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Key features in Syncfusion Essential Studio version 4.1

• Essential Studio 4.1 does not use a single set of binaries compiled against version 1.0 of the Framework. We have native binaries for version 2.0 of the Framework.

• Essential Studio 4.1 offers support for .NET 2.0-style data sources and Ajax-style Callbacks, where applicable. For more details on how we're working with Visual Studio 2005 please click here.

• Essential Studio 4.1 offers support for IDE productivity enhancements, where applicable.

• There is complete support for visual designers.

• This release includes an enhanced install experience. An option to exclude ASP.NET or Windows Forms versions during installation is now available.

• Essential Studio 4.1 also includes updated samples and documentation.

Windows Forms

  Essential Grid

• We reworked the design-time experience for the cell-oriented grid. A popup form lets you edit cell-contents outside the VS IDE.

• The grid now has support for serialization to XML and you read back the grid from XML with all its properties, options, cell contents and base styles.

• At design-time you can now specify whether you want to save cell-contents into code or if you want to write them into a Resx file.

• Support for Microsoft Excel Export

  Essential Tools

• Elaborate support for visual themes across all compatible controls

• Visual Studio 2005-style docking and other docking enhancements

  Essential Chart

• Support for hosting of Windows Forms controls: hosted controls can be docked inside Essential Chart and are included when printing or exporting

• Support for Box Plot chart type

• Support for exporting to Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

  Essential Diagram

• Support for Line Routing and Line Bridging

• New import and export formats, Visio Stencil Import, Metafile, and SVG Export

  Essential Edit

• User Margin and Wordwrap features enhanced to support custom text and background, including gradient colors

• Text Encoding feature added to support serializing the Edit Control’s contents in ASCII, UTF-8, UTF-7, Unicode, and Big Endian Unicode encoding formats

• Support for XP-themed styles for the scrollbars, splitters, intellisense popups, control border, and outlining tooltip

• Predefined configuration settings added for syntax highlighting Java and embedded VBScript in HTML

• Built-in status bar support added to display information regarding the state of the application like caret position, insert key status, currently open file name and so on

• Lexical Macros feature added to support specifying regular expressions for configuration settings using user friendly macros

• Updated samples and documentation

• Simple document object model to access most features

• Improved support for tables and metafiles

• Support for 128-Bit encryption

• Support for inserting Barcode

• New forward-only mode for creating large tables

• Support for linking external files on disk

  Essential XlsIO

• Major performance enhancements

• Updated chart support

• Support for Grouping/Ungrouping worksheets

• Support for setting default row and column styles

• Support for setting worksheet tab color

• Support for setting worksheet background image

  Essential Calculate

• New string functions added

• Support for Arrays when using the Calc Quick interface

• Support for dynamic additions and deletions of Calc Sheets within a Calc WorkBook

• New Calc Workbook sample

  Essential Grouping

• Performance enhancements
• Updated samples and documentation
• Support for Excel Export

  Essential HTMLUI

• Optimized loading and rendering of tables
• Label-like interface: usage made easier

ASP.NET

  Essential Grid

• callbacks for sorting, grouping, paging, and more without postbacks to the Grouping Grid

• Multiple Rows Per Record allows creation of user-friendly grouping grids with optimal size

• Brand new Grid Control lets you create highly customized look and feel

  Essential Tools

• New Menu framework, Google Suggest™-style Auto Complete, Rotator, Progress Bar, and more controls

• Callback Panel to AJAX-enable any page and control

  Essential Chart

• Performance improvements and no Windows Forms dependency
• Support for interactive chart legend
• Support for Box Plot chart type
• Support for exporting to Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

  Essential Diagram

• Support for Line Routing and Line Bridging

• New import and export formats, Visio Stencil Import, and Metafile and SVG Export

  Essential PDF

• Support for a simple DOM to access most features

• Improved support for tables and metafiles
• Support for 128-Bit encryption
• Support for inserting Barcode
• New forward-only mode for creating large tables
• Support for linking external files on disk

  Essential XlsIO

• Major performance enhancements
• Updated chart support

• Support for Grouping/Ungrouping worksheets Support for setting default row and column styles

• Support for setting worksheet tab color
• Support for setting worksheet background image

• Support for In-Memory creation of spreadsheets with no temporary files created on the server

  Essential Calculate

• New string functions
• Support for Arrays when using the Calc Quick interface
• Support for dynamic additions and deletions of Calc Sheets within a Calc WorkBook

  Essential Grouping

• Performance enhancements
• Updated samples and documentation