Essential Studio for WPF Release Notes

v16.2.0.46
July 30, 2018
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ButtonAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #204344 - Content alignment and Text alignment is now aligned correctly.

Ribbon

Bug Fixes

  • #207530 - Default text is displayed properly when updating text at runtime.

DateTimeEdit

Bug Fixes

  • #208861 - Value updated correctly for months having 31 days.

DocIO

Features

  • #205783, #F138587 - Added Rotation property in WPicture class.

Bug Fixes

  • #209648 - Tab characters are preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #204167, #209881 - InvalidOperationException will be no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #204167, #209881 - IndexOutOfRangeException will be no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #208660, #206994, #204167 - ArgumentOutOfRangeException will be no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #208268 - Paragraph spacing is now preserved properly when replacing content in table cell for a particular Word document.
  • #F138091 - Table header is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #207657 - Word document will be no longer corrupted when inserting image in a particular Word document.
  • #208020 - paragraph spacing is preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #208046 - Multi column is now preserved properly in Word Perfect Office Viewer while resaving a particular Word document as RTF.
  • #207861 - Word document will be no longer corrupted in Microsoft Word 2007 application while resaving a particular Word document.
  • #207772 - Image position is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #207653 - Text shading is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #207619, #205309 - Table is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #204167, #209881 - Performance has been improved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #204167, #209881 - StackOverflowException will be no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #205919 - Image size is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as RTF.
  • #206868 - Bookmark hyperlink is now navigate properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #206703, #203618 - Word document will be no longer hangs while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #206993, #203639 - NullReferenceException will be no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #206485 - Table splitting issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #206496, #205904 - Content control content is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #206202, #205099, #208898 - List number is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #205329, #209408, #203051 - Word document will be no longer hangs while updating document fields in a particular Word document.
  • #205631, #205309 - Text wrapping issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #205633 - NullReferenceException will be no longer thrown while parsing a particular Word document.
  • #205309 - Table cell text preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #205309 - Table position issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #205250 - InvalidOperationException will be no longer thrown while parsing a particular RTF format document.
  • #205188 - StackOverflowException will be no longer thrown while updating document fields in a particular Word document.
  • #202856 - TOC preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as HTML.
  • #204774 - NullReferenceException will be no longer thrown while deleting bookmark content in a particular Word document.
  • #204774 - Bookmark content is now deleted properly in a particular Word document.
  • #204542 - TextBox is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #204342 - Paragraph spacing is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #202253 - OutOfMemoryException will be no longer thrown while parsing a particular Word document.
  • #180963, #193566 - Font preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #205322 - Chinese characters are preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #208059 - MAX field is now properly skipped from updating error result while updating fields in a particular Word document.

DockingManager

Bug Fixes

  • #209558 - Dock window size not persists properly after move between maximize and restore states in DockingManager.
  • #207362 – Close button color of document window not same as dock window in DockingManager has been fixed.
  • #209728 – Binding errors will no longer occur while creating tabbed dock windows in DockingManager.

Bug Fixes

  • #207358 - Background color of icon is corrected and there will not be color variance when the icon is not set.

FontListBox

Bug Fixes

  • #208953 - Selected item comes into view when selecting the items programmatically.

PDF

Bug Fixes

  • #209067 - XML files are now importing properly as form fields.
  • #209067 - Drop-down form fields are now exporting properly as XML files.
  • #209809 - “Unable to decrypt document without ID” exception will no longer occur when decrypting the PDF documents.
  • #209809 - “Catalog is not present” exception will no longer occur when loading the PDF documents.
  • #209809,207003 - “Password is incorrect exception” will no longer occur when loading the PDF documents.
  • #205727,199398 - URI value from PdfLoadedUriAnnotation is now retrieving properly from the PDF document.
  • #205636 - “Index out of range exception” will no longer occur when loading the PDF documents.
  • #206504 - Imported document size is not increased if the source document contains hyperlinks.
  • #204160 - Content is now preserving properly when adding large text to a PdfGrid cell in landscape page.
  • #206944 - PDF signature appearance is updating properly when using appearance graphics.
  • #209484 - “Null reference exception” will no longer occur when accessing layer of the PDF document.
  • #204266 - Incorrect layer behavior and syntax issues in Preflight when creating layers in PDF document are now fixed.
  • #207003 - “Index and length must refer to a location within the string” exception will no longer occur when loading the PDF documents.
  • #206043 - The blank page will no longer be created when rotating the PDF documents.
  • #205034 - Preservation issues will no longer occur when adding layers with overlay to PDF documents.
  • #208125 - “Argument Out Of Range exception” will no longer occur when importing pages from the PDF documents.
  • #206826 - All the form fields are now preserving properly when merging the PDF documents.
  • #206864,209809 - Hanging issues will no longer occur when importing pages form the PDF document.
  • #208472 - PDF document corruption issue will no longer occur when merging the PDF documents.
  • #209467 - “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” exception will no longer occur when loading the PDF documents.
  • #206344 - Text box fields are now preserving properly when flattening the PDF documents.
  • #207010,206810 - Null reference exception will no longer occur when appending the PDF documents.
  • #204640 - “Can’t convert to rectangle” exception will no longer occur when flattening the PDF documents.
  • #210823 - Null reference exception will no longer occur when performing ExportAsImage operation.
  • #204392 - The exact OCR error message is now displayed in case of OCR failure.
  • #207441 - “Null reference exception” will no longer occur when converting Word document to PDF with PdfXConformance.
  • #202700 - Bullets in the Word document are now preserving properly when converted to PDF.
  • #208145 - The header in the Word document is now preserving properly when converted to PDF.
  • #207105 - No extra figured tags are added when converting HTML to tagged PDF.
  • #207447 - Hyperlinks are now preserving properly when href contains hash tag in HTML.
  • #205172 - RTL text is now preserving properly when converting Word document to PDF.

PdfViewerControl

Bug Fixes

  • #205954 - NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when loading the PDF document.
  • #207210, #209611 - Contents of the PDF document are now printed in correct position with the Pdfium rendering engine.
  • #209067 - ReadOnly behavior is now working as expected for radio buttons.
  • #209321 - Horizontal scroll bar is now displayed properly when setting custom height to the PdfViewerControl.

Presentation

Bug Fixes

  • #204936 - Table styles are now preserved properly while converting a PowerPoint presentation to PDF.
  • #204936 - Text colors are now preserved properly while converting a PowerPoint presentation to PDF.
  • #204936 - Font styles are now preserved properly while converting a PowerPoint presentation to PDF.
  • #205737 - Text orientation in SmartArt nodes are preserved properly while converting a PowerPoint presentation to image.
  • #205502 - Application will no longer hang while re-saving the PowerPoint presentation.
  • #205217 - NullReferenceException is no more thrown while converting a Presentation slide to PDF.

Property grid

Bug Fixes

  • #206667 - Data binding errors will not occur for Shiny blue style.

ReportDesigner

Bug Fixes

  • #205097 - Incorrect dataset query parameter naming syntax error for Oracle database has been resolved.
  • #206477 - Modified query text dataset fields are updated properly in data explorer without refreshing the fields in dataset dialog.
  • #206454 - Resolved the tablix header cell text background reset to white, when mouse right click option is enabled.
  • #206776 - Now, the modified properties of tablix cell are updated properly in property grid.

ReportViewer

Bug Fixes

  • #208926 , 206886 - Now, the report viewer theme generated from theme studio renders control without any problem.
  • #208926 - Resolved exception when using edit template option for report viewer in XAML page.
  • #208728 - Row grouped data renders properly in print layout when keep together is set to true.

ReportWriter

Bug Fixes

  • #208311 - Cell values with F2 format renders properly in excel export.
  • #207598 - Now, tablix header is displayed in all excel sheets if RepeatOnNewPage is enabled.
  • #208675 - Incorrect data region item page name problem in excel export has been resolved.

Ribbon

Bug Fixes

  • #208090 - Ribbon button disabled fore color is now corrected for Blend style.

SfChart

Bug fixes

  • #210421, #138742 – The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown when removing data point from ItemsSource before chart is loaded.

  • #138304 – Binding is now working properly for Height property of ChartRowDefinition.

  • #208663 - Now, zooming is working properly with MaximumZoomLevel when doing mouse wheel zooming and rectangle zooming in succession.

  • #208499, #210353 - The ArgumentException will no longer be thrown when zooming a chart in edge with PlotOffset for selection zooming.

  • #208103 - The StackingColumn100Series will be rendered properly for negative values that contain empty points.

  • #137730 - The stroke will be applied properly for candle segment when replacing data at run time.

Features

  • The hexagon, plus, and vertical line shapes have been provided in legend icon.

SfChart3D

Bug fixes

SfDataGrid

Bug fixes

  • #118396 - StackedHeaderRow will be populated properly based on the excluded columns list when exporting into Excel.
  • #138052 – Scrollbar will be preserved properly based on its states either disable or hidden when the window get resized.
  • #194454 - Application will no longer crashed when filter with blank records for the complex property.
  • #202063 – Column resizing will works properly when the DetailsViewDataRow overlapped with the horizontal scrollbar.
  • #206338 – ItemsSource for the DetailsVieDataGrid will be updated properly when it changed at runtime in the DetailsViewExpanding event.
  • #207268 – ArgumentOutOfRangeException will be no longer thrown when edit the FilterRowCell and click on the datagrid.
  • #209956 – Localization will works properly when hosting the SfDataGrid WPF control to the WindowsForms application.
  • #209978 - Improved the performance while selecting the cells using SfDataGrid.SelectCells method.
  • #210855 – ContextMenu will no longer shown while right click on the empty portion of the datagrid.

Breaking Changes

  • CanListenPropertyNotification is marked as Obsolete property. Now we have removed from the DataGrid. Functionality of CanListenPropertyNotification can be achieved now using NotificationSubscriptionMode.
  • EnableRecuriveChecking is marked as Obsolete property. Now we have removed from the DataGrid. Functionality of EnableRecuriveChecking can be achieved now using EnableRecursiveChecking.

SfLinearGauge

Enhancement

  • # 199938, # 205986 – The start value support has been provided for bar pointer. Now, the start of bar pointer can also be specified along with the Value property.

SfRichTextBoxAdv

Breaking Changes

  • The table cell and image are now refreshed to new size after the resizing operation is finished. To retain the live resizing behavior of previous versions, set the value ResizingMode.Live to EditorSettings.ResizingMode property of SfRichTextBoxAdv class.

Bug Fixes

  • #209136 - The Right to left contents are selected properly using Ctrl + A key.
  • #209136 - New paragraphs are now added properly after the Right to left paragraph.
  • #208668 - The font size is now properly preserved while importing particular HTML document.
  • #208668 - The document background and image size are now properly preserved while importing the HTML document.
  • #208668 - The nested tables with centre/right alignment are now properly rendered while loading the HTML document.
  • #208578 - Pasted punctuation marks from google translator are now properly rendered with respect to Right to left layout.
  • #208270 - IndexOutOfRangeException will be no longer thrown while adding space before the Arabic text of Right to left paragraph.
  • #208739 - Scrolling to highlighted text position is now working properly.
  • #162887 - IME is now working properly when SfRichTextBoxAdv control hosted in Windows Forms.
  • #206562 - Nested tables are now displayed properly within its parent cell bounds.
  • #206475 - The content viewer is now scrolled properly when selecting image.
  • #206884, #206887, #206892, #206885 - Improved the image resizer usability.
  • #208266 - Right to left text copied from the google translator are now properly pasted.
  • #202878 - Improved the performance on deleting the selected contents using Backspace/Delete key.
  • #202878 - Improved the cell resizing performance by refreshing the UI to new size after the resizing operation is completed.
  • #206302 - Line break is now properly exported and imported in XAML.

SfSchedule

Bug Fixes

  • #208234: The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when setting the recurrence rule without COUNT. The recurrence appointment with no end date can be added by using the recurrence rule.
  • #208234: Recurrence appointment can be added for a specific date using UNTIL RRULE in recurrence rule.
  • #208234: Appointment will be created without duplication when clearing the appointment collection and adding the new appointment dynamically.
  • #137797: The AppointmentStartDragging event is fired properly while dragging the appointment.

SfSurfaceChart

Bug Fixes

  • #209527 – Axis labels will be rendered in proper direction when rotating the surface chart.

SfTimePicker

Bug Fixes

  • #208315 - Title will no longer displayed twice in LoopingSelector even modify the HeaderTemplate in SfTimePicker.
  • #208315 - InvalidCastException will no longer thrown on change the time based on the culture.

SplitButtonAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #207358 - Background color of icon is corrected and there will not be color variance when the icon is not set.

TileViewControl

Bug Fixes

  • #209247- Animation delay on startup of application in TileViewControl has been fixed.

TreeViewAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #209874 - NullReferenceException will not be thrown when AllowMultiSelect property is set to false.
  • #209430 - Dragged items will be visible when setting padding.
  • #207279 - Dragged indicators shows correct dragged items when Focusable property is set to true.

XlsIO

Bug fixes

  • #209729 - Null reference exception thrown while adding marker variable with copy style argument is resolved.
  • #209443 - Null reference exception thrown while copying empty worksheet range is resolved.
  • #209443 - Shape is not copied properly to another range while clearing range is fixed.
  • #209538 - Cell value is rendered properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #208893 - Transparent image background in rendered properly in PDF conversion.
  • #208554 - Application exception ambiguity conflict between Microsoft Common Object Runtime Library and Syncfusion.Compression NuGet package is resolved.
  • #207203 – Random exceptions on accessing RTFText property multiple times is resolved.
  • #208141 - Exception thrown while converting chart with range collection is resolved.
  • #208122 - Exception thrown while opening a file with empty RTF text is resolved.
  • #207732 - Argument exception thrown while opening a workbook of strict XML type is resolved.
  • #207940 - Null reference exception raised while invoking auto fit columns on cells containing formulas is resolved.
  • #207176, #210642 - Issue with conditional formats on a newly created worksheet is fixed.
  • #207151 - Exception is no longer thrown while saving the workbook created using AddCopy().
  • #206271 - Corruption issue while resaving the file with query table is resolved.
  • #206070 - Formats are preserved correctly while saving XML file as XLSX.
  • #205858 - Table formula with column name in dimension format can be set properly.
  • #204936 - Legend alignment can be achieved properly regardless of axis labels in Chart to Image conversion.
  • #204815 - Exception raised while opening Excel file having the style count greater than maximum unique styles is fixed.
  • #204483 - XML exception raised while opening a binary file with duplicate schema is resolved.
  • #204511 - FindAll() returns expected value when ExcelFindOptions is not provided.
  • #204932 - Exception raised while setting Fill property for un-supported chart types on opening Excel file is resolved.
  • #204742 - Data connection parameters tag is now serialized while resaving the Excel file.
  • #204130, #204484 - Exception thrown while parsing hyperlink in merged cells is resolved.
  • #203365 - Conditional formats are properly copied while add copying the worksheet.
  • #203557 - File corruption issue while generating worksheet from data table is resolved.
  • #203396 - File corruption while removing comments with picture from worksheet is resolved.
  • #202487 - Exception is no longer raised while parsing invalid reference to chart series name.
  • #204134 - Incorrect chart name retrieved for binary file is fixed.
  • #207784 - Exception raised while copying custom functions to a different workbook is resolved.
  • #205835 - Exception raised while cloning the workbook with conditional formats is resolved.
  • Exception will no longer be thrown while applying template marker using IWorksheet.Workbook property
  • Issue with shape color in Excel to PDF conversion is fixed.
  • Auto filter issue while setting IconSet conditional formatting with NoIcon is resolved
  • Issue with data labels in Chart to Image conversion is resolved.