Released: Jul 11, 2019

Updates in 2019 Volume 2

Features

Barcode

• One Dimensional - The barcode generator is a one-dimensional, light-weight, and high-performance control. The barcode control can be customized. Its color, height, width, etc. can easily be changed. It supports barcode types like Code 128, Code39, Codabar, etc.
• QR Code -The Quick Response Code (QR code) is a two-dimensional barcode. The QR code provides an option to customize the size and appearance, and also to change the version and error correction level. Each QR code can store values upto 7089 digits. It is mostly used for URLs, business cards, contact information, etc.
• Data Matrix - A Data Matrix is a two-dimensional barcode. Data Matrix barcode provides an option to customize the size and appearance, and also to change the encoding type, etc. Each barcode can store values upto 2335 alphanumeric characters. A Data Matrix barcode is mostly used by couriers, food industry, etc.

Calendar

• Customize the day header - This feature allows changing the format of the day name displayed in the header. Possible formats are short, wide, narrow, and abbreviated.

Charts

• Canvas rendering - Charts now provide support for canvas rendering mode, which is fast and high in performance.
• Data editing - Data editing allows users to edit chart point values visually.
• Funnel and pyramid chart smart labels - Overlapping data labels in funnel and pyramid charts will be arranged on both sides of the charts.

Diagram

• Custom tooltip for Diagram - This feature allows the users to set custom content for the diagram tooltip as either a string or HTML content.
• Template support for User handle - This feature allows the users to set custom content for the diagram user handle. The user handle content may be a path, image source, or SVG template.

Word Library

• Mail merge enhancements - Word library now provides the following features in mail merge:
  • Event to customize clearing unmerged fields during mail merge.
  • Event to customize removing unmerged groups during mail merge.
  • Option to access the new instance (WPicture or WTextRange) replaced during mail merge.
• Group shape in DOCX and DOCX-to-PDF conversion - Word library now allows creating group shapes in Word documents (DOCX) and preserving them in DOCX-to-PDF conversion.
• RTL text rendering in Word-to-PDF conversion - Right-to-left (RTL) text rendering in Word-to-PDF conversion has been improved.

Word Processor

• Restrict editing - Control the type of editing that can be made to a document.
• Chart - Preserve the chart in a document opened in Document Editor.
• Paste text with formatting - Paste the copied text with formatting.
• Spell check - Check the spelling and make corrections.

File Manager

• File system providers support - Added file system providers for the following services,
  • SQL server database
  • Microsoft Azure cloud storage
  • Node.js framework
  • Google Drive cloud storage
• Access control support - Provided options to set access permissions to files and folders for a specific user or group of users.
• Cut, copy and paste support - With this release, File Manager comes with a support to copy or move files across directories.
• Drag and drop support - Easily interact with the File Manager to move files using drag and drop action.
• Rename and replace support when uploading - File Manager now handles duplicate files that either replaces the existing files or keeps both the files by renaming it based on user preference.
• Restrict file types in uploading - Restrict the types of files to be uploaded based on file extensions.

Gantt Chart

• Context Menu - Provided support to perform add, edit, and delete using context menu. Milestones can be converted to tasks and vice versa. In Gantt, custom menu items can also be used.
• Zooming - Provided support to ZoomIn, ZoomOut, and ZoomToFit timeline in Gantt for better visualization of Gantt Chart.

Maps

• Marker clustering - Maps now provides support to hide and cluster markers when they overlap one another.

MultiSelect Dropdown

• Grouping with check box - Previously, there was no check box for group headers. Now, check boxes can be rendered in group headers to select a group of items in a single selection.

PDF Library

• Add comments and reviews to the PDF annotation - Set or change PDF annotation review statuses and make comments.
• PDF 2.0 version support - Create a 2.0 version of PDF.

PDF Viewer

• Shape annotation - Shape annotations are used to draw different shapes like rectangles, circles, lines, and polygons in a PDF document. They are customizable.
• Stamp annotation - Stamp annotation allows you to apply stamps to a PDF document like a rubber stamp is applied to a paper document.
• Measuring tools - The measuring tools are used to calculate the distance, area , perimeter, radius, and volume. These measurements are used to draw plans like civil engineers’ site plans using the PDF Viewer.
• Sticky notes and comments - The sticky notes and comment options are used to track review feedbacks and the status of PDF documents.

Pivot Chart

• Drill down/Drill up - Provision to drill down to access detailed levels of data as well as drill up to see summarized data in graphical format.

Pivot Table

• Drill position - On multiple dimension scenario, users can drill only the current position of the selected member and exclude the drilled data of selected member in other positions.

PowerPoint Library

• Write protection - PowerPoint library now allows enabling write protection for PowerPoint presentations.

Tree Grid

• Virtual scrolling - Provided support to load large data in Tree Grid with high performance by rendering row elements on-demand when scrolling vertically.
• Row template - Provided support to customize the look and behavior of the Tree Grid rows.
• Detail template - Provided support to show additional information about each row of the Tree Grid on the detail row that is present below each row.

Rich Text Editor

• Paste from Microsoft Word - The Rich Text Editor offers built-in options to paste content from Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook to the editor by filtering out tags, attributes, and styles. The following options can be used to paste content:
  • Retain source style formatting.
  • Cleaned styles.
  • Plain text.

Excel Library

• Excel table with parameter query - Excel tables are now created with a parameter query for external connections such as Microsoft SQL Server. These parameters are customized by accepting values from a prompt window, by using a value from a cell, or by using a constant.
• Excel chart enhancements - Certain Excel charts support drop lines to help viewers determine a data point’s value on the horizontal axis.
• Trace precedents and dependents enhancements - Cells with formulas referring to other cells can be retrieved by the GetDirectPrecedents() and GetDirectDependents() methods.