Release History

UI for WinForms R2 2018 (version 2018.2.515)

May 16, 2018

Conversational UI, Chat

NEW

• Add new control RadChat.

RadImageEditor

NEW

• Add new control RadImageEditor.

PrintDialog

FIXED

• Deleted Constants: SettingDialogButtonFont - All font buttons on the PrintSettingsDialog are replaced by browse editors SchedulerSettingsButtonFont - All font buttons on the PrintSettingsDialog are replaced by browse editors GridSettingsButtonFont - All font buttons on the PrintSettingsDialog are replaced by browse editors.

RadCalendar

FIXED

• The WeekEnd property of the CalendarCellElements should be set to false for all cells when ZoomLevel of the header is different than Day.
• -AllowToolTips - This property is no longer relevant and setting it will not produce any effect. Use the ShowItemToolTips property instead - LableFormat - Use the LabelFormat property instead.

RadChartView

FIXED

• When the chart view is associated with RadPivotGrid setting the data source property of the chart to null is not reflected by the pivot.
• The CartesianGridLineAnnotation is not clipped when zoom and pan is performed.

RadCheckedDropDownList

FIXED

• Control doesn't resize properly inside TableLayoutPanel when Multiline is enabled.

RadColorBox

FIXED

• RadColorDialog - the radio buttons in the professional tab are moved after opening the dialog multiple times.

RadDataFilter

FIXED

• One should know the editor parent type (field or filter) in the EditorInitialized event.

RadDataLayout

FIXED

• Visual glitch when scrolling.

RadDateTimePicker

FIXED

• RadDateTiemPicker - one cannot paste when using FreeFormDateTime provider.
• Year is not properly autocompleted when you enter '2050' and the AutoCompleteYear is enabled.

RadDesktopAlert

FIXED

• The content image cannot be set.

RadDock

FIXED

• Maximized floating windows should be restored to their Normal window state when started dragging.
• Vertical strips of tabbed documents has a blue border overlying the text with FluentDark theme.
• In HDPI inconsistent behavior regarding the sizes and the scaling of floating windows when having the main dock control and its form on a separate monitor.

RadDropDownList

NEW

• RadListControl - one should be able to add items to the control with specified text and value in bound mode.

FIXED

• Incorrect selection of items with duplicated text but different values when opening and closing the popup with the keyboard.

RadForm

FIXED

• Setting the FormBorderStyle property to FixedToolWindow clears the taskbar icon.

RadGanttView

FIXED

• When the ReadOnly property is set to true, RadGanttView shouldn't show the circles at both ends of the tasks.
• Incorrect representation of the YearHalves range for leap years if the TimelineStart is set in the second half of the leap year.
• Item can be still moved by dragging even if the GanttViewDataItem.ReadOnly property is set to true.
• Visual refresh is not triggered when setting the Visible property of a column to false.
• The SpinEditor should not have default minimum and maximum.
• RowNotInTableException when you try deleting a task while it is in edit mode.
• Link handles are visible when you hover a task in read-only mode.
• Resize cursor shouldn't be shown for the summary tasks when the control is read-only.

RadGridView

NEW

• Allow row indentation when in self-reference and exporting to pdf with the GridViewPdfExport class.

FIXED

• DataMemberFieldEditor remains empty in the designer in the FilterDescriptor and SortDescriptor collection editors.
• Expander item in self-reference hierarchy aligns to the right with increasing the group levels.
• Exception when reordering rows and the scrollbar is visible.
• Not anchored text box in Expression editor.
• Exception when the SelectLastRow method is called after Begin/End Update block.
• Conditional formatting doesn't work for typeof(ushort).
• Only visible cells are checked when the grid is filtered by other than the CheckboxColumn.
• Introduce property that controls the columns resize cursor appearance window.
• Exception when the new row is at the bottom and the tab key is used.
• The text in the textbox editor is cut off in the Fluent theme in HDPI - 125% scaling.
• An error occurs when rebinding the hierarchical grid while the layout is not performed yet.
• Multi-line text is wrapped but clipped when using the GridViewPdfExport.

CHANGED

• Deleted properties: - SelectionRectangle - RadGridView no longer shows a selection rectangle. Instead the selection is performed directly on rows/cells.

RadLayoutControl

FIXED

• Exception in the Visual Studio designer when dropping an element without an associated item.

RadLinearGauge and RadBulletGraph

FIXED

• RadGauges - the gauge elements can be selected at design time event if you have a panel over the entire control.

RadListControl

FIXED

• Selected state is not preserved at design time.
• The last item is not visible when items are added in the form's Load event.

RadListView

FIXED

• Exception when a large item is updated at runtime.

RadMap

FIXED

• Incorrect tiles location using the LocalMapProvider at different zoom levels.
• TooltipTextNeeded event is not triggered for the MapPolyline.
• Tool tips for MapRoutes are displayed for the bounding rectangle instead of the actual route.
• The Text property of MapPoint does not respect entity references.

RadMaskedEditBox

FIXED

• Validation error can't be localized and displays a MS MessageBox.
• Deletedd property - PlaceHolder - Use PromptChar instead.

Visual Style Builder

NEW

• "Recently used" menu item with sub-menu with item to be populated automatically.

RadMultiColumnComboBox

FIXED

• Not all items are shown when you auto filter the popup and click the arrow button.
• The selction is not synced with the text when auto-filter is enabled along with the autocomplete suggest functionality.

RadPdfViewer

NEW

• Support for forms.

FIXED

• Implement a way to control the count of the cached pages in order to fix peak memory consumption.
• Input box's height is not adjusted according to the font of fillable forms.

RadPivotGrid

FIXED

• RadPivotFieldList - wrong menu items in the context menu of a calculated field leading to an exception.
• The distinct items in the PivotReportFilterPopup tree are not properly checked when applying programmatically a filter with an OlapSetCondition.

RadPropertyGrid

FIXED

• The error border is not visible with Windows8 theme.

RadRibbonBar

FIXED

• Pixelized text of RadDropDownButtonElement with Fluent theme in Win10 and Win8.

RadRichTextEditor

FIXED

• Numbers in Cambria font with Regular styles are not exported properly to PDF on Windows 7 and Windows. 8.1.
• Iterating the rows in the Table Properties dialog resets the text alignment of the table cells.

RadScheduler

NEW

• Add holidays support.

FIXED

• InvalidCastException when deleting a not visible resource from a grouped day view element.

RadScrollablePanel

FIXED

• The theme is not applied to the ControlsContainer in the Office2013Dark theme.

RadSpinEditor

FIXED

• There is no padding between the border of the control and the text in the ControlDefault theme.

RadSpreadsheet

NEW

• Expose a ColorHelper class to convert System.Drawing.Color to System.Media.Color and ThemableColor.
• Implemented automatic scaling options when printing and exporting to PDF.

FIXED

• One cannot print without showing the print dialog.
• Expose an API notifying that a print or print preview job is underway.
• One cannot print with specific settings using a RadPrintDocument.
• The PrintArea border is not displayed.

RadTextBox

FIXED

• The Clear button still works if the control is read-only.
• NullTextColor is not respected.

RadTreeView

FIXED

• NullReferenceException in the tree view traverser when deleting non visible collapsed nodes one by one.

RadVirtualGrid

FIXED

• Improve column's resizing performance.

RadWaitingBar

FIXED

• Exception when the waiting bar is placed inside a user control and one sets the associated control via the smart tag. Deleted property:- Indicators - Use WaitingIndicators instead.

RadWizard

FIXED

• Tab key doesn't work when the wizard is inside a UserControl and no other controls are available on the form.

Theming

NEW

• Fluent Themes blending.

FIXED

• FluentTheme - the pressed state is not styled in RadButton.
• FluentTheme - there is no visual indicator for a focused button.

ToggleSwitch

FIXED

• RadToggleSwitch - invalid thumb size with FluentDark and RightToLeft.

TPF

CHANGED

• RadGdiGraphics - deleted methods: public virtual void DrawString(string s, Rectangle rectangle, Font font, Color foreColor, ContentAlignment alignment, StringFormat stringFormat, Orientation orientation, bool flipText) - Use the overload without ContentAlignment parameter. ContentAlignment should be provided through the StringFormat parameter.
• public virtual void DrawString(string s, RectangleF rectangle, Font font, Color foreColor, ContentAlignment alignment, StringFormat stringFormat, Orientation orientation, bool flipText) - Use the overload without ContentAlignment parameter. ContentAlignment should be provided through the StringFormat parameter.
• public virtual void DrawString(string s, Rectangle rectangle, Font font, Color foreColor, ContentAlignment alignment, StringFormat stringFormat, Orientation orientation, bool flipText, CharacterRange[] highlightRanges, Color highlightColor) - Use the overload without ContentAlignment parameter. ContentAlignment should be provided through the StringFormat parameter.
• public virtual void DrawString(string s, RectangleF rectangle, Font font, Color foreColor, ContentAlignment alignment, StringFormat stringFormat, Orientation orientation, bool flipText, CharacterRange[] highlightRanges, Color highlightColor) - Use the overload without ContentAlignment parameter. ContentAlignment should be provided through the StringFormat parameter.
• public virtual void DrawString(string s, Rectangle rectangle, Font font, Color foreColor, ContentAlignment alignment, StringFormat stringFormat, ShadowSettings shadow, TextRenderingHint textRendering, Orientation orientation, bool flipText, CharacterRange[] highlightRanges, Color highlightColor) - Use the overload without ContentAlignment parameter. ContentAlignment should be provided through the StringFormat parameter.
• public virtual void DrawString(string s, RectangleF rectangle, Font font, Color foreColor, ContentAlignment alignment, StringFormat stringFormat, ShadowSettings shadow, TextRenderingHint textRendering, Orientation orientation, bool flipText, CharacterRange[] highlightRanges, Color highlightColor) - Use the overload without ContentAlignment parameter. ContentAlignment should be provided through the StringFormat parameter.

TPF Designtime Support

NEW

• TPF design time - pressing F1 key at Design time should open the relevant online documentation for the selected control on the form.

FIXED

• RadLayoutControl - Design time issue when the designer is reloaded while the form is still opened at design time.

RadTrackBar

FIXED

• RadTrackBar - the layout is not correct if both of the LabelStyle and TickStyle properties are set to TopLeft - Indicators - Use WaitingIndicators instead.

WordsProcessing

FIXED

• Exporting Runs without set text to PDF throws NullReferenceException.

PdfProcessing

NEW

• Implemented import of SC and SCN content stream operators for all color spaces.
• Implemented import and export of DeviceN color space.
• Implemented import and export of Separation color space.
• Implement import for "K" and "k" CMYK color space operators.
• Implemented import and export for all PDF function types.
• Implemented support for encrypted documents when using PdfFileSource class.

FIXED

• Cloning SignatureField without Signature causes NullReferenceException.
• InvalidCastException is thrown when parsing dictionary end without having dictionary start.
• ArgumentNullException is thrown when exporting document that uses OpenType Font.
• Exception is thrown when importing document with LZWDecode and Indexed Colorspace.
• Wrong colors when importing documents with Indexed color space.
• NotImplementedException occurs when importing pattern which uses unsupported colorspace.

Breaking Changes: RadGridView

CHANGED

• GridBrowseEditorElement type deleted. Use RadBrowseEditorElement instead.
• GridColorPickerElement type deleted. Use RadColorPickerEditorElement instead.
• GridSpinEditorElement type deleted. Use RadSpinEditorElement instead.
• GridTableElement - ShowTranslucentSelectionRectangle property deleted. RadGridView no longer shows a selection rectangle. Instead the selection is performed directly on rows/cells.
• GridViewColumnGroupRow - Columns property deleted. Use the ColumnNames collection instead.
• RadGridViewElement - SelectionRectangle property deleted. RadGridView no longer shows a selection rectangle. Instead the selection is performed directly on rows/cells.

Breaking Changes: RadChartView

CHANGED

• AxisModel - FirstTick property deleted. Use the BottomOrLeftTick property instead.
• AxisModel - LastTick property deleted. Use the TopOrRightTick property instead.
• PieDataPoint - Name property deleted. Use the Label and LegendTitle properties instead.
• FunnelRenderer - View property deleted. Use the Area property instead.
• PieRenderer - View property deleted. Use the Area property instead.

Breaking Changes: RadPivotGrid

CHANGED

• RadPivotGrid - TableLayoutState property deleted. Use the LayoutState property instead.
• PivotGridExport - PivotTableLayoutState type deleted. Use the PivotLayoutState type instead.

Breaking Changes: RadCalendar

CHANGED

• CalendarView - AllowToolTips property deleted. Use the ShowItemToolTips property instead.

Breaking Changes: RadMaskedEditBox

CHANGED

• RadMaskedEditBox - PlaceHolder property deleted. Use PromptChar instead.

Breaking Changes: RadWaitingBar

CHANGED

• RadWaitingBar - Indicators property deleted. Use WaitingIndicators instead.