolved while replacing text with table.
#232599 - The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while opening an RTF format document.
#231722 - HTML end tag is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to HTML format document.
#231594 - Dropdown form field is now preserved properly while converting an HTML to RTF format document.
#225752,#230460,#230460 - Line space preservation issue has been resolved when updating the Word document fields.
#F142931 - The DocProperty value is now preserved properly while converting a Word document as PDF.
#219214,#228161 - Merge field is now properly updated while executing Nested Mail merge.
#233913 - Right to left text is now preserved properly in DOCX to DOCX conversion.
#232775 - Header and Footer contents are now preserved properly in XML to DOCX format conversion.
#232718 - The Content control text is now preserved properly in DOCX to Text format conversion.
#F143772 - Nested bookmark is now preserved properly while opening a DOC format Word document.
#F143774 - Table cell contents are now preserved properly while applying horizontal merge to the table.
#232505 - Font is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#232502 - Content is now preserved properly while converting an RTF to HTML format conversion.
#232265 - Spacing issue has been resolved while converting an HTML to DOCX format document.
#231592 - TOC content is now preserved properly while updating table of content in Word document.
#231721 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
#226490 - Corruption issue has been resolved while saving the DOCX format Word document.
#F143006 - Text is now preserved properly while replacing the bookmark content in DOC format document.
#228442 - Table alignment is now cloned properly while cloning the Word document.
#228370 - Table styles are now preserved properly while converting an HTML to DOCX format document.
#226490 - Corruption issue has been resolved while saving the DOC format Word document.
#230678, #228611 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
#229685 - Table border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#229738 - Text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#231056 - Border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#231712 – The NullReferenceException will be no longer thrown while updating fields in the Word document.
#231056 - Text overlapping issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#F142888, #229094 - Table cell borders are now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#228272 - Table border is now preserved properly while converting an RTF format document to PDF.
#227754 - Multiple TOC page numbers are updated properly while calling the UpdateTableOfContents method.
#231550 - Performance has been improved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#231426 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#229685 - Font is now embedded properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#229891 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#228974 - Ref field result is now preserved properly while updating the Word document fields.
#228974 - Unknown field result is now preserved properly while updating the Word document fields.
#228968 - Hanging issue has been resolved while updating the Word document fields.
#231751 - Space is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#227429 - Border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#228386 - Text with capital style is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#228319 - Page border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#212671, #212772, #220859, #230072, #232381 - List style name is now updated properly while opening and saving a Word document.
#228049- Image position is now preserved properly while saving an RTF format Word document.
#231842- Content control text formatting is now preserved properly while parsing DOCX document.
#234841 - Watermark is now preserved properly while opening a DOC format Word document.
#235667 - Data inside the table is now preserved properly while updating alternate chunks in a Word document.
#231056 – IF field text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#231677 - Image is now preserved properly while saving a Word document.
#228049 - Table left indent value is now preserved properly while opening an RTF document.
#234817 - Text color is now preserved properly while resaving a Word document.
#234270 - Content control text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#234335 - Table preservation issue has been resolved while opening and saving a Word document.
#228049 - Header and Footer distance is now preserved properly while saving an RTF format Word document.
#231431 - The System.OverFlowException will no longer be thrown while saving a DOCX format Word document.
#234971 - Table cells are now preserved properly while converting a Word document to Image.
#234698 - The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
#234693 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#233642 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting an RTF to PDF.
#231056 - Spacing issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF
#230817 - Table cell is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#232331 - Shape is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#234841 - Tab is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#234972 - Table is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#234972 - Pagination issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#234841 - Table is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#233810 - Text is now aligned properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#233810 - Picture is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#232331 - Text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#232770 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
#229546 - Text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#231056 - Spacing issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#234409 - Frame content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#236156 - Pagination issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#236611 - Footnote is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#236070 - Parentheses are now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#236156 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#235770 - Checkbox symbol is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#233383 - Memory usage is now optimized while converting a Word document to PDF with Chinese text.
#234978 - Table is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to Image.
#228049 - Text alignment is now preserved properly on RTF to RTF conversion.
#227205, #225752 - IF field’s field result is now preserved properly while updating the Word document fields.
#228049 - Text font size is now preserved properly on RTF to RTF conversion.
#F142273, #F143006 - Bookmark contents are now removed properly when deleting the bookmark content.
#234089 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while applying list style to the paragraph using ApplyStyle API.
#236762 - The IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while opening an RTF format Word document.
#236762 - The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while opening an RTF format Word document.
#236305 - Paragraph left indent is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to HTML.
#236840 - The IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while opening a Word document.
#236840 - Document corruption issue has been resolved while saving the DOCX format Word document.
#F145154 - Bookmark is now preserved properly while removing table column.
#236840 - List value is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#234978 - Table splitting issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF with x86 target platform.
#237447 - Vertically merged cell border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#237065 - Field text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#234978 - Table is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to Image.
#231056 - Text is now aligned properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#231056 - Symbol is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#231056 - Spacing issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#233059 - Paragraph is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#236740 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#236740 - Page is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#236740 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#231426 - Footnote content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#229891 - Table is now aligned properly while converting an RTF document to PDF.
#221035 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#234243 - Text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#236840 - Text color is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#237506, #240389 - Horizontally merged table cell border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#236840 - Paragraph background color is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.

PDF

Features

#230886 - Added support for trailer ID in both new and existing PDF documents.
Added support for adding PDF annotation comments and reviews.
#225704 - Added support for creating PDF 2.0 documents.
#141255, #226165 - Added save progress support for an existing PDF document.
#235204 - Added PDF light table column width proportional sizing support.

Bug Fixes

#231273 - Free text and polygon annotation are now preserving properly while flattening the PDF document.
#231625 - Review status is now preserving properly while exporting or importing the annotations.
#231273 - Object null reference exception no longer occurs while flattening the PDF documents.
#231795, #231668, #231273, #233045 - Review status and layer are now preserving properly while importing annotations from the XFDF file.
#226015 - Grouped annotations are now preserving properly while importing or exporting the annotations.
#232559 - PDF form fields are now cloned properly.
#233194 - Text is now preserving properly while filling form fields.
#232920 - Text is now preserving properly while filling the XFA form fields.
#232477, #232754 - Application will no longer crash while importing pages from the PDF document.
#228012, #231381 - Form fields are now preserving properly when loading a PDF document in different instances.
#226230 - Form fields will never be missing while importing pages from a PDF document.
#232496 - File size will no longer increase while continuously saving a PDF document.
#233102 - Invalid cast exception will no longer occur while flattening the combo box fields.
#233004 - Form fields size is now preserving properly while flattening form fields.
#231901, #228043 - Annotations are now flattened properly in a PDF document.
#231965, #231964 - Now, you will get proper exception messages while creating the QR barcodes with incorrect values.
#230688 - Document will no longer corrupt while saving the encrypted PDF document.
#230368 - Font names are getting properly while using the PdfUsedFont instance.
#230023 - Output document will no longer corrupt while loading the PDF documents.
#229260 - The redaction position is now proper while applying redaction in an existing PDF document.
#229270 - Alternate text for images will no longer be removed while saving a PDF document.
#228375 - Annotations are now preserved properly while flatting them.
#228619 - Null reference exception will no longer occur while saving the PDF documents with annotation and redaction.
#228486 - Key not found exception will no longer occur while loading PDF document.
#227803 - Document information is now removed properly while passing empty string.
#232754 - Exception will no longer occur while importing pages from existing PDF document.
#228072 - Preservation issue will no longer occur while converting a Word document to PDF.
#226539 - Ligature characters are now preserved properly while converting XPS to PDF.
#227803 - PDF document will no longer corrupt while applying redaction.
#228202, #228667 - Output document will no longer corrupt while merging the PDF documents.
#228635, #226614 - Exception will no longer occurs while obtaining destination from annotation.
#231550 - Performance has been improved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#229685 - Font substitution issue will no longer occur while converting a Word document to PDF.
#231801 - Exception will no longer occur while opening 256-bit protected document in Nuance PDF.
#228341 - Code 128, code 32, and code 93 extended barcodes are now rendered properly.
#228336 - Null reference exception will no longer occur while merging the PDF documents.
#224584 - Parameter is not valid exception will no longer occur while performing redaction on the OCR’ed documents.
#227845 - Acroform fields tab index is now retrieved properly.
#229922, #234322 - Color is now preserving properly while using PDF linear gradient brush with vertical mode.
#229746 - Null reference exception will no longer occur while loading the XFA PDF document.
#234625 - Text redaction is now applied properly in OCR-ed PDF documents.
#237633 - Exception will no longer occur while signing PDF with timestamp server.
#237481 - Output document will never corrupt when open/save it using open and repair.
#237481 - Output document will never corrupt while changing the document permissions.
#236388 - Exception will no longer occur when deleting corrupted PDF file.
#236168 - Named destination will be added properly.
#235880, #239447 - Special characters are now preserved properly while applying redaction.
#235880, #233383 - Memory consumption is now optimized when converting Word to PDF.
#234809, #144285, #235480, #237790 - Position is now proper while adding signature field to the existing PDF file.
#234458 - PdfLoadedPage client size is now retrieved properly.
#233768 - Layers are now preserved properly when flattening annotations.
#228341 - Code 93 and Code 93 extended barcode are not generated properly.
#232609 - Bullets are now preserved while converting Word to PDF.
#230599 - Preservation issue will no longer occur while drawing EMF to PDF.
#235715 - Preservation issue will no longer occur while drawing PDF grid.
Combo box field values are now exported properly.
Line arrows are now preserved properly while converting EMF to PDF.
#238304 - Font name is now retrieved properly from the loaded free text annotation.
#144893 - Namespace prefix is not defined exception will no longer occur while loading the PDF documents.
#239254, #238308 - Unexpected token object type exception will no longer occur while opening a PDF document.
#239388 - The NullReferenceException will no longer occur while extracting image from a PDF document.
#239073 - Key not found exception will no longer occur while accessing layer from a PDF document.
#238172 - Performance has been improved while loading and saving an encrypted PDF document.
Border is now preserving properly while creating the free text annotation.
#235462 - The resulted PDF file size is same while saving it multiple times.

PdfViewer

Features

#228936 – Removed the temporary file stored in the temp folder when calling the Unload() method.
#F143902 – Provided support for saving the XFA form fields.

Bug Fixes

#221804 - Height of the PDF Viewer control is now maintained properly when using inside the tab control.
#232759 - Form fields are now rendered in proper position for the provided PDF document.
#233028 - Selection is now maintained properly, when double clicking outside the PDF Viewer container.
#227803, #229474 - Find Text method now returning correct values when calling inside a loop.
#239221, #239132, #234653 – Tab order of the form fields will now be maintained properly.
#239681 – Now, the input fields are focused properly while using them along with the PDF Viewer control in a page.

Presentation

Features

#236376 - Support has been added to PowerPoint write protection.

Bug Fixes

#212572, #229361 - The group-shapes will now be rendered properly if vertical or horizontal flips applied along with rotations.
#229361 - Table cell background is now properly applied for vertically merged cells in PowerPoint to PDF conversion.
#232725 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting PowerPoint to PDF.
#231624 - OLE objects will now be converted properly in PowerPoint to PDF conversion.
#230386 - The StackOverflowException will no longer be thrown while accessing paragraph font color.
#230575 - Formatting will be preserved properly after cloning and merging a PowerPoint slide with destination theme.
#230666 - The Metafile image rendering is now skipped properly in Azure environment by avoiding the OutOfMemoryException.
#233799 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while cloning an OLE Object in master slide.
#231053 - Chart data label color will not be changed while cloning a PowerPoint slide with chart.
#233982 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while parsing customized master slide.
#236894 - Hanging issue has been resolved while parsing a PowerPoint with sound transition.
#236892 - The IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while converting PowerPoint to Image.
#232687 - Value axis title will now be aligned properly while converting PowerPoint to PDF.

ReportDesigner `Preview`

Bug Fixes

#I234814 - The exception thrown when defining a query parameter as a part of the parameter key value string in WEB API data source has been fixed.
#I234736 – The issue with creating a dataset when stored procedure fails to save the dataset has been fixed.
#I234736 – The issue “the dataset with stored procedure opens with code mode instead of design mode on dataset edit action” has been fixed.
#I234103 - The issue that occurs with table report item column popup height with custom header scenario has been fixed.
#I233809 - The exception thrown when executing a query with parameters in WEB API data source has been resolved.
#I233809 - The credentials prompt on preview action in the report with ODBC data source has been fixed.
#I232918 and #I227918 - The report parameter serialization issue that occurs when it contains empty default value or available value tags has been fixed.
#I232918 – The error that occurs when saving a report to SSRS has been fixed.
#I232567 – The improper formatting of grid report item when applying minimum column width has been fixed.
#I232377 - The issue that occurs with Text box format when adding multiple expression or editing the expression has been fixed.
#I232416 – The textbox expression reset issue with list control in the Firefox browser has been fixed.
#I236921 - The console errors thrown when loading data in query designer preview grid have been resolved.
#I237043 - The credential dialog password field text unmask issue has been resolved.
#I227918 – The fixed member serialization issue that occurs when saving the report with chart report item in SSRS Report Server 2016 has been fixed.
#I229665 - The time-out exception that occurs when executing SQL query for a table with huge data has been resolved.
#I231569 – The invalid query exception that occurs when using the ORDERBY clause in the dataset query has been fixed.

XlsIO

Features

#227983 - Exception, “Text length cannot be more than 32767” can be ignored using the ExcludeAdditionalCharacters property.
#230550, #230543 - Excel table with query parameters is implemented.
#222226 - DropLines in Excel charts are now supported.
#F143384 - Support to get direct dependents and direct precedents of a cell is provided.

Breaking Changes

#227983 - ExcludeAdditionalCharacters has been added in IApplication class to ignore exception and exclude characters more than 32767 (maximum allowed characters) in a cell text.
#230550, #230543 - IParameters interface is added to represent the parameter collection of query table.
#230550, #230543 - Add() method is added in IParameters interface to add parameter to the query table.
#230550, #230543 - ExcelParameterDataType enum is added to represent the parameter data types.
#230550, #230543 - ExcelParameterType enum is added to represent the parameter types.
#230550, #230543 - IParameter interface is added to represent the parameter of query table.
#230550, #230543 - DataType property is added in IParameter interface to represent the SQL data type.
#230550, #230543 - Type property is added in IParameter interface to represent the parameter type.
#230550, #230543 - PromptString property is added in IParameter interface to represent the prompt string.
#230550, #230543 - Value property is added in IParameter interface to represent the parameter value.
#230550, #230543 - CellReference property is added in IParameter interface to represent the parameter cell reference.
#230550, #230543 - Name property is added in IParameter interface to represent the parameter name.
#230550, #230543 - RefreshOnChange property is added in IParameter interface to indicate whether the query table will be refreshed when the parameter is changed.
#230550, #230543 - Prompt property is added in IParameter interface that occurs when refreshing the table after setting the parameter type to prompt.
#230550, #230543 - SetParam() method is added in IParameter interface to set value to the parameter.
#230550, #230543 - Parameters property is added in QueryTableImpl class to represent the parameters of query table.
#234003 - IgnoreSheetNameException property is added in both IApplication interface and ApplicationImpl class, which gets or sets a boolean value to ignore duplicate worksheet name exception by adding a suffix at the end.
#222226 - HighLowLines property in IChartFormat class gets high-low lines of stock and line charts.
#222226 - DropLines property in IChartFormat class gets drop lines of stock, line and area charts.
#222226 - DropLineStyle property in IChartFormat class gets or sets drop lines or high-low lines or series lines.
#222226 - HasDropLines property in IChartFormat class gets or sets a boolean value denoting the drop lines of stock, line, or area charts.
#222226 - HasHighLowLines property in IChartFormat class gets or sets a boolean value denoting the high-low lines of stock or line charts.
#222226 - HasSeriesLines property in IChartFormat class gets or sets a boolean value denoting the series lines of pie of pie or bar of pie charts.
#F143384 - GetDirectPrecedents() method is implemented in IRange class to get the direct precedent cells, which are referred by a formula in another cell.
#F143384 - GetDirectDependents() method is implemented in IRange class to get the direct dependent cells, which refer to other cells.

Bug Fixes

#F144022, #224520 - Conditional formatting formula with sheet reference is now proper.
#227766, #231068 - Chart legend is now rendered properly while changing the chart type.
#232040, #232682 - Cell background color is now rendered properly on converting XML to XLSX format.
#229121 - Picture name is now updated properly after removing a picture and inserting a new picture.
#226753 - Exception is no longer thrown while opening an Excel file with formula in Dutch culture.
#230294 - Picture created with camera tool is now properly changed with the INDIRECT() formula.
#230697 - After accessing the used range, relative range indexer is now working properly.
#231469 - Application no longer hangs while opening an Excel file with picture that has unsupported elements.
#226860 - Performance will not degrade on exporting a range to a data table multiple times.
#229117 - Named range index is now updated properly while copying ranges from two different workbooks.
#228853 - Footer value in source worksheet no longer changes while modifying footer in cloned worksheet.
#228560 - Null reference exception is no longer thrown while cloning the workbook.
#224793 - Extra pages are no longer added with FitAllColumnsOnOnePage layout setting in Excel to PDF conversion.
#231271 - Timestamp is preserved in zip file.
#227209 - Argument out of range exception is no longer thrown while applying the template marker with UnKnownVariableAction.ReplaceBlank.
#232727 - Argument exception is no longer thrown while opening an Excel file with IgnoreErrors.
#228711 - Performance will not degrade on exporting data from Grid to Excel.
#226133 - ArgumentOutOfRangeException is no longer thrown while accessing a range from cloned workbook.
#225831 - NullReferenceException is no longer thrown while converting worksheet to PDF.
#229460 - Exception is no longer thrown while converting Excel to PDF with hyperlink.
#231882 - Performance will not degrade on exporting pivot grid to Excel.
#232040 - Cell Styles are now preserved properly after resaving the output file with Microsoft Excel.
#232473 - Macro name is now set properly in shapes.
#227998 - Pivot table with tabular layout no longer increases the page count in Excel to PDF conversion.
#230759 - Conditional formatting with discontinuous range is now preserved properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
#229528 - Exception is no longer thrown while opening a resaved Excel document with ExcelIgnoreError option.
#227410 - Pivot table field item is now preserved properly while resaving the Excel file with the IsRefreshOnLoad property.
#235570 - Exception is no longer thrown when setting date time value in general format without having date separators.
#233740 - Exception is no longer thrown on converting Excel to PDF with Doughnut chart.
#228415 - Ole object formula bar is now shown properly on resaving the Excel document with Ole object.
#236136 - Exception is no longer thrown while setting PivotFieldDataFormat as PercentageOfParent in pivot table.
#225098 - The position of form controls (CheckBox, ComboBox, OptionButton) is now updated properly on inserting row or column.
#234572 - Data validation is now properly preserved while resaving the Excel document.
#234003 - Exception is no longer thrown while setting existing name to the worksheet.
#233740 - Issue with “Textbox in chart is missing while resaving the Excel document” has been fixed.
#235011 - Exception is no longer thrown while opening the Excel document with negative anchor row and column.
#229691, #225609, #229497 - Cropping issue with Legend having manual size in chart to image conversion has been fixed.
#225927 - Chart series with date time axis preservation issue in chart to image conversion has been fixed.
#234789 - Multiple filter is now working properly in pivot table while setting IsMultiFieldFilter to TRUE.
#234003 - Exception is no longer thrown while setting a name that is already in the existing sheet names collection.
#222226 - HighLowLines and DropLineStyle APIs have been exposed.
#231382 - Spreadsheet XML is now stable.
#231382 - Named range is now stable.
#238059 - Time format is now properly preserved while setting date time values.
#F141716 - Exception is no longer thrown while opening the Excel file when a namespace is not defined.
#F142864 - Exception is no longer thrown while accessing the IRange.Value property in multi-threading.
#F143467 - Argument null exception is no longer thrown while converting Excel to PDF.
Issue with “Waterfall chart individual data label color is not changing” has been fixed.

Essential Studio for ASP.NET MVC Release Notes

DocIO

Features

Bug Fixes

PDF

Features

Bug Fixes

PdfViewer

Features

Bug Fixes

Presentation

Features

Bug Fixes

ReportDesigner Preview

Bug Fixes

XlsIO

Features

Breaking Changes

Bug Fixes

ReportDesigner `Preview`