Essential Studio for WPF Release Notes

v16.3.0.29
October 30, 2018
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Chart

Bug Fixes

  • #211634 - Stacking series type charts will render correctly with unequal data points.

ColorPickerPalette

Bug Fixes

  • #218168 , #218116 - Crash with ColorPickerPalette control while using in Ribbon is fixed.

DateTimeEdit

Bug Fixes

  • #217536 - Null reference exception will no longer be thrown while removing the none button in DateTimeEdit calendar.

DocIO

Bug Fixes

  • #216566 - The file will no longer be corrupted while adding Chart into a Word document (DOCX).
  • #215421 - Paragraph list is now preserved properly while merging a cloned paragraph with ImportOptions.KeepSourceFormatting.
  • #F139944, #215539 - Custom UI is now preserved properly while opening and saving a Word document (DOCX).
  • #214749 - The “FormatException” will no longer be thrown while opening a Word document.
  • #214664 - Table cell content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #214435 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to Image.
  • #213886 - List number is now preserved properly while opening and saving a Word document (DOCX).
  • #F139508 - Page border position is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #213327 - Shape is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #213151 - Bullets are now preserved properly while merging the Word documents.
  • #213042 - Unexpected frame preservation issue has been resolved while calling the WordDocument.Replace API for Word document.
  • #212593 - Text wrapping issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #212502 - Textbox is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #210586 - The “NotSupportedException” will no longer be thrown while converting a HTML document to Word document.
  • #182512 - The “OutOfMemoryException” will no longer be thrown while opening a Word document.

DockingManager

Bug Fixes

  • #217018 - SelectedItem of ComboBox not updated properly when it is placed inside the nested DockingManager has been fixed.

GridDataControl

Bug fixes

  • #215223 – The null reference exception will no longer be thrown when adding record at runtime with group.
  • #214018 – The TargetInvocationException will no longer be thrown when entering edit mode after pressing Esc key.

OlapGrid

Features

  • #196638 – Provision to apply format for measure and KPI elements which can be placed in a desired order.

PDF

Bug Fixes

  • #215133 - Performance has been improved when accessing the PDF document layers.
  • #210943, #216074 - String was not recognized as a valid DateTime exception will no longer occur while loading a PDF document.
  • #215941 - Barcode is now preserving with proper size when specifying the size of a barcode.
  • #215595 - The 1D barcode is now scanning properly with default width.
  • #215096 - FNC characters in the given input is now preserving properly for PdfGS1Code128Barcode.
  • #215166 - The Null-reference exception will no longer occur while loading a PDF document.
  • #214918 - Light table header is now preserving properly when providing the data source through IEnumerable.
  • #214401 - The ArgumentException will no longer occur when loading a PDF document.
  • #213436 - The ArgumentException will no longer occur while loading a PDF document with Spanish culture settings.
  • #217131 - File size has been decreased while redacting a PDF document.
  • #215998 - Performance has been improved when converting XPS to PDF document.
  • #215977 - Text is now redacting properly when redact with annotation.
  • #215817 - “A Graphics object cannot be created from an image that has an indexed pixel format.” exception will no longer occur when redacting a PDF document.
  • #213910 - Text is now preserving properly when converting a PDF document to PDF/A-1b document.
  • #214354 - The Hebrew text is now preserving properly in EMF to PDF conversion.
  • #213566, #213951 - Text is now preserving properly when converting word document to PDF in azure function app.
  • #212556 - The OutOfMemory exception will no longer occur when converting PDF to PDF/A-1B.
  • #217007 - The Null-reference exception will no longer occur when importing pages from the PDF document.

PdfViewerControl

Bug Fixes

  • #215133 - Initial loading time and memory consumption are now optimized in the PdfViewerControl for PDF documents, which contain a greater number of pages.
  • #214630 -The rotated PDF pages are now exported properly as metafile using Pdfium.

PivotGrid

Bug fixes

  • #214955 - PivotTable Field List captions are localized properly.
  • #215306 – Control renders properly when enabling the ShowGrandTotals property.

Presentation

Bug Fixes

  • #213387 - Slide background is now preserved properly while converting a PowerPoint slide to image.
  • #213409 - Picture fill is now preserved properly in portable PDF rendering.
  • #207078 - The FormatException will no longer be thrown while resaving a PowerPoint document with formulated path points.

ReportDesigner

Bug Fixes

  • #215392 – Now, the toggle items are displayed properly for the tablix report item.
  • #216275 – Now, a dataset can be created with stored procedure when the shared data source has prompt credentials.
  • #216275 – Problem in executing the SQL query parameter when the parameter data type is not set has been resolved.
  • #215476 – Now, the chart and axis title property dialog can be shown properly in the report designer.
  • #214535 – Problem in updating the report page orientation values to properties dialog has been resolved.

ReportViewer

Bug Fixes

  • #210669 – Resolved rendering problem when the concatenation operator is used at end of the paragraph tag in HTML markup text.
  • #215303 – Now, TimeSerial function is rendered properly for double values.
  • #213238 – Text cut off problem when an empty div tag is added as HTML markup text has been resolved.

ReportWriter

Bug Fixes

  • #215303 – Now, the cell values with TimeSerial format can be rendered properly in the Excel export.
  • #213238 – Text cut off problem when an empty div tag is added as HTML markup text has been resolved.

Ribbon

Bug Fixes

  • #215067 - SelectedItemChanged will now trigger properly when ICommand is used for dealing with ModelTab.

  • #215922 - RibbonTab visibility on ModalTabs is now updated correctly.

  • #217258 - Icon’s get visible when Office2010Icon is set to null has been fixed.

  • #216841 - Black border appear when setting WindowStyle and ResizeMode in Ribbon has been fixed.

SfChart

Bug Fixes

  • /#214975 – Annotation collection manipulations will no longer reproduce any issues.

Breaking changes

  • Now, the selection zooming works based on rows and columns definition of the chart.

SfDataGrid

Features

  • #213716 – Provided accessibility support with Name and HelpText attributes.

Bug Fixes

  • #217166 – The RowState of DataRowView will not be modified when the cell value is not changed for GridCheckBoxColumn.
  • #216766 – The null reference exception will no longer be thrown when using custom RowDragDropController.
  • #F118396, #215778 – The StackedHeaders will be exported to Excel properly with hidden columns.

Behavior Changes

  • #213716 – Accessibility support with Name and HelpText attributes to retrieve the cell value of the asserted cell has been provided. Type name of the cell will no longer be retrieved, instead cell value of the asserted cell will be retrieved in the Name and HelpText attributes when AutomationPeerHelper.EnableCodedUI property is enabled.

SfDateSelector

Bug Fixes

  • #213688 - The LoopingSelector items not generated properly when changing the default height in SfDateSelector has been fixed.

SfDiagram

Bug Fixes

  • #215568 – Performance and Memory usage has been improved while loading symbols in stencil.
  • #210047 – Exported image is now preserved properly while executing FitToPage.

SfHubTile

Bug Fixes

  • #215085 - Command will no longer be triggered twice when invoking ShowDialog window in SfHubTile.

SfNavigationDrawer

Bug Fixes

  • #216051: Now, the EnableSwipeGesture property is working properly.

SfRichTextBoxAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #214604 - ArgumentException will be no longer thrown while loading the document containing image in header.
  • #214604 - NullReferenceException will be no longer thrown while loading the document containing fields.
  • #214886 - Search using OptionsPane is now working properly when IsReadOnly is set to true for the control.
  • #217668 - ArgumentException will be no longer thrown while loading the document containing row with invalid height.

SfSchedule

Bug Fixes

  • #140056 – Appointments overlapping issue when adding appointments at the same start time and different end time in timeline view is fixed.

  • #215448 - The debugger will quit after closed the application when adding schedule in the Syncfusion TabControlExt control.

  • #139253 – The appointments are rendered and resized properly in time line view when non-working hours are collapsed.

SfSkinManager

Bug Fixes

  • #216034 - DataBinding error while deleting the ListBoxItem has been fixed.

  • #211850, #216574- Theme is now retained for Parent Window on applying the theme for child window.

  • #213070, #211850 - SfSkinManager applies theme globally for syncfusion controls when ApplyStylesOnApplication is set to True.

SfSunburstChart

Bug fixes

  • # 216996 - The BindingExpression path error will no longer occur on selecting/deselecting the segments.

SfTextBoxExt

Bug Fixes

  • #216377 - The SfTextBoxExt is working properly when setting the items as null at dynamic.

SfTimeSelector

Bug Fixes

  • #213688 - The LoopingSelector items not generated properly when changing the default height in SfTimeSelector has been fixed.

SfTreeNavigator

Bug Fixes

  • #216264 - Performance of the SfTreeNavigator has been improved.

SfSpreadsheet

Bug Fixes

  • #213959 - The formulas are computed properly when using cell references from different worksheets in formula.

SpreadsheetControl(Classic)

Bug Fixes

  • #215612, #216053 - The row height is changed properly for the wrapped text in a cell.

SyntaxEditor

Bug Fixes

  • #214859 - The Undo and Redo operations not working properly when programmatically changing the SyntaxEditor text has been fixed.
  • #214947 - The SelectedTextChanged and SelectionChanged events not triggered properly in SyntaxEditor has been fixed.

TreeViewAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #216451 - Disabled TreeViewItem gets selected when selecting through shift key is fixed.

  • #216908 - Memory leak has been fixed while changing ItemsSource.

  • #214194 - Node moving to edit mode when checkbox is clicked has been fixed.

XlsIO

Bug fixes

  • #139653 - Issue with VLOOKUP formula while setting custom separators in German culture is fixed.
  • #204947 - Exception thrown while opening Excel document with duplicate attributes is resolved.
  • #211036 - Performance issue while converting chart with formulas to PDF is resolved.
  • #212300 - Null reference exception is no longer thrown while add copying the workbook with invalid sheet references.
  • #212300 - File corruption issue while copying a range having named range formula referring to External workbook is resolved.
  • #213242 - Chart default axis title area text settings and text box properties are now cloned properly in XlsIO.
  • #213274 - StandardHeight is now properly set for XlsIO generated Excel documents.
  • #213608 - Incorrect RichText format while saving the Excel document is fixed.
  • #213658 - Null reference exception thrown while getting ListOfValues property of Data Validation is fixed
  • #213658 - NumberFormatSettings returning null value while accessing particular range is fixed.
  • #213658 - Issue with FirstFormula property of Data Validation in binary Excel files is fixed.
  • #213819 - DeleteColumn method works properly for CSV file.
  • #214098 - Issue in setting Maximum labels count for chart numeric axis in chart to image conversion is fixed.
  • #214495 - Issue with slicer getting removed on saving the file in Excel 2007 version is fixed.
  • #214638 - Excel file with incorrect anchor type for shapes is resaved properly without any corruption.
  • #214638 - Excel file with text box is resaved properly in Excel 2007 version without any corruption
  • #214879 - Exception thrown while parsing the named range formula without worksheet reference is resolved.
  • #214895 - Alignment issue in Excel to PDF conversion for cells with conditional formats applied is fixed.
  • #214915 - Enabling WrapText property will no longer throw exception during BeginUpdate().
  • #214924 - Excel file with conditional formats is resaved properly without any corruption.
  • #215001 - Issue with horizontal alignment for textbox is resolved.
  • #215030 - Null reference exception thrown on casting chart data label as text area on parsing Excel file is fixed.
  • #215185 - Text box color and macro link are properly resaved in the Excel document.
  • #215197 - Issue with changing legend position from manual layout is fixed.
  • #215350 - Special characters (Ampersand and less-than symbols) can be used in HTMLString property without any exception.
  • #215591 - Issue with copying borders in merged cells is fixed.
  • #215649 - Date format is now preserved properly when creating Excel from data table.
  • #215896 - ArgumentException thrown while converting Excel file having background color set for text box to PDF is fixed.
  • #216094 - ArgumentException thrown while assigning “/” as cell value is fixed.
  • #216187,* #214895 - Performance issue while inserting rows is resolved.
  • #216305 - AutoFitColumn now works properly for currency values.
  • #217511 - Object reference exception thrown while converting Excel file with icon set in conditional formats to PDF is fixed.
  • ArgumentException thrown while accessing used range having styles alone is fixed.
  • Border set to a cell through BordersAround method is now applied properly.
  • Unhandled exception thrown while opening an Excel file with duplicate shape attribute is fixed.