Essential Studio for WPF Release Notes

v20.3.0.47
September 29, 2022

ButtonAdv

Bug fixes

  • #F176391 - SmallIcon image is now rendered properly when it is changed at runtime.

ComboBoxAdv

Bug fixes

  • #I392803, I402601 - When ItemSource is changed, ComboBoxAdv will now be updated.

DocIO

Features

  • Wavy, wavy heavy, wavy double, and double underline styles render as they are in the input Word document during Word to PDF conversion.
  • Preserve Waterfall chart in Word to PDF/Image conversions.

DockingManager

Bug fixes

  • #I387403 - ActiveWindow will now be updated the value when the floating window is selected.
  • #I388350 - Performance of adding and removing documents in DockingManager is improved.
  • #I367102 - Memory leak will no longer be occurred in DockedElementTabbedHost and CustomMenuItem collection when adding and removing children of DockingManager at run time.
  • #I401806 - Binding errors won’t occur when changing the theme and setting the UsePopupAutoHidePreview property as true.
  • #I401038 - When floating the active document, the DocumentContainer’s ActiveDocument won’t be null.
  • #I401132 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown when closing the window of DockingManager.
  • #I393503 - Change in the Name of the DockItem in runtime will be reflected in the serialized file.
  • #I393781 - WindowsDragEnd event is now fired when the DockHints are not visible.
  • #I396624, F176020 - Now, double header will not be created in the DockingManager.
  • #I396341 - A docking child can now be docked directly from DockingManager to a floating window.
  • #I396580 - ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer thrown when dragging the document tab over the new button.
  • #I396589 - NotImplementedException will no longer thrown when trying to dock to a DockingManager.

Gantt Control

Enhancements

  • #I353908 - A duration of 8 hours is considered to be one day by default.
  • #I353908 - Improve the node rendering behavior on a timely basis so that it can match the behavior of the Microsoft project when importing and exporting.
  • #I353908 - The EndDate is updated in terms of days when the ShowdateWithTime property is disabled, based on the StartDate and Duration.
  • #I353908 - The EndDate is updated in terms of days, hours, and minutes when the ShowdateWithTime property is enabled, based on the StartDate and Duration.

PDF

Features

  • #F175439 – Provided support to enable LTV from time stamp server URI.
  • #F176704 – Provided support to get specific revocation status with signature validation options.
  • #I388550 – Provided support to get font details from free text annotation appearance.

Breaking Changes

  • By default, the HTML to PDF converter uses the advanced Chromium blink rendering engine to convert HTML to PDF.
  • IE and WebKit rendering engines are marked as obsolete. WebKit and IE-based HTML to PDF converter NuGet packages are marked as deprecated.
  • A warning message will now be added to the PDF document while converting HTML to PDF using the WebKit rendering engine. You can remove it using a DisableWebKitWarning property.
  • Updated the Newtonsoft.Json package to 13.0.1 for HTML to PDF converter to avoid security vulnerabilities.
  • Modified NuGet package names for HTML to PDF converter; please find the equivalent new package names for the old packages.
Old NuGet Package Name New NuGet Package Name
Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Blink.Net.Core.Linux Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Net.Linux
Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Blink.Net.Core.Windows Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Net.Windows
Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Blink.Net.Core.Mac Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Net.Mac
Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Blink.Net.Core.Aws Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Net.Aws
Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Blink.WinForms Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.WinForms
Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Blink.WPF Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.WPF
Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Blink.AspNet Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.AspNet
Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Blink.AspNet.Mvc5 Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.AspNet.Mvc5

Bug Fixes

  • #I401102 – Invalid annotation export generated JSON format is now resolved.
  • #I389626 - Form field values are now preserved properly when the font embedded with the string PS/PMST value.
  • #I403467 – The bookmark mapping issue while merging PDF documents is now resolved.
  • #I397797 - The space between text missing issue is now resolved when extracting the text from PDF.
  • #I397908 – Conformance failure is now resolved while converting PDF to PDF/A-1b.
  • #I397566 - Text is now correctly preserved while exporting PDF as an image using ImageExportSettings.
  • #I397189 - Preservation issue no longer occurs while converting the PDF to PDF/A1-b and PDF/A2-b document.
  • #I375314 – KeyNotFoundException no longer occurs while OCRing the particular PDF document.
  • #394556 – Form field bounds are now appropriately set while modifying the existing pdf document.
  • #I386200 – PDF/A3-b Conformance failure is now resolved for a particular PDF document.
  • #I403717 - Replace Image is now working properly for specific PDF documents.
  • #F176704 - The revocation error message is now updated correctly.
  • #I401014 - Exception occurs while flatting the particular document after adding the checkbox field is now resolved.
  • #I397274, #I401301 - Exception no longer occurs when getting fonts details from free text annotation in an existing PDF document.
  • #I394699 - Exception no longer occurs when drawing a nested grid using page graphics with pagination content.
  • #I398528 – Annotation is no longer misplaced after flattening the annotation from the existing PDF document.
  • #F176704 – Signature validation returns incorrect results for a particular signed PDF document is now resolved.
  • #I397452 - The PDF string layout now shows a proper layout of the text with an incorrect size.
  • #I395927 - Form Fields and their values are now preserved correctly after merging a PDF document.
  • #F176582 – Exception no longer occurs while saving the document by enabling EnableXfaFormFill.
  • #I395541 – Exception no longer occurs when getting the border value from loaded square annotation.
  • #I388926 - The digital signature failed issue no longer occurs while getting page layer count from a signed PDF document.
  • #I379333 - Annotation comments are missing after export and import annotation with XFDF format is now resolved.

PdfViewerControl

Features

  • #F172784 – Provided support to add, remove, or modify the annotations programmatically using the existing PdfLoadedDocument’s API.
  • #I343731 – Provided support to focus and navigate on form fields in PDF documents with a tab order index.
  • Provided support to render digital signatures in the PDF Viewer control.

Bug Fixes

  • #I402812 – System.NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when we right click free text annotation.
  • #I404169 – Minimum width and minimum height of the free text annotation will now be ensured properly.
  • #I397140 – The text present in PDF document can now be selected properly after failed search.
  • #I396182 – SaveAs dialog box’s initial directory will be set properly for PdfViewer.
  • #I395801 – Modified date will be update properly when editing popup note content of sticky note annotation.
  • #I389316 – Selected text bounds value will be proper in TextSelectionCompleted event.

Breaking Changes

Presentation

Features

  • #I274283 - Preserve structure tags in converted PDF documents for accessibility (PDF/UA or 508 compliance) support.
  • Preserve Waterfall chart in PPTX to PDF/Image conversions

PropertyGrid

Bug fixes

  • #I382215 - CustomEditor set through EditorAttribute will be applied to the desired properties which is listed in CollectionEditor window.
  • #I343168 - When grouping is enabled, property edited in CategoryEditor will now be reflected in the SelectedObject.
  • #I393713 - CollectionChanged event is now firing when the items are added or removed through CollectionEditor.
  • #I398942 - NullReferenceException will no longer thrown while calling the Refresh method on the ValueChanged event using the tab key.

Ribbon

Bug fixes

  • #I390878 - SystemInvalidOperationException will no more thrown when minimizing the ribbon while using SfSkinManager themes.

SfColorPalette

Bug Fixes

  • #I403633 - NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when loading SfColorPalette with the outlook add-in.

SfDatePicker

Bug fixes

  • #I386462 - Date can be selected from the DateSelector using touch with the custom app.config setting.
  • #I399636 - Multiple LoopSelectors will no longer be expanded using touch interaction.

SfDiagram

Bug fixes

  • #I389275 - Now, the nodes will no longer overlaps with each other in the Multi-Parent layout.
  • #I390957 - Now, the multiple trees can be added without overlaps in the Flowchart layout.
  • #I396871 - The XamlParseException will no longer be thrown when performing right click on the diagram page.
  • #I397461 - The application will no longer become unresponsive when attempting to render a layout with multiple loops.
  • #I407240 - Now, the fill color is applied properly to the BPMNNode when applying through ColorPickerPalette.
  • #I406221 - Now, the gesture command for the delete key will be fired When performing deletion on items selected using Ctrl + click.

Features

  • Provided support to add headers to the Container object.
  • ItemAdding event support for diagram has now been provided.

SfMaps

Bug fixes

  • #I399146 - The tiles will be loaded properly after zooming level 10, when decreasing the zooming level one by one from zoom level 19.
  • #I400101 - The map will load properly when a user tries to perform the mouse wheel zooming after panning the zoomed map.

SfMaskedEdit

Bug fixes

  • #F175874 - Background of SfMaskedEdit will be proper when it is focused.

SfRichTextBoxAdv

Bug Fixes

  • #I390402 - Numbered list is now preserved properly while opening the exported HTML
  • #I397099 - Exception is no longer thrown on backspace operation
  • #I370033 - Style formats are now applied properly from a table style
  • #I401149 - Exception is no longer thrown on dragging the SfRichTextBoxAdv
  • #I378527 - Paragraph borders are now preserved properly while opening and saving a document
  • #I397362 - The document containing floating elements (shape) is now opened in a reasonable time
  • #I399733 - All the elements used by SfRichTextBoxAdv control are now disposed properly

SfScheduler

Bug fixes

  • #I376133 - The MoveToDate will navigate to the given date when the given date is within the current view.

TabControlExt

Bug fixes

  • #I379074- Items can now be selected programmatically after ItemsSource is changed.

UpDown

Bug fixes

  • #I391993 - Setting padding will be applied properly in default and themeStudio themes.

Visual Studio Extensions

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the binding error in the Docking Manager sample for the WPF Project template.

XlsIO

Features

  • #I372558 - Provided support to draw inside horizontal and vertical borders in a worksheet range.
  • #F172476 - Provided support to import HTML table with formulas into Excel worksheet.

Breaking Changes

  • #I372558 - InsideHorizontal and InsideVertical options are included in ExcelBordersIndex enumeration to support inside horzontal and vertical borders in a worksheet range.
  • #F172476 - New enumeration overload HTMLImportOptions with Default and DetectFormulas options is included in ImportHTMLTable method of IWorksheet interface to import html table with formuals into Excel worksheet.