Essential Studio for WinUI Release Notes

v23.1.36
September 15, 2023

DocIO

Features

  • #I126382, #I132696, #I78411, #I54473, #I181495, #I185396, #I162589, #I240901, #I295754, #I295754, #I228151, #I231790, #I393710, #I337521, #I409802, #F66452, #F180978 - Compare two DOCX format documents and highlight the differences including insertion, deletion, and formatting changes.

PDF

Features

  • Added support for paginating the PdfHTMLTextElement in .NET core.
  • Added text only redaction support in the PDF document.
  • #I488916 - Added support to create PdfTilingBrush with specified inner and outer boundaries region.
  • Added support to extract images from the existing signature field’s appearance.

Bug Fixes

  • #I491729 - Fixed an issue where FindText does not work properly for a specific PDF document.
  • #I491312 - Preservation issue no longer occurs while drawing PdfTemplate.
  • #I493348 - Exception no longer occurs when inserting pages into the PDF document.
  • #I492409 - Null reference exception no longer occurs while getting the popup annotation Icon.
  • #I492417 - Finding text with text search option “WholeWords” is now working properly.
  • #I493428 - Fixed the text shaping problem that occurred when drawing Bengali script content to the PDF document.
  • #F180488 - Fixed an issue where the Timestamp Signer root and intermediate certificates were not being extracted properly from the DSS.
  • #I485690 - Pagination bounds height is now preserved properly while drawing the PDF grid.

Presentation

Features

SfNumberBox

Bug Fixes

  • #FB45251 - The negative sign is now updated properly when setting Arabic culture in SfNumberBox.

SfRibbon Preview

Features

  • Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) - This feature allows users to render a set of ribbon items that are commonly used in applications at the top-left corner of a window to make them more accessible.

  • ScreenTip support - Provided support to display a pop-up window when the pointer hovers over a ribbon item. It provides helpful details about the function of the ribbon item, making it easier for users to understand its purpose.

Bug Fixes

#FB45189 - Now, the Tapped event triggers properly while clicking on the RibbonTab.

SfShimmer New

The WinUI Shimmer control enhances the responsiveness of your application by displaying a shimmer effect during content loading or background processing.

Features

  • Seven built-in shimmer types.
  • Support to create own custom shimmer types.
  • Customizable with various options such as fill, wave color, wave width, wave duration, and repeat count.

XlsIO

Features

  • #I353374 - Autoshapes are now supported in Excel to Image conversion.
  • #I464512 - Data bar conditional formatting with gradient fill is now supported in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #I398064, #I475638 - Provided support for creating threaded comments while creating Excel documents and in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #I431117, #I485598 - Provided support to skip the pivot table subtotal in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Provided support for adding scenarios in the What-If Analysis scenario manager.