We have discontinued support for .NET 6.0 and 7.0.
Features
This update enhances the WinForms Designer for .NET 8 and .NET 9 by addressing issues related to Serialization and the Collection Editor for custom type properties. It utilizes the new out-of-process designer model, ensuring a smoother experience that is more akin to that of the .NET Framework.These enhancements are applicable only when using NuGet packages.
BackStageView
Bug fixes
Resolved the tab switching issues in designer for BackstageView control.
ColorPickerAdv
Features
#I339657 - Enhanced the WinForms Designer by resolving serialization issues in .NET Core WinForms projects, ensuring proper saving of Recent, Standard, and Theme group properties in ColorPickerAdv through the designer.
DateTimePickerAdv
Bug Fixes
#I698018 - Fixed a NullReferenceException that occurred when enabling theme support for the DateTimePickerAdv control.
Diagram
Bug fixes
#665282 - Resolved a serialization issue that occurred during the saving and loading of XML files in DiagramBuilder.
#698927 - Custom properties of Diagram elements can now be serialized and deserialized properly using the PropertyBag property in DataContract serialization.
DocIO
Features
Create, modify, and remove SmartArt graphics programmatically in DOCX format documents.
#I566560, #I581206, #I173017, #I156416, #I191034, #I227776, #I379957, #I383384, #I440935, #I150127, #I153359, #I181911, #I211893, #I222043, #I223360, #I223422, #I223516, #I246325, #I247941, #I248366, #I282726, #I293680, #I335826, #I350137, #F180343, #FB28962 - SmartArt graphics are now preserved when converting DOCX format documents to PDFs and images.
Bug Fixes
#I698363 - Paragraph with exactly line spacing is now positioned properly while converting a Word document contains the noExtraLineSpacing tag to PDF.
#I698364 - Tab is now applied to the paragraph containing the floating item when converting a Word document to a PDF.
#I698379 - Justification alignment is now applied properly when converting a Word document to PDF.
DockingManager
Bug fixes
#I649391 - A detached window will no longer vanish when disconnecting an external monitor with High DPI scaling enabled.
#I655356 - Floating window content at bottom is will now visible when window is made full screen in DockingManager.
#I649561 - Now, the DockHints renders properly and doesn’t appears inside the Floating Window while dragging.
#I659744 - Resolved the issue the EnableDocking in DockingManager would disappear after saving and reopening the designer in WinForms .NET Core projects.
#I659076 - When AutoHideAnimation property is set to false AutoHide will not close in DockingManager.
#I665292 - Now, the Floating window location will update properly when loading the saved layout in multiple monitor setup.
#I676959 - Now, the Floating window will restore properly after loading layout in Multi-Monitor setup.
#I679572 - Memory leak will no longer occur when we dispose the docked forms.
#I693905 - The floating window will be restored properly after loading layout when primary monitor has a different scaling in Multi-Monitor setup.
#I686823 - The location will update properly when creating the FloatWindow in the dual monitor setup(Vertical alignment).
#I656509 - Removed the obsolete mark from the PersistNow() method in AppStateSerializer.
DoubleTextBox
Bug fixes
#I661804 - DoubleTextBox will no longer fails to display the infinity symbol.
HTMLUIControl
Bug fixes
#I666435 - In HTMLUI, Control will load the Infinity symbol.
PDF
Features
Added support for defining custom structure elements with role mapping when generating accessible PDF documents.
#I565184 – Added support for generating well-tagged standard-compliant PDF documents.
#I565184 – Added support for generating PDFs compliant with Universal Accessibility Level 2 (PDF/UA-2) standards.
#I662486, #I587085 – Added support for generating PDF documents compliant with ZUGFeRD version 2.3.2.
#I677046 – Added support for applying Hatch Brush patterns in PDF documents.
#I654851 – Added support to restrict HTTP requests during the HTML to PDF conversion process.
Breaking Changes
PDF-to-image conversion - Starting with v29.x.x, if you reference Syncfusion PdfToImageConverter assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, include a license key in your projects. Refer to this Link for generating and registering a Syncfusion license key in your application to use the components without a trail message.
Presentation
Features
#I686548 - Preserve shapes as PDF text form fields when converting PowerPoint to PDF.
RangeSlider
Bug fixes
#I679464 - The SliderMin value can be adjusted even when SliderMin and SliderMax have the same value.
#I679466 - Resolved exception when SliderMin exceeds SliderMax.
RibbonControlAdv
Features
#F677752 - Tooltip support is provided for the minimize and maximize buttons in Office2013, Office2016, Office2019, and TouchStyle themes of RibbonControlAdv.
#I695419, #I617262, #I631308, #I599518 - Enhanced the WinForms Designer by resolving serialization issues in .NET Core WinForms projects, ensuring proper saving of adding tabs in the RibbonControlAdv header through the designer.
Bug fixes
Resolved the switching tabs issues in designer on RibbonControlAdv.
#I675721 - ToolStripEx control will be available in the toolbox of NetCore project.
#FB64761 - The Misalignment issues will no longer occur in BackStageView on High-DPI displays.
#FB65587 - In the Ribbon Customize Dialog, incorrect page selection, incorrect Vertical Scrollbar display, and NullReference exception upon dialog closure will no longer occur.
SfButton
Bug fixes
#FB62958 - When focused, FocusGradientBrush will be applied to the button.
SfComboBox
Features
Added support for modifying the DropDownListView width in the SfComboBox control.
SfListView
Bug Fixes
#I689955 - Fixed an issue where the previously selected items collection was cleared on MouseMove when HotTracking was disabled in multi-selection mode for the SfListView control.
SpellChecker
Bug fixes
#I663572 - Resolved the error that occurred with special characters in the Spell checker when the IgnoreSpecialCharacters property was set to true.
#I679084, #I679089 - Resolved the spell checker issues for SpellChecker fails to detect errors in multi-word text and flags URLs as errors when IgnoreURL is enabled.
#I694363 - Ensured the corrections for misspelled words retain their original case, whether uppercase or lowercase.
TabControlAdv
Bug fixes
Resolved the selecting tabs issues in designer on TabControlAdv.
Visual Studio Extensions
Breaking Changes
Syncfusion WinForms Template Studio no longer supports .NET 6.0 and .NET 7.0.
XlsIO
Features
Introduced the GetCellValue method for efficient cell value reading in Excel documents.
Improved performance for opening, reading, creating, and saving Excel documents.
XPTaskbar
Bug fixes
#I655934 - The XPTaskBar control will no longer fails to render Emojis and Special Characters.