Released: Jun 30, 2022

Updates in 2022 Volume 2

Features

• PDF Library
  • The Syncfusion Microsoft .NET PDF Library now supports the creation of PDF/A-4 documents and the conversion of existing PDF documents to PDF/A-4.
  • RichMedia annotation - RichMedia annotations can now be used to embed videos and sound files in PDF documents.
  • Watermark annotation - The .NET PDF Library now supports watermark annotations which are used to show text, images and shapes with a fixed size and position. It supports the following features:
    • Text, images and graphical...

Released: May 12, 2022

Updates in 2022 Volume 1 SP1

Features

• PDF
  • Added support for loading items from an existing signature field.
  • Added support for detecting if a document signature is signed with a timestamp only.
  • Added support for removing all unsupported annotations while flattening an existing PDF.

Fixes

• DocIO
  • Paragraph shading is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF
  • PDF file size is reduced while converting a Word document to PDF.
• EditControl
  • The UI element and its text are now aligned properly in FindReplaceDialog...

Released: Apr 4, 2022

Updates in 2022 Volume 1

Features

• Microsoft Word Library
  • Word-to-PDF conversion enhancements - The Syncfusion Word Library includes the following enhancements to accurately convert any Microsoft Word document to a PDF file:
    • Added the ability to preserve a picture as a fill for a shape as it is in the input Word document.
    • Improved rendering of Thai and Chinese characters.
• PDF Library
  • Performance improvements - This release includes the following significant improvements:
    • The PDF Library converts PDF to PDF/A format...

Released: Jan 31, 2022

Updates in 2021 Volume 4 SP1

Features

• PdfViewerControl
  • To improve performance, the current text extraction process from PDF documents for selection, search, and other purposes has been changed to Pdfium as the default.

Fixes

• SkinManager
  • NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while using multiple windows in SkinManager.
• ChromelessWindow
  • The theme will now be properly applied to the custom window that is derived from ChromelessWindow.
• ComboBoxAdv
  • The InvalidOperationException will no longer be thrown when using multi...

Released: Dec 17, 2021

Updates in 2021 Volume 4

Features

• Diagram
  • Drawing angled connector - This feature allows users to draw connectors precisely at 0, 45, 90, 135, 180, 225, 270, or 315 degrees from a point by holding down the Shift key.
  • Containers - Containers are collections of logically grouped shapes surrounded by a visible border, which the shapes can be dragged in and out of during runtime.
  • Connector splitting - Split an existing connector easily by dropping a shape on it.
  • Selection improvement - Display a compact-sized thumb when...

Released: Nov 12, 2021

Updates in 2021 Volume 3 SP1

Features

• PdfViewerControl
  • Added support for programmatically hiding, showing and deleting annotations.
  • Added support for adding custom stamp programmatically.
  • Added support for selecting text markup annotation using mouse left-click.
  • Added support for triggering FormFieldClicked event for all form fields.
  • Added support for bringing selected annotations into view.

Fixes

• ChromelessWindow
  • There will be no more exceptions thrown while using ChromelessWindow in multiple UI threads.
  • In full screen...

Released: Sep 30, 2021

Updates in 2021 Volume 3

Features

• Diagram
  • Filled ripple animation effect - You can now display a filled ripple animation effect when hovering over ports.
  • Restrict negative axis dragging - Added the ability to restrict the dragging and dropping of diagram elements to negative axis bounds.
  • Toolbox support for stencil control - The stencil control is now available in the Microsoft Visual Studio toolbox. Just drag it into the designer.
  • Undo and redo improvement - View, delete, and limit diagram history. Group diagram...

Released: Aug 11, 2021

Updates in 2021 Volume 2 SP1

Features

• SfDiagram
  • Added support for ItemAdding, ItemDeleting, SelectionChanged, MenuItemClicked and MenuOpening events for the Stencil.
• Microsoft Visual Studio Extensions
  • Added WPF project template, item template, reference manager and troubleshooter support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2022.

Fixes

• ChromelessWindow
  • When using ShowDialog on a RibbonWindow, a NullReferenceException will no longer occur.
  • In ChromelessWindow, the gap between the bottom of the window and the TaskBar is now properly...

Released: Jun 30, 2021

Updates in 2021 Volume 2

Features

• WPF Designer Improvements
  • Smart tags have been added for all WPF controls to customize the properties easily in the designer. This support will be available for Microsoft Visual Studio version 16.10 and above.
• Theme Studio
  • Added 30+ new color palettes in Fluent, Material and Microsoft Office 2019 themes.
• ComboBox
  • Multiselect edit using tokens - Users can now find a suggestion list of filtered items in the drop-down list of the ComboBox and edit multiple items in the display text area...

Released: May 13, 2021

Updates in 2021 Volume 1 SP1

Features

• DocIO
  • Added support for setting locale identifier for bidirectional languages in Microsoft Word documents.
• PdfViewerControl
  • Added localization support for the missing areas such as Arrow start and end types.
  • Localized the subject of all the annotations.
• Ribbon
  • Improved the XML comments in <code>Ribbon</code>.
• SfDataGrid
  • Provided support for input bindings to bind key bindings for all the keys in DataGrid.
• SfTextBoxExt
  • SelectedItems property can now be bound with generic type...