Syncfusion Essential Studio for Blazor 2020 Volume 2

Compatibility support provided for .NET 5.0 preview 6.

The following components are now marked as production-ready components for Blazor:

• Card
• Progress Bar

Accordion

• Expand Accordion items - Configure expanded items through indices. This helps you expand specific accordion items while rendering through data binding and persist the expanded states.

Chart

• Smart labels for Pie and Doughnut - This feature allows users to place data labels smartly without overlapping one another.

Circular Gauge

• Gradient color - The gauge now supports two gradient color options, linear and radial, that can be applied to gauge elements such as ranges and pointers.

Diagram

• Template support for user handle - This feature allows users to add HTML elements to the user handle content, such as buttons and drop-downs, along with existing path and image-type user handles.

Word Library

• Table of contents - Allows updating the table of contents in a Microsoft Word document.
• Security - Encrypt a Microsoft Word document with a password and open an encrypted Microsoft Word document with the valid password.
• SEQ fields - Word Library now allows updating SEQ (sequence) fields in a Microsoft Word document.
• Track changes enhancements - Word Library now provides the following features in tracked changes preservation:
  • Move-to and move-from revisions are preserved in Microsoft Word documents (DOCX and WordML).
  • Move-to and move-from revisions can be accepted and rejected.
  • Style and section property tracked changes are preserved in Microsoft Word documents.
  • All tracked revisions in a Microsoft Word document can be accessed through an API.
• FirstColumn and LastColumn in bookmarks - Word Library now provides FirstColumn and LastColumn APIs to define the column range for bookmarks inside tables in Microsoft Word documents.
• Mathematical equations in Microsoft Word-to-PDF conversion - Word Library now preserves mathematical equations (MathML) when converting Microsoft Word documents (DOCX and WordML) to PDF.

Word Processor

• Form fields - This feature allows users to design forms using legacy form fields (text, check box, and drop down) in a Microsoft Word document and also fill the forms.
• Update cross-reference fields - Allows users to update a cross-reference field that links to a bookmark in the Microsoft Word document.
• Track changes - Allows users to view the changes made to a Microsoft Word document by several reviewers and accept or reject the changes.
• Comment enhancements
  • To customize the color of comments.
  • To restrict a reviewer from deleting the comments made by other reviewers.

File Manager

• Amazon S3 MVC file provider - The Amazon S3 MVC file provider allows the File Manager component to manage the files and folders in a collection of objects stored in an Amazon S3 bucket. It provides methods for performing various actions like creating, copying, moving, deleting, uploading, and downloading files and folders.
• Access control support in SQL database file provider - Allows users to restrict access to files and folders by defining a set of rules. Only authorized users will be able to read, write, delete, and edit the files and folders.

Kanban (Preview)

• Priority - Render the cards based on the priority value.
• Customize dialog - Customize the dialog while editing a card, such as adjusting its width, height, position, and modal.
• Adaptive mode - Adapts component with optimal user interfaces to mobile and desktop devices.

Linear Gauge

• Gradient color - The gauge now supports two gradient color options, linear and radial, that can be applied to gauge elements such as ranges and pointers.

PDF Library

• Redact annotation - Mark the words or areas to be redacted with the Redact Annotation.
• Cloud style annotation - Create a shape annotation with the cloud style.

PDF Viewer

• Ink annotation - Draw freehand on PDF files. You can move, resize, remove, or edit the appearance of the freehand drawings.

Pivot Table

• CSV data source support - In addition to JSON, the pivot table now supports CSV data source, as well. CSV data can be transferred from a local file or web service or from an online downloadable link.
• Accumulation chart types - The pivot chart in the Pivot Table now has these chart types: pie, doughnut, pyramid, and funnel.

PowerPoint Library

• Extract OLE object - PowerPoint Library now allows extracting embedded OLE objects from a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.

ProgressBar

• Active Progress Bar - This feature allows user to indicate the active state of the progress.
• Striped Progress Bar - Progress bar can be striped now and also animated.
• Label placement - Progress bar labels can now be placed at the center and far ends of the track.
• Progress segment - This feature allows users to segment the progress of a task.

Scheduler

• Enhancement of virtual scrolling - The virtualization feature has been improved to help users load multiple resources with a template.
• Inline Editing - The feature enables user to Edit an appointment’s title or create an appointment easily through a single click on the cells or on the existing appointment’s subject.
• Year View - Utilize a horizontal year view in Schedule that exposes the annual view of the calendar. This will help users who navigate between years and months frequently.
• Enhancement of Timeline Year View - The existing timeline year view now has added support to configure multiple resources and enable row auto-height for adding more appointments.

Tab

• Two-way binding - Two-way binding support has been added to the active state of the Blazor Tab component.

Microsoft Visual Studio Extensions

• .NET 5.0 support - Extensions in Syncfusion Blazor Visual Studio include .NET 5.0 support for Blazor template studio, conversion, and migration.
• Scaffolding - The enhanced Syncfusion Blazor scaffolding provides command-line support that works with the database and renders Syncfusion components (DataGrid, TreeGrid, Charts, Scheduler, Diagram, Document Editor, Rich Textbox Editor, and PDF Viewer).

Microsoft Visual Studio Code Extensions

• .NET 5.0 Support - Extensions in Syncfusion Blazor Microsoft Visual Studio Code include .NET 5.0 support for Blazor project template, conversion, and migration.

Excel Library

• Import HTML tables into Microsoft Excel worksheet - Essential XlsIO supports importing HTML tables into Microsoft Excel worksheets. The ImportHtmlTable method loads an HTML file with the following features:  
• Export Microsoft Excel data to JSON files - Essential XlsIO supports converting Microsoft Excel data to JSON files by simply saving the workbook using the SaveAsJson method.
• Export Microsoft Excel notes to PDF - Essential XlsIO provides support to export Microsoft Excel notes to a PDF document that will be displayed similar to the worksheet cells or at the end of the worksheet.