Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition 2015 Volume 3 released

Released: Oct 12, 2015

Updates in this release

Updates in 2015 Volume 3

Syncfusion Essential Studio for UWP

  • New Ribbon Control - The ribbon control provides an easy-to-configure and design UI with a backstage and a quickaccess toolbar.
  • New Essential PDF Viewer - A 100% native control that has no dependency on Adobe. It supports searching specific text, selecting text across pages, and copying text to the clipboard.
  • New Data Grid - Includes several advanced features like interactive grouping, sorting, filtering, and displaying summary rows. The contents of the grid and its formatting can be exported to Excel and PDF formats.  
  • New Data Pager - Provides a configurable user interface for paging using a data collection on the UWP platform.
  • Rich Text Box Import-Export Enhancement - HTML content can now be imported into the rich text box. Content within the rich text box can also be exported as HTML.

Syncfusion Essential Studio for Android

  • New Schedule Control - Provides common scheduling functionalities to create and manage appointments. Scheduled appointments can be viewed in different layouts, including the Day, Week, WorkWeek, and Month views.
  • New Calendar Control - The calendar control comes with two view modes - a month view and a year view - in which dates can be selected within a minimum-to-maximum date range.
  • Pie and Doughnut Selector - The chart control now supports rendering all data points within any sector.
  • Data Marker Label Rotation - The angle of a data marker label can now be changed.
  • Pyramid Series - The chart control now supports pyramid series in the form of triangles divided into sections.
  • Funnel Series - The chart control adds funnel series in the form of inverted triangles divided into sections.

Syncfusion Essential Studio for iOS

  • New Schedule Control - Provides common scheduling functionalities to create and manage appointments. Scheduled appointments can be viewed in different layouts, including the Day, Week, WorkWeek, and Month views.
  • New Calendar Control - The calendar control comes with two view modes - a month view and a year view - in which dates can be selected within a minimum-to-maximum date range.
  • Pie and Doughnut Selector - The chart control now supports rendering all data points within any sector.
  • Data Marker Label Rotation - The angle of a data marker label can now be changed.
  • Pyramid Series - The chart control now supports pyramid series in the form of triangles divided into sections.
  • Funnel Series - The chart control adds funnel series in the form of inverted triangles divided into sections.

Syncfusion Essential Studio for Xamarin.Forms

  • Pie and Doughnut Sector - The chart control now supports rendering all data points within any sector for pie and doughnut chart layouts.
  • Data Marker Label Rotation - Data marker labels can now be rotated by changing their angles.
  • Pyramid Series - The chart control now supports pyramid series, which are triangles divided into sections.
  • Funnel Series - The chart control now supports funnel series, which are inverted triangles divided into sections.
  • Exporting to Excel and PDF - The data grid control now supports exporting data to Excel and PDF documents.

Syncfusion Essential Studio for Windows Phone

  • Stripline Enhancement - The chart axis now supports stripline start and end points.
  • Rotating Data Labels - Data labels can now be rotated by specifying rotation angles.
  • Cell Merging - The data grid control now supports dynamically merging redundant data in adjacent cells and presenting the data in a single cell.
  • Import/Export - HTML content can now be imported into the rich text editor. Content can also be exported as HTML.

Syncfusion Essential Studio for WinRT

  • Stripline Enhancements - The chart axis now supports start and end points for striplines.
  • Rotating Data Labels - Data labels can now be rotated by specifying rotation angle.
  • Conditional Formatting - The spreadsheet control now provides support to define and import conditional formatting rules.
  • Formula Reference Selection - The spreadsheet control now supports selecting cell references within the same worksheet or different worksheets
  • Sparklines - Import sparklines from Excel.
  • Cell-Level Context Menu - Cell-level context menus can now be opened by right-clicking a cell.
  • Zooming - Zoom in out of a worksheet view.
  • Cell Merging - The data grid control supports dynamically merging redundant data in adjacent cells to present the data in a single cell.
  • Import/Export - HTML content can be imported into the rich text editor. Content can also be exported as HTML.
  • Text Extraction - Essential PDF now supports text extraction from PDF documents based on position.

Syncfusion Essential Studio for WPF

  • New Surface Chart - A surface chart shows a three-dimensional surface that connects a set of data points to indicate the optimal combinations between two sets of data.  
  • Stripline Enhancements - Striplines in the chart axis can display start and end points.
  • Rotating Data Labels - Data labels can be rotated by specifying a rotation angle.  
  • Conditional Formatting - The spreadsheet control supports defining and importing conditional formatting rules.
  • Sparklines - Import sparklines from Excel.
  • Zooming - Zoom in and out of a worksheet.
  • WPF Theme Studio - The WPF Theme Studio is a desktop-based UI customization tool for easy customization of skins and themes for the WPF control suite.
  • Cell Merging - The data grid control supports dynamically merging redundant data in adjacent cells and presenting that data in a single cell.
  • Localization - The rich text box supports localization for all text included in its UI.

Syncfusion Essential Studio for Javascript

  • Theme Studio - Provides support for applying custom themes to Syncfusion web controls. Themes can also be exported as custom CSS files. Data visualization controls are not included in the Theme Studio.
  • Spreadsheet - The spreadsheet control is a Microsoft Excel-like spreadsheet component for the Web.
  • Virtual Scrolling - The virtual scrolling feature can be used to display a large number of records in a drop-down list.
  • Incremental Search - Items in the drop-down list can be searched to retrieve the exact item you are looking for.
  • Default Single List Selection - Drop-down list items can now be configured with text only, or as text with an image.
  • Multi-Selection List - With the multi-selection feature, drop-down list items are configured with a check box.
  • Grouped List Selection - Drop-down list items can now be grouped under group titles.
  • Data Binding with Virtual Scrolling - Drop-down list items can now be rendered by a local or remote JSON data source.
  • Template Support - The drop-down list provides template support to help users configure an item as needed. Users can add any HTML element to the list.
  • Agenda View - Displays a list of appointments in a grid-like view, categorized on dates and resource levels.
  • Appointment Tooltips - Allows appointment details to be displayed on mouse over. Tooltips can be customized using templates.  
  • Work Week Customization - The Work Week view can be customized with a set of user-defined days.
  • Appointment ID Types - The schedule control has been enhanced to allow appointment IDs to accept any data type, including integers, strings and GUIDs.
  • Radial Slider - The radial slider provides an optimized touch interface for selecting a numeric value. A tick’s value can be set directly by selecting and moving the needle, and values can be rounded by using APIs. 
  • Start Angle and End Angle Customization - The radial slider can be displayed as any type of circle - including a full or half circle - based on its start angle and end angle values.
  • Vertical Charts - The chart control now supports vertical charts. The axis direction can be changed for applications that require the series to be plotted vertically.
  • Smart Chart Labels - Smart labels are supported for Cartesian axes which automatically arrange data-labels to avoid intersection when working with a large amount of data.  
  • Selecting Series Based on Cluster - Supports selecting and highlighting a chart series, which display the same points for all series when hovering over or clicking the series.
  • Pivot Grid Defer Update - Support for deferring updates allows users to refresh the control only on-demand instead of during every UI interaction.  
  • Tree Grid Export - The contents of the tree grid control can now be exported to PDF.
  • Toggle Axis - Support for toggling axes allows the swapping of dimensions, measures and named sets between column and row axes. The OLAP chart and OLAP grid refresh accordingly.
  • Radial Tree Layout - The diagram control now supports arranging nodes in concentric circles around a root node.
  • Tooltips - The diagram control supports displaying tooltips when hovering over a node or connector, as well as when a node is dragged, resized or rotated.
  • Undo-Redo - The diagram control provides built-in support to restore or revert changes made through public APIs.
  • Drag Selection - Drag selection support has been implemented in the map control to provide an efficient way to select map shapes.  

Syncfusion Essential Studio for ASP.NET MVC

  • Theme Studio - Provides support for applying custom themes to Syncfusion web controls. Themes can also be exported as custom CSS files. Data visualization controls are not included in the Theme Studio.
  • Virtual Scrolling - The virtual scrolling feature can be used to display a large number of records in a drop-down list.
  • Incremental Search - Items in the drop-down list can be searched to retrieve the exact item you are looking for.
  • Default Single List Selection - Drop-down list items can now be configured with text only, or as text with an image.
  • Multi-Selection List - With the multi-selection feature, drop-down list items are configured with a check box.
  • Grouped List Selection - Drop-down list items can now be grouped under group titles.
  • Data Binding with Virtual Scrolling - Drop-down list items can now be rendered by a local or remote JSON data source.
  • Template Support - The drop-down list provides template support to help users configure an item as needed. Users can add any HTML element to the list.
  • Agenda View - Displays a list of appointments in a grid-like view, categorized on dates and resource levels.
  • Appointment Tooltips - Allows appointment details to be displayed on mouse over. Tooltips can be customized using templates.  
  • Work Week Customization - The Work Week view can be customized with a set of user-defined days.
  • Appointment ID Types - The schedule control has been enhanced to allow appointment IDs to accept any data type, including integers, strings and GUIDs.
  • Radial Slider - The radial slider provides an optimized touch interface for selecting a numeric value. A tick’s value can be set directly by selecting and moving the needle, and values can be rounded by using APIs. 
  • Start Angle and End Angle Customization - The radial slider can be displayed as any type of circle - including a full or half circle - based on its start angle and end angle values.
  • Vertical Charts - The chart control now supports vertical charts. The axis direction can be changed for applications that require the series to be plotted vertically.
  • Smart Chart Labels - Smart labels are supported for Cartesian axes which automatically arrange data-labels to avoid intersection when working with a large amount of data.  
  • Selecting Series Based on Cluster - Supports selecting and highlighting a chart series, which display the same points for all series when hovering over or clicking the series.
  • Pivot Grid Defer Update - Support for deferring updates allows users to refresh the control only on-demand instead of during every UI interaction.  
  • Tree Grid Export - The contents of the tree grid control can now be exported to PDF.
  • Toggle Axis - Support for toggling axes allows the swapping of dimensions, measures and named sets between column and row axes. The OLAP chart and OLAP grid refresh accordingly.

Syncfusion Essential Studio for ASP.NET

  • Theme Studio - Provides support for applying custom themes to Syncfusion web controls. Themes can also be exported as custom CSS files. Data visualization controls are not included in the Theme Studio.
  • Virtual Scrolling - The virtual scrolling feature can be used to display a large number of records in a drop-down list.
  • Incremental Search - Items in the drop-down list can be searched to retrieve the exact item you are looking for.
  • Agenda View - Displays a list of appointments in a grid-like view, categorized on dates and resource levels.
  • Appointment Tooltips - Allows appointment details to be displayed on mouse over. Tooltips can be customized using templates.  
  • Work Week Customization - The Work Week view can be customized with a set of user-defined days.
  • Appointment ID Types - The schedule control has been enhanced to allow appointment IDs to accept any data type, including integers, strings and GUIDs.
  • Vertical Charts - The chart control now supports vertical charts. The axis direction can be changed for applications that require the series to be plotted vertically.
  • Smart Chart Labels - Smart labels are supported for Cartesian axes which automatically arrange data-labels to avoid intersection when working with a large amount of data.  
  • Selecting Series Based on Cluster - Supports selecting and highlighting a chart series, which display the same points for all series when hovering over or clicking the series.
  • Pivot Grid Defer Update - Support for deferring updates allows users to refresh the control only on-demand instead of during every UI interaction.  
  • Tree Grid Export - The contents of the tree grid control can now be exported to PDF.
  • Toggle Axis - Support for toggling axes allows the swapping of dimensions, measures and named sets between column and row axes. The OLAP chart and OLAP grid refresh accordingly.
  • Radial Tree Layout - The diagram control now supports arranging nodes in concentric circles around a root node.
  • Tooltips - The diagram control supports displaying tooltips when hovering over a node or connector, as well as when a node is dragged, resized or rotated.
  • Undo-Redo - The diagram control provides built-in support to restore or revert changes made through public APIs.
  • Drag Selection - Drag selection support has been implemented in the map control to provide an efficient way to select map shapes.  
  • Text Extraction - Essential PDF now supports text extraction from PDF documents based on position.