Released: Apr 1, 2020

Updates in 2020 Volume 1

Features

Charts

• Trendline - Trendlines support has been provided to the chart control. Trendlines are lines that are used to analyze or indicate the general course or tendency of trends in data graphically. It is built on the assumption based on current and past price trends.

Chip Group

• DataTemplateSelector - DataTemplateSelector support has been provided.

Circular Gauge

• Auto adjust center point and radius based on angle - This feature allow users to adjust the radius and center of a circular gauge automatically based on the angle value.

DataForm

• Programmatic row and column span - This feature allows users to change the ColumnSpan and RowSpan of a data form item.
• Padding support - Support to modify the left and right padding of the DataForm’s FloatingLabel layout.

DataGrid

• Xamarin.Forms for WPF - WPF platform support has been provided for the DataGrid component.
• Sort records in a group - This feature allows you to sort the records in a group either in the ascending or descending order.
• Move a current cell - This feature allows you to move a current cell to a specific cell by providing the required row and column indexes.

Word Library

• Unlink fields - Word Library now allows replacing a field with its most recent result in the Word document by unlinking the field. When you unlink a field, its current result is converted to text or a graphic and can no longer be updated automatically.
• Word-to-PDF enhancements - Word Library now provides the following features in Word-to-PDF conversions:
  • Adjust table cell size automatically based on its content during PDF conversion.
  • Keep-with-next functionality for paragraphs inside the content control.
  • Position floating items (images, shapes) with horizontal origins relative to characters.
  • Improvements in converting a Word document into a 508-compliant accessible PDF (tagged PDF) document.

Image Editor

• File name support for saving images - Save an edited image with a specified name.

Linear Gauge

• Customize the scale labels format - This feature allows the user to customize the scale labels format.

Maps

• Auto-zoom based on map geo-bounds or distance - This feature allows users to set the initial zoom level automatically based on map geo-bounds (northeast, southwest) or distance (KM/miles) from the geo-point center value.
• Alignment support for custom markers - This feature allows users to set the custom marker alignment.
• Reset the previously selected marker - This feature allows users to reset the previously selected marker using the MarkerSelected event.
• Calculate the map tile layer bounds - This feature allows users to get the actual bounds of a map’s tile layer.

PDF Library

• Substitute font in form fields - Substitute fonts in form fields in existing PDF documents to preserve text properly.
• Find extended features in documents - Find out if an existing PDF document has extended features.

Popup

• Disable shadow effect - This feature allows you to disable the shadow effect around a popup.
• Adjust the popup position - The popup control automatically adjusts the position of a popup when the keyboard comes to view.

PowerPoint Library

• Headers and footers - PowerPoint Library now allows creating and editing headers and footers in PowerPoint slides.

Schedule

• Current time indicator - Support to show the current time in day, timeline, week, and work week views.
• Maintaining scroll position - This feature allows users to maintain the scroll position on view swiping in all the timeslot views.
• RRULE for the last week of a month - Support to set the last week of a month for monthly recurring appointments.

Busy Indicator

• Cupertino animation type - The Cupertino animation type has been included in the Busy Indicator control.

Chat (Preview)

• Styling and theme - This feature allows you to customize the appearance of the chat control elements. Built-in themes (light and dark) support has also been provided.

Date Picker

• The Date Picker control has been moved from its preview to complete status.
• Looping - This feature in the Date Picker control allows looping values with continuous scrolling.
• Header and footer views - This feature allows users to have a custom view in the header and footer areas of the Date Picker control.

Rich Text Editor

• Image support - This feature allows users to insert an image from a photo gallery, embedded resource, or stream into the Rich Text Editor.
• Font support - This feature allows users to add their own fonts from a stream or embedded resource to be used inside the Rich Text Editor.
• Autosize support - The Rich Text Editor’s height will automatically adjust to fit the content inside the editable area.

Tabbed View

• Font icon support - This feature allows users to provide a custom font icon to change the image source of tab items in the Tabbed View control. Font Icon in Tabbed View

Time Picker

• The Time Picker control has been moved from its preview to complete status.
• Looping - This feature in the Time Picker control allows looping values with continuous scrolling.
• Header and footer views - This feature allows users to have a custom view in the header and footer areas of the Time Picker control.

Excel Library

• Pivot table enhancements - Format and convert pivot table cells with background color, foreground color, borders, fonts, etc. Also create, edit, and convert the following pivot table layouts.
  • Tabular layout
  • Outline layout