Essential Studio for WPF Release Notes

v17.3.0.26
November 05, 2019

CalendarEdit

Bug Fixes

  • #248229 - Blackout dates will no more be added to the selected dates collection when dates are selected by dragging the mouse.

CheckListBox

Bug Fixes

  • #251567 - Built-In grouping and sorting feature will no more break default filtering, sorting and grouping operations.
  • #251405 - SelectedValuePath and SelectedValue property will now function properly.
  • #250591, #251405 -The DisplayMemberPath property in the CheckListBox will work properly.

ColorPicker

Bug Fixes

  • #251701 - Colors will be updated properly in ColorPicker when opening pickers for second time.

ColorPickerPalette

Bug Fixes

  • #249573 - After closing the more color window, ColorPickerPalette dropdown will open in one click.

Common

Bug fixes

  • #250931 - Localization now working properly when referring the resource file using ResourceWrapper.

DateTimeEdit

Features

  • #147668 - Now the DateTime value will update based on DateTimeFormat when click the today button.

DocIO

Bug Fixes

  • #245828 - Exception is no longer thrown while saving a Word document (DOCX) with invalid XML characters.
  • #247034 - Watermark is now preserved properly while opening and saving a Word document (DOC).
  • #246022 - The list value is now preserved properly while opening and saving a Word document with track changes enabled.
  • #239792 - Text mapped to a content control is now preserved properly.
  • #248024 - Text associated with field inside a bookmark is now retrieved properly from a Word document using GetBookmarkContent method.
  • #248402 - File is no longer corrupted while opening and saving a Word document (DOCX) with group shape.
  • #248400 - File is no longer corrupted while opening and saving a Word document (DOCX) with image referred inside SmartArt.
  • #249158 - Hanging issue has been resolved while opening a Word document.
  • #250042 - Styles are now properly listed in the style gallery of Microsoft Word application, after opening and saving the Word document using DocIO.
  • #250466, #F147804 - Image hyperlink with invalid image is now preserved properly while opening and saving a Word document (DOCX).
  • #250993 - Exception is no longer thrown while reading grid before and grid after properties of a table row.
  • #250408, #253433, #251662, #247556 - Exception is no longer thrown while opening a Word document (DOCX) with group shape.
  • #247383, #F148303 - Exception is no longer thrown while cloning a Word document (DOCX) with group shape.
  • #F148303 - Find and replace text is now working for text inside a group shape.
  • #248409 - Section break is now preserved properly in Word to EPUB conversion.
  • #251858 - Text in a rotated TextBox is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #250815 - Table cell is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #250550 - Footer content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #249809 - Text is aligned properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #249288, #247991, #251298, #246790 - Table content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #249004 - Border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #249004 - Autofit textbox is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #247476 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting the Word document to PDF.
  • #247391 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #246790 - Blank page preservation issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #246771 - Header content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #156982, #249734 - Blank page is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #F148161 - The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • Table cell border is now preserved properly in the converted PDF document at different zooming levels.
  • Bookmark text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • Table cell is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.

DockingManager

Bug Fixes

  • #250283 - When the saved Read-Only file is loaded, the project will run properly without any exceptions.

DocumentContainer

Bug Fixes

  • #250573 - By selecting or closing a document, the active document changed will work properly.

Gantt Control

Bug fixes

  • #250186 - ArgumentNullException no longer thrown when dynamically set CustomScheduleSource as null.
  • #247811 – Striplines has been rendered properly while hiding weekends and Holidays.

Grid Control

Bug Fixes

  • /# 246459 – Horizontal scrolling is working properly in virtual grid when performing the scrolling after invoking ResizeToFit method.

pdf

Bug Fixes

  • #249332 – The NullReferenceException will no longer occur when getting destination of PdfLoadedDocumentLinkAnnotation.
  • #251487 – Default document information from portfolio will be retrieved properly.
  • #250869 – Performance of PDF to PDF A1B converter has been improved.
  • #251103 – Merging will now preserve all the pages from source documents.
  • #249164 – Header style will be preserved properly in PdfLightTable.
  • #250644, #F147502 – Image will be preserved properly with signature appearance.
  • #248130 – Exception will no longer occur while selecting the bookmark items from existing PDF document.
  • #245556, #252556 – Conformance will be validated properly in particular site for the created conformance document.
  • #250878 – Exception will no longer occur while merging the particular document.
  • #249822 – The IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer occur while adding digital signature to the document.
  • #249904 – The PdfInkAnnotation will be preserved properly for two points.
  • #251928 – Date format will be preserved properly while flattening the XFA form field.
  • #250751 – Existing PDF document compression has been improved in file size.
  • #252156 – Characters will be preserved properly in XPS to PDF conversion.
  • #222803 – Lines will be preserved properly in EMF to PDF conversion.
  • #250380 – The NullReferenceException will no longer occur while importing pages from PDF document.
  • #250294 – The PDF document will no longer corrupted while loading and saving in same memory stream.
  • #247373 – Form fields will be flattened properly while merging the PDF documents.
  • #252063 – Images with color space will be preserved properly in PDF document.

PdfViewerControl

Features

  • #247419 - Provided the support to track the printing progress of a PDF document.

Bug Fixes

  • #250371, #250312 – Text selection is now working properly for the particular PDF document.
  • #250869 – Euro symbol is now preserved properly in the extracted text from the PDF document.
  • #251495 – Annotation related icons are now removed properly from the toolbar when setting the ShowAnnotationTools property to false.

Presentation

Bug Fixes

  • #250068 - The ArgumentException will no longer be thrown while setting the column span as 1 for table cell.
  • #244971 - The PowerPoint presentation will no longer be corrupted while saving the document.
  • #250515, #251340, #251336 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting the PowerPoint to PDF.

PropertyGrid

Bug Fixes

  • #252168 - When using custom combobox editor as a nested property item in PropertyGrid, we can switch between the custom combobox editor objects.

Ribbon

Bug fixes

  • #250595 - Backstage File button text is now rendered properly in all the SfSkinManager styles.
  • #241836 - Backstage button will no longer be selected when opening the Backstage second time.

SfChart

Bug fixes

  • #I252623 - NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when binding the ViewModel Series collection property to SfChart3D.

SfDataGrid

Bug Fixes

  • #242586 - Records are now updated properly in DataGrid when the items in the underlying data are moved along with filtering using the View.Filter.

SfDateTimeRangeNavigator

Bug fixes

  • NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when the empty collection binds to the ItemsSource property in the SfDateTimeRangeNavigator.

SfDiagram

Bug Fixes

  • #250571 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while trying to retrieve objects using its ID in IGraphInfo.GetObject method.
  • #F148375 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while trying to set a parent for the node with empty ParentId.

SfRichTextBoxAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #246699, #251367- Selection format is now properly copied to following new paragraph on pressing enter key.
  • #248138 - Undo operation is now working properly for the backspace action.
  • #248134 - Stack overflow exception is no longer thrown while selecting all contents of a large document.
  • #249151 - HTML encoded characters are now mapped properly with its Unicode character while opening HTML.
  • #250691 - Text with automatic color are now printed properly in black color with page background white color, even if the page background is set as dark color.

SfSchedule

Features

  • #250700, #F148084 – Provided the AppointmentDeleting event support to handle the deleting appointment with following actions

    • User - Scheduler prompts the windows dialog to determine whether to modify a specific occurrence or appointment sequence when deleting a recurrence appointment from the end-user itself.
    • Occurrence - Deletes the particular occurrence alone in recurrence appointment.
    • Series - Deletes the entire series in recurrence appointment.
  • Provided support with following actions to handle the edit actions for appointments in the AppointmentEditorOpening event.

    • User - Scheduler prompts the windows dialog to determine whether to modify a specific occurrence or appointment sequence when editing a recurrence appointment from the end-user itself.
    • Occurrence - Modifies the particular occurrence alone in recurrence appointment.
    • Series - Modified the entire series in recurrence appointment.

Bug fixes

  • #247513 - Localization works properly for Visual Basic DotNet projects.
  • #252391 – Edit recurring popup window handled properly when cancel the AppointmentEditor window using ` AppointmentEditorOpening` event.

Breaking Changes

  • Delete confirmation dialog will appear while deleting a recurring appointment to confirm whether to delete series or occurrence.

SfSpreadsheet

Bug Fixes

  • /#246710 – The values are properly added to the drop down list in a cell when data validation with Allow option as List and Source option has INDIRECT function.

TabControlExt

Bug Fixes

  • #249024 - The binding value of HeaderStringFormat will be updated for the tab items properly.

XlsIO

Bug Fixes

  • #248627, #249737 - FormulaHidden property now works properly while saving an Excel file in binary format.
  • #240237 - Diamond shape inside the text box is now preserved properly while resaving the Excel document.
  • #246292 - Exception is no longer thrown while loading the Excel file with duplicate hyperlink relation.
  • #246462 - Unicode languages are now rendered properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #248378 - Super script is now rendered properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #240237 - Text within the shapes are now arranged properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #245763 - Performance issue in Excel to PDF conversion is now resolved.
  • #250058 - Table query fields are now updated properly when table range has more columns.
  • #251122 - Exception is no longer thrown on invoking AutoFitColumn for empty worksheet.
  • #249565 - Exception is no longer thrown while deleting and creating a table with the same name.
  • #250189 - Pivot table is now preserved properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #249466 - Autofit row height is now proper for “Arial” fonts.
  • #249233 - AutofitColumns is now proper for wrap text applied cells.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while saving the Excel document in CSV format.
  • Rotation angle for the text in Text box is now proper in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Date format m/d/yyyy h:mm is now preserved properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • AutoShape and TextBox are now preserved properly while resaving the Excel document and converting the same to PDF.
  • Font name, size and color of the chart elements are no longer changed while cloning the workbook.