Essential Studio for Windows Forms Release Notes

v17.3.0.26
November 05, 2019

ButtonAdv

Bug fixes

  • #250703 - The ArgumentException will no longer occur when switching Office2019 theme to Office2016 themes.

Calculate

Bug Fixes

  • /#249977 – The formulas with named ranges returns the calculated value properly when that named range’s name contains special characters.
  • /#250415 – CalcEngine returns proper result when sum the string and numeric values.
  • /#248847 – The System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown when arguments in arithmetic operation has special characters.
  • /#248890 – Optimized the OR and AND functions in CalcEngine.
  • /#231711 , #248588 - VLOOKUP function returns proper result when it contains external sheet reference.
  • /#247480 - SUMPRODUCT function returns proper result when using arguments like A:A.
  • /#246514 – Formulas with multiple cell references (A1:B2:C3:D4) are calculated properly.
  • /#250935 – Formulas which has embedded table named range as arguments are now returns computed value properly.

DocIO

Bug Fixes

  • #245828 - Exception is no longer thrown while saving a Word document (DOCX) with invalid XML characters.
  • #247034 - Watermark is now preserved properly while opening and saving a Word document (DOC).
  • #246022 - The list value is now preserved properly while opening and saving a Word document with track changes enabled.
  • #239792 - Text mapped to a content control is now preserved properly.
  • #248024 - Text associated with field inside a bookmark is now retrieved properly from a Word document using GetBookmarkContent method.
  • #248402 - File is no longer corrupted while opening and saving a Word document (DOCX) with group shape.
  • #248400 - File is no longer corrupted while opening and saving a Word document (DOCX) with image referred inside SmartArt.
  • #249158 - Hanging issue has been resolved while opening a Word document.
  • #250042 - Styles are now properly listed in the style gallery of Microsoft Word application, after opening and saving the Word document using DocIO.
  • #250466, #F147804 - Image hyperlink with invalid image is now preserved properly while opening and saving a Word document (DOCX).
  • #250993 - Exception is no longer thrown while reading grid before and grid after properties of a table row.
  • #250408, #253433, #251662, #247556 - Exception is no longer thrown while opening a Word document (DOCX) with group shape.
  • #247383, #F148303 - Exception is no longer thrown while cloning a Word document (DOCX) with group shape.
  • #F148303 - Find and replace text is now working for text inside a group shape.
  • #248409 - Section break is now preserved properly in Word to EPUB conversion.
  • #251858 - Text in a rotated TextBox is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #250815 - Table cell is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #250550 - Footer content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #249809 - Text is aligned properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #249288, #247991, #251298, #246790 - Table content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #249004 - Border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #249004 - Autofit textbox is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #247476 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting the Word document to PDF.
  • #247391 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #246790 - Blank page preservation issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #246771 - Header content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #156982, #249734 - Blank page is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #F148161 - The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • Table cell border is now preserved properly in the converted PDF document at different zooming levels.
  • Bookmark text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • Table cell is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.

DockingManager

Bug Fixes

  • #249899 – Issue in the NetCore application for the serialization of DockingManager states is fixed.

GridGroupingControl

Bug Fixes

  • /#251190 – The records are filtered properly using GridExcelFilter when adding same filter condition or expression again to RecordFilters programmatically.
  • /# 250146 - Elements and DisplayElements collections of Grid are updated properly when adding ColumnSet using GridColumnSetDescriptorCollection.AddRange method.

MetroForm

Breaking Changes

  • Now, ‘CaptionImage.Location’ is adjusted in the form’s title bar properly in maximized state. Previously, the caption image loaded in MDI child forms in all OS and caption image loaded in Windows7 machines of all parent forms was rendered 6 pixel lower in x and y direction for FormBorderStyle options SizableToolWindow and FixedToolWindow settings. The caption image was rendered 8 pixels less in and y direction in all other instances. So, you need to give the location (x, y) right now.

Bug Fixes

  • #215621 - The padding between CaptionImage and the border is properly maintained when the form is maximized.

pdf

Bug Fixes

  • #249332 – The NullReferenceException will no longer occur when getting destination of PdfLoadedDocumentLinkAnnotation.
  • #251487 – Default document information from portfolio will be retrieved properly.
  • #250869 – Performance of PDF to PDF A1B converter has been improved.
  • #251103 – Merging will now preserve all the pages from source documents.
  • #249164 – Header style will be preserved properly in PdfLightTable.
  • #250644, #F147502 – Image will be preserved properly with signature appearance.
  • #248130 – Exception will no longer occur while selecting the bookmark items from existing PDF document.
  • #245556, #252556 – Conformance will be validated properly in particular site for the created conformance document.
  • #250878 – Exception will no longer occur while merging the particular document.
  • #249822 – The IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer occur while adding digital signature to the document.
  • #249904 – The PdfInkAnnotation will be preserved properly for two points.
  • #251928 – Date format will be preserved properly while flattening the XFA form field.
  • #250751 – Existing PDF document compression has been improved in file size.
  • #252156 – Characters will be preserved properly in XPS to PDF conversion.
  • #222803 – Lines will be preserved properly in EMF to PDF conversion.
  • #250380 – The NullReferenceException will no longer occur while importing pages from PDF document.
  • #250294 – The PDF document will no longer corrupted while loading and saving in same memory stream.
  • #247373 – Form fields will be flattened properly while merging the PDF documents.
  • #252063 – Images with color space will be preserved properly in PDF document.

PdfViewerControl

Bug Fixes

  • #250371, #250312 – Text selection is now working properly for the particular PDF document.
  • #250869 – Euro symbol is now preserved properly in the extracted text from the PDF document.

PivotGridControl

Bug fixes

  • #243376 - provided the support to hide the subtotals based on the ShowSubTotals property of PivotItem.

Presentation

Bug Fixes

  • #250068 - The ArgumentException will no longer be thrown while setting the column span as 1 for table cell.
  • #244971 - The PowerPoint presentation will no longer be corrupted while saving the document.
  • #250515, #251340, #251336 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting the PowerPoint to PDF.

RibbonControlAdv

Bug fixes

  • #249777 - Memory leak will not occur while merging the tabs through RibbonPanelMergeContainer.
  • The NullReferenceException will no longer occur when adding RibbonPanel from the BackstageView in Office2019 theme.
  • The BackstageView will not be activated from the Quick access item when clicking the Back button.

SfComboBox

Bug fixes

  • #240459 - Popup will be closed properly in Excel add in.
  • #241587 - The MaxDropDownItems property will display the items properly while opening the dropdown.

SfDataGrid

Behavior Changes

  • Now, the actual value displayed for the filter drop-down items will not consider the GridColumnBase.FilterMode property and the items will be displayed in drop-down as formatted in grid. The GridColumnBase.FilterMode property will be considered only for unique items generation in filter drop-down and filtering operations.

Bug Fixes

  • #F147722 - When GridColumnBase. FilterMode is FilterMode.DisplayText, items in filter popup are now displayed in the correct sort order.
  • The exception will no longer be thrown while pressing the Esc key while the cell is in edit mode in filter row.

TreeViewAdv

Bug fixes

  • #248933 - Null exception will no longer thrown while hiding the nodes.
  • #248799 - TreeNodeAdv cannot turns to edit mode automatically on multi selection.
  • #54843 - Scrolling works properly till the last node while scrolling using the thumb in scroll bar.

XlsIO

Bug Fixes

  • #248627, #249737 - FormulaHidden property now works properly while saving an Excel file in binary format.
  • #240237 - Diamond shape inside the text box is now preserved properly while resaving the Excel document.
  • #246292 - Exception is no longer thrown while loading the Excel file with duplicate hyperlink relation.
  • #246462 - Unicode languages are now rendered properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #248378 - Super script is now rendered properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #240237 - Text within the shapes are now arranged properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #245763 - Performance issue in Excel to PDF conversion is now resolved.
  • #250058 - Table query fields are now updated properly when table range has more columns.
  • #251122 - Exception is no longer thrown on invoking AutoFitColumn for empty worksheet.
  • #249565 - Exception is no longer thrown while deleting and creating a table with the same name.
  • #250189 - Pivot table is now preserved properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #249466 - Autofit row height is now proper for “Arial” fonts.
  • #249233 - AutofitColumns is now proper for wrap text applied cells.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while saving the Excel document in CSV format.
  • Rotation angle for the text in Text box is now proper in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Date format m/d/yyyy h:mm is now preserved properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • AutoShape and TextBox are now preserved properly while resaving the Excel document and converting the same to PDF.
  • Font name, size and color of the chart elements are no longer changed while cloning the workbook.

XpTaskBar

Bug fixes

  • #248149 - The PreferredChildPanelHeight property now working properly even AutoSize is set.

XPToolBar

Bug fixes

  • #245587 - Customized tooltips will be displayed properly for bar items and parent bar items.