Road Map for Essential Studio for WinForms

Ribbon

Option to rearrange ToolStrips

Option to rearrange ToolStrips from beginning to end based on user requirements at design time.

Dynamic image change based on DPI for ToolStripItem

Option to change ToolStripItem images automatically when a user application runs on different DPI monitors, without any loss in image quality.

ComboBox

Tokens support

Token option that allows end users to dynamically remove selected options.

TreeView

Data binding support

Extensive data binding support to populate the TreeView control from object-relational data and XML objects directly. Also, a provision to refresh the TreeView control on adding, removing, or editing data back into the database and vice versa.

Syntax Editor

Tab indentation support

When a user moves content using the Tab key and tries to undo it, the Syntax Editor control will recognize it as a tab and not a space and move the content to its original position.

Form

Theme support

This feature allows users to apply various supported themes [Office 2019 Colorful, Office 2016 (black, white, dark gray, colorful), and high contrast] to form.

Tabbed Form

Tab drag and drop support

Support to drag and drop tabs using an intuitive UI to denote where the tabs are to be dropped.

Word Library

Table styles enhancements

This feature allows users to create and apply custom table styles in Word document (DOCX and WordML).

Table auto-fit to contents

This feature allows users to automatically adjust a table cell’s size based on its content.

Rotation of shape and textbox in Word to PDF

This feature allows users to preserve rotation of shapes and textbox in Word-to-PDF conversion.

PowerPoint Library

PowerPoint-to-PDF enhancements

This feature allows users to substitute fonts from a stream if fonts are not installed in the machine during PowerPoint-to-PDF conversion.

Excel Library

Data import enhancements

• Import data from a nested collection to Excel and group it in a hierarchy.
• Import column headers when using the Import on Save option.
• Skip a property while importing data from a collection.

Data export enhancement

Export Excel data to a nested class.

Excel-to-PDF conversion enhancements

• Unsupported fonts will be substituted by a font stream in Excel-to-PDF conversions.
• Capture and log warnings that are intentionally raised in Excel-to-PDF conversions.

PDF Library

PDF digital signatures with CAdES

This feature allows users to create a PDF digital signature with CAdES.

Validating PDF digital signatures

This feature allows users to validate digital signatures in existing PDF documents.

Encrypt only file attachments

This feature allows users to encrypt only file attachments in PDF documents.

Find corrupted PDF documents

This feature allows users to find out whether the loaded PDF document is corrupted or not.