Released: Dec 18, 2023

2023 Volume 4 (24.1.41) での更新項目

機能

• Production-ready controls
  • The following .NET MAUI controls have been developed to meet industry standards and are now marked as production-ready in this release:
    • Button.
    • CheckBox.
    • Date Picker.
    • Date Time Picker.
    • Image Editor.
    • Picker.
    • Radio Button.
    • Segmented Control.
    • Time Picker.
• Cards (New)
  • The .NET MAUI Cards is a container control that allows users to create dismissible cards or a stack of cards. It can also organize a sequence of cards where only one card is visible at a time. Users can easily navigate through the stack by swiping to reveal the next card in the sequence. Key features include:
    • Create dismissible cards.
    • Customization options for background, border width, border color, corner radius, indicator thickness, indicator color, and indicator position.
    • Restrict the dismissal of cards.
    • Create a stack of cards.
    • Card dismissal and retrieval in the left, right, top, and bottom directions.
    • Display the swiped card to users.
• Carousel (New)
  • The .NET MAUI Carousel control allows users to navigate through image data in an interactive way so that it can be viewed or selected. It provides various customization options for its item arrangements. Key features include:
    • Offset: Specify the space between the unselected items in the Carousel.
    • Rotation angle: Rotate all the items to a specified angle.
    • Duration: Specify the time it should take to move an item to the selected item position.
• Navigation Drawer (New)
  • The .NET MAUI Navigation Drawer control is used to create a navigation pane in an application. It consists of a content area and a sliding pane that can be opened by swiping the edges of the screen or programmatically. Key features include:
    • Pane positions: Allows positioning the pane in all four directions, left, right, top, and bottom.
    • Animated transitions: Enables the opening and closing of the pane using SlideOnTop, push, and reveal transitions.
• Pull To Refresh (New)
  • The Syncfusion .NET MAUI PullToRefresh is a control designed for refreshing the view loaded within it by executing the pull-to-refresh action. Upon initiating the action, a progress indicator will be displayed. The application will refresh when the pulling reaches a specific distance and then the touch is released. Key features include:
    • Transition mode: Specify the animated transition between the refresh indicator and pulling pane.
    • Pullable content: Display complex views like ListView, DataGrid, and other layouts within the pulling pane.
    • Appearance: Customize the stroke color, stroke thickness, background, height, and width of the refresh indicator.
    • View templating: Display any view or control in the progress indicator view for both pulling and refreshing actions.
• Sunburst Chart (New)
  • The .NET MAUI Sunburst Chart is used to represent hierarchical data structures. Each level represents a different category or subcategory, allowing users to understand the relationships and dependencies within the data. Key features include:
    • Visualization of hierarchical data.
    • Data labels and legends for better readability.
    • Tooltips to provide more information about the segments.
    • Customization tools to change the appearance of palette brushes.
• Switch (New)
  • The .NET MAUI Switch control provides an efficient way to select states based on the toggled value. Key features include:
    • Visualize an indeterminate state.
    • Customize the visuals with themes like Material, Cupertino, and Fluent.
• Autocomplete
  • Multiple selection - The .NET MAUI Autocomplete control now lets users select multiple items from the suggestion list and displays them as tokens.
• Cartesian Charts
  • Stacked Area - This allows the visualization of data points as areas. The areas are stacked on top of each other to indicate the cumulative value of the data points.
  • 100% Stacked Area - This is similar to the Stacked Area, but showcases the cumulative portion of each stacked element, which always comes to a total of 100%.
  • Trackball label created event - This event occurs when the trackball moves from one data point to another. Users can now use the current TrackballPointInfo to get information.
  • Visible labels - You can now get and modify the labels visible on the axis. In addition, users can now get the visible range of the axis at any time using VisibleMinimum and VisibleMaximum.
• ComboBox
  • Multiple selection - The .NET MAUI ComboBox control now lets users select multiple items from the suggestion list and displays them as tokens.
• DataGrid
  • Paging - This feature allows users to manipulate data using the DataPager to view rows on multiple pages.
• Microsoft Excel Library
  • Grouping in pivot table - The Excel Library (XlsIO) now supports grouping date and time fields in pivot tables. Users can group pivot data based on the following categories:
    • Date.
    • Month.
    • Year.
    • Quarter.
    • Hour.
    • Minute.
    • Second.
  • Font fallback in Excel-to-PDF conversion - The Excel Library now allows the configuration of fallback fonts for Unicode text during the conversion of Excel files to PDF or image files. These fallback fonts come into play when the rendering engine encounters Unicode text that lacks a corresponding glyph in the specified fonts. Users can configure fallback fonts in the following ways:
    • Initialize default fallback fonts for Unicode text.
    • Set custom fonts as fallback fonts for specific script types, including Arabic, Hebrew, and Chinese.
    • Set custom fonts as fallback fonts for a particular range of Unicode text.
  • TIFF image preservation in conversion - The Excel Library now preserves TIFF images in converted PDFs or images exactly as they appear in the input Excel document. For example, you can convert medical reports with TIFF images of X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans from an Excel document to a PDF or an image.
  • Excel functions - The Excel Library now supports creating and parsing the following Excel functions:
    • LAMBDA: Allows custom formula parameters and logic.
    • SORT: Arranges the cell range values in ascending or descending order.
    • BYROW: Applies a LAMBDA to each row and returns an array of the results.
    • BYCOL: Applies a LAMBDA to each column and returns an array of the results.
    • TOROW: Transforms an array into a single row.
    • TOCOL: Transforms an array into a single column.
    • CHOOSEROWS: Returns specified rows from an array.
    • CHOOSECOLS: Returns specified columns from an array.
    • TEXTSPLIT: Splits the cell text across rows or columns.
    • TEXTBEFORE: Returns the text before a given character.
• Image Editor
  • Path annotation - The .NET MAUI Image Editor now allows users to add paths composed of straight lines to an image. This feature allows users to draw any straight-sided shape or line segments with multiple points.
  • Customize the background color of text annotations - The .NET MAUI Image Editor now supports customizing the background color of text annotations.
• PDF Library
  • PDF split enhancement - Split PDF documents without sacrificing the integrity of accessibility tags. Accessibility is crucial for users relying on screen readers and other assistive technologies.
  • PDF optimization for reduced file size - Improved document operations to reduce file sizes. By removing unused elements and identifying identical resources, experience heightened efficiency in both PDF merging and splitting.
  • Enhanced digital signature validation - You can now effortlessly access certificates from the Document Security Store (DSS) and retrieve CRL lists for enhanced validation during signature verification. Elevate your document security with these streamlined features.
• PDF Viewer
  • Form filling - Filling PDF forms is a way to digitize the manual process of filling out paper forms. This can be used for filling out job applications, registration forms, medical forms, etc.
    • This feature now allows users to fill out PDF forms by:
      • Typing text into text boxes.
      • Selecting options from dropdown menus.
      • Selecting options from list boxes.
      • Checking or unchecking boxes.
      • Selecting radio buttons.
      • Performing button GoTo actions.
      • Adding signatures.
    • It also offers additional features, such as the ability to:
      • Save the form data for future use.
      • Import form data into the PDF form.
      • Export form data to other formats: XFDF, FDF, JSON, and XML.
  • Shape annotation enhancements - Users can now add, remove, and modify polyline and polygon annotations in PDF files.
    • The polyline annotation can be used to mark paths or directions on construction plans, draw flowcharts or process diagrams, etc.
    • The polygon annotation can be used to highlight specific areas of interest within a document or image, like marking specific areas or features in architectural plans, indicating changes, additions, or details that need attention.
  • Free text annotation - This feature allows users to add, remove, and modify free text annotations in PDF files. These are used to add comments, notes, or other textual information directly onto a PDF document. This feature is commonly used for collaboration, reviewing, and providing feedback on PDF content.
• Microsoft PowerPoint Library
  • Enhancement for PowerPoint conversion to PDF or image
    • TIFF image preservation - The .NET PowerPoint Library now preserves TIFF images in converted PDFs or images exactly as they appear in the input presentation. For example, you can convert medical reports with TIFF images of X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans from a presentation to a PDF or an image.
• Microsoft Word Library
  • Create equations using LaTeX - The .NET Word Library now allows you to create mathematical equations by specifying a LaTeX string in a Word document. With this feature, you can easily add an equation created using a LaTeX editor into a Word document.
  • Enhancements for Word conversion to PDF or image
    • Fallback font for Unicode text - The .NET Word Library now allows the configuration of fallback fonts for Unicode text during the conversion of Word files to PDF or image files. These fallback fonts come into play when the rendering engine encounters Unicode text that lacks a corresponding glyph in the specified fonts. Users can configure fallback fonts in the following ways:
      • Initialize default fallback fonts for Unicode text.
      • Set custom fonts as fallback fonts for specific script types, including Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, and more.
      • Set custom fonts as fallback fonts for a particular range of Unicode text.
    • TIFF image preservation - The .NET Word Library now preserves TIFF images in converted PDF or images exactly as they appear in the input Word document. For example, you can convert medical reports with TIFF images of X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans from a Word document to PDF or an image.