Essential Studio for Windows Forms Release Notes

v15.3.0.29
August 31, 2017

Calculate

Bug Fixes

  • #184392 - ~ symbol is not disappeared while calculating the formula in CalcEngine.
  • #182730 - TAN and COS formula returns correct value while using PI() as an argument in the formula.

Chart

Bug Fixes

  • #181099 - DashPattern is now rendering properly for marker’s border, when we specify 0,0.

ColorPickerUIAdv

Bug fixes

  • #182641- Now, color items under Standard Colors are not clipped with More Colors button in 100% scaling.

ComboBoxAdv

Bug fixes

  • #181059- Now, the control has been drawn correctly in Windows XP machine.

DocIO

Breaking Changes

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

Bug Fixes

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

DockingManager

Bug fixes

  • #185482 – ActiveControl now updated properly even change Tab Position by programmatic way in DockingManager.
  • #184323, #182487 - Flicker will no longer persist on mouse enter to FloatingForm in DockingManger.
  • #184337 - Active and InActive Tab BackColor not applied for Metro Style in DockingManager has been fixed.
  • #184436 - Now Memory leak by DockHost in DockingManager has been fixed properly.
  • #183932 - Design Time serialization issue with DockWindow caption buttons will no longer persist in DockingManager.

EditControl

Bug fixes

  • #185116 - ContextToolTipBackgroundBrush property will work properly.

Features

  • #181914 – Support provided to customize the Splitter Background.

SplitterBackgroundBrush property used to specify the Splitter Background.

GridGroupingControl

Bug Fixes

  • #182503 – The formula expressions in ExpressionFields with nested functions are now returning the calculated value properly.
  • #184525 – The null values are now filtering properly using built-in filter bar row cell.
  • #182915 – The merged cells in the grid are now exported properly into the Excel.

HTMLUIControl

Bug fixes

  • #184469 – ArgumentException and IOException no longer occurs, when URI is loaded.

MetroForm

Bug fixes

  • #183498 – MaximizedBounds property will work properly.

  • #183883 – ComboBoxAdv popup window will be displayed in proper location, when opened in multiple monitor extended mode environment.

Features

  • #182283 – Support provided to customize the brush of Caption Bar.

CaptionBarBrush property and CaptionBarPaint event can be used to customize the Caption Bar.

NumericUpDownExt

Bug fixes

  • #181059- Now, control has been drawn correctly in Windows XP machine.

Office2007Form

Bug fixes

  • #182791, 184959 – Control Box buttons size will be updated based on DPI settings.

  • #183883 – ComboBoxAdv popup window will be displayed in proper location, when opened in multiple monitor extended mode environment.

Office2010Form

Bug fixes

  • #182791, 184959 – Control Box buttons size will be updated based on DPI settings.

  • #183883 – ComboBoxAdv popup window will be displayed in proper location, when opened in multiple monitor extended mode environment.

PDF

Bug Fixes

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

PdfViewerControl

Bug Fixes

  • #182075 - All the text in the PDF document is now rendered properly.
  • #184437 - Object Reference Exception will no longer be thrown in Page.Clear() method of PdfViewerControl.
  • #181027 - Contents of the PDF document will be rendered properly.
  • #184237 - Content in the PDF document is now rendered and printed properly using PdfViewerControl.
  • #182591 - Contents in the bottom of the PDF document is now rendered properly while viewing the PDF document using PdfViewerControl.
  • #180411 - Background color has been now preserved properly in PDF viewer.
  • #184645 - Hyperlink navigation is now working properly in Windows Forms platform.

Presentation

Bug Fixes

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

RibbonControlAdv

Bug fixes

  • #182694- Now, Form title will be rendered in center position.

ScrollersFrame

Bug fixes

  • #183045 – Thumb Size will be updated properly in Metro Theme, based on DPI settings.

SplashControl

Bug fixes

  • #184656 – SplashPanel will be displayed in Primary monitor, when loaded in Multiple monitors environment.

TabControlAdv

Bug fixes

  • #184511 - Close Button BackColor in ActiveTab changed even disable ShowCloseButtonHighLightBackColor in TabControlAdv has been fixed.

TreeNavigator

Bug fixes

  • #185009 – Child Items will be aligned properly, when navigation action is performed continuously.
  • #184665 – Level notification icon will be aligned at the center, when Item Height is customized

TreeViewAdv

Bug fixes

  • #184562 – Theme will be applied properly, when it is updated dynamically.

XlsIO

Breaking changes

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

Bug fixes

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