Essential Studio for Windows Forms Release Notes

v24.1.41
December 18, 2023
With the 2024 Volume 1 release, we will discontinue support for .NET Framework 4.5, 4.5.1, and 4.6 in WinForms, WPF, and the File-Format Frameworks. Instead, we will provide support for .NET 4.6.2.

CheckBoxAdv

Bug fixes

  • #I521778 - Now, CheckBoxAdv display’s the focus indication when the Office2019Colorful theme is applied.

ColorPickerUIAdv

Bug fixes

  • #517453 - DivideByZeroException will no longer be thrown while opening MoreColor dialog in 110 scaling.

DocIO

Features

Bug Fixes

  • #I521012 – Header is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #I507001 - Track changes revisions are now preserved properly while opening a DOCX format document.
  • #I521063 - Text in DOCX format document are now compared properly after calling Compare API.

DockingManager

Bug Fixes

  • #I513754 - NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when tring to dock the item with DockStyle property as Fill.

GradientPanel

Bug fixes

  • #I856608 - Resolved an issue where the GradientPanel failed to display the gradient correctly when the Office2019Colorful theme was enabled.

IntegerTextBox

Bug fixes

  • #I516508 - NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while opening IntegerTextBox from separate thread.

MaskedEditBox

Bug fixes

  • #I518178 - Now, the provided text value updates properly in the MaskedEditBox when it receives focus.

MultiSelectionComboBox

Bug fixes

  • #I853963 - NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when using AutoSuggestionMode in MultiSelectionComboBox control.
  • #I855820 - The exception will no longer be thrown when closing the window with a highlighted item in the MultiSelectionComboBox.
  • #I855813 - Fixed the MultiSelectionCombobox dropdown has slow delay when an item is selected.

PDF

Features

  • #I477716 - Added support for splitting PDF documents without loss of WCAG standard compliance.
  • #I510759 - Added support to word wrap text content with hyphenation-special character in PDF documents.
  • Added support for removing unused resources when splitting a PDF document.
  • Added support to enhance the image quality before performing OCR on images.
  • Updated BlinkBinaries to latest stable version [117.0.5938.150].
  • HTML to PDF converter will provide more specific exception messages for the conversion failure.

Bug Fixes

  • #I525393 - The issue of incorrect extracted text bounds when extracting from a PDF document has been fixed.
  • #I525788 - The exception no longer occurs when appending the specific PDF document.
  • Fixed an issue where the issuer name details were not properly retrieved from an existing signature field.
  • #I518474 - Fixed an issue where document information was not updated properly for a specific PDF document.
  • The background color is now properly preserved when updating the transparent color in the free text annotation.
  • #I519560 - The issue of PDF images being replaced with a black box when resizing a multi-page PDF document has been resolved.
  • The NullReference exception that occurred while using the loaded document’s StructureElement for a specific document has been fixed.

Presentation

No Changes for this product in this version.

RadioButtonAdv

Bug fixes

  • #I855821 - Resolved an issue where the RadioButtonAdv did not display focus when the Office2019Colorful theme was enabled.

RibbonControlAdv

Bug fixes

  • #I507926 - SelectedTab will no longer be changed when clicking Back button of BackStage.
  • #I514185 - Now, ToolStripEx will not convert to a Dropdown when the space is available in RibbonPanel.
  • #I515202 - InvalidOperationException will no longer be thrown while opening customize QAT from separate thread.
  • #I513067 - On clicking the RibbonForm system popup will be displayed and on double click application will be closed.
  • #I519201 - Now, the BackStageButton renders properly when using the Office2019Colorful theme.
  • #I516501 - Now, when removing the RibbonControlAdv from the designer, the child elements of the RibbonControlAdv are also removed.
  • #I518833 - The SelectedTabItemChanged event will not trigger unnecessarily when clicking on the BackStage button.
  • #I525000 - Now, the arrow icon of Up and Down buttons are visible in the customize QAT window when applying HighContrast theme.

SfComboBox

Features

The SfComboBox control now supports the SelectionChangeCommitted event, triggered when the user changes the selected item, and the change is displayed in the ComboBox.

Bug fixes

  • #I858231 - The selected item is now displayed correctly when opening the drop-down in the SfComboBox control.

SfListView

Bug fixes

  • #I855821 - Fixed the glitchy effects while scrolling items inside the SfListView control.
  • #I856355 - Now the style from the argument value will be updated properly for the selected item while using DrawItem event.

SpellCheckerAdv

Feature

  • #I501830 - An Event has been implemented to notify the click action of Cancel button in SpellCheckerDialogBox.

Visual Studio Extensions

Features

  • Syncfusion has introduced an innovative tool, the WinForms Template Studio, designed to streamline the creation of the Syncfusion WinForms applications. This cutting-edge tool includes an intuitive project wizard that seamlessly navigates you through the creation process. Its remarkable user-friendliness ensures that you can create an application effortlessly without any prior experience.
  • The Syncfusion WinForms item templates have now been enhanced to include the Syncfusion controls and their features in a WinForms window.

XlsIO

Features