Essential Studio for Xamarin.Forms Release Notes

v28.1.33

December 12, 2024

DocIO

Provided support to preserve the WMF images in the Word document, during Word to PDF or image conversion.
Enhanced the multicolumn balancing algorithm in Word to PDF conversion, particularly for documents containing multicolumn layouts with section breaks.

#I656800 - Shape within the table cell is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.

F194287 - Added support to include the signed date in the signature within the PDF document.
I612814 - Added support to flatten specified annotation types in the PDF document.
I610124 - Added support for setting text alignment in the PdfLoadedCombobox field within the PDF document.
I576424 - Added support for exporting newly added annotations in the PDF.

I661319 - Fixed the issue where bounds were not retrieved properly while extracting text.
I652150 - Fixed an issue where a preservation issue occurred while flattening the textbox field.
I650628 - Fixed a preservation issue that occurred while drawing templates on the PDF.
I649774 - Fixed an issue where text preservation was compromised when creating a template from a PDF document.
I652775 - Fixed the issue where the new line character was not proper while importing form fields in JSON format.
I652751 - Resolved the issue where border width was not properly returned for a textbox field.
I526704 - Resolved the native AOT warning that occurred in compression and PDF.
I653965 - Fixed the issue where a preservation problem occurred while parsing an empty style tag.

The PdfExportAnnotationCollection API now supports both PdfLoadedAnnotation and PdfAnnotation objects with the updated Add method. Additionally, the Indexer now returns a PdfAnnotation object instead of a PdfLoadedAnnotation object.

Provided support to preserve the WMF images in the PowerPoint presentation, during PowerPoint to PDF or image conversion.

#I659561, #I660097, #I660582 - Picture within the group shape is now replaced properly.

#FB62996, #F195113 - The ArgumentOutOfRangeException no longer occurs when swiping down after selecting a date range in RangeSelection mode with NumberOfWeeksInView set between 1 and 4.

#I474659 - Setting ColumnWidth to Zero does not affect the column headers issue in the SfPicker in the iOS platform has now been fixed.

#F181903 - Now, the RichTextEditor is scrolling based on the corresponding curser position in the Android and UWP Platform .

Provided support for preserving WMF images during an Excel to PDF and image conversions.
I649053 - Provided support for decrypting individual items with different passwords in a protected ZIP file.

I655057 - Exception no longer occurs when creating a table with the sheet name contains True or False.
I639240 - Category labels are now preserved correctly when the major data unit is set to Auto when converting an Excel to PDF.
I26423 - Pareto chart line color is now rendered properly when converting an Excel document to PDF.
Hyperlinks in the threaded comments are now preserved correctly when resaving an Excel document.
Corruption no longer occurs when the value axis in chart contains NaN values.
Threaded comment replies are now rendered properly when resaving an Excel document.
When converting an Excel file to PDF, empty chart legend area is now rendered correctly.

The IConnection.ConncetionId API is deprecated and will be removed in v30.x. We recommend using this API IConnection.ConnectionId instead.
The ExternalConnection.RefershedVersion API is deprecated and will be removed in v30.x. We recommend using this API ExternalConnection.RefreshedVersion instead.
The ExternalConnection.password API is deprecated and will be removed in v30.x. We recommend using this API ExternalConnection.Password instead.