What's New in Essential Studio for WinUI Controls

Common

Windows 11 UI

All UI controls have been upgraded to the Windows 11 style.

AutoComplete (Preview)

Calendar (Preview)

DataGrid (Preview)

Scheduler (Preview)

Slider

DataGrid (Preview)

Row drag and drop

Drag and drop rows to rearrange them.

PDF Library

Compress PDF documents

The .NET PDF library now supports the compression of PDF documents. This feature efficiently compresses a PDF document by applying the following compressing techniques:

• Reducing the size of a high-resolution image in the PDF document.
• Reducing the size of embedded fonts without affecting the PDF text content.
• Removing unnecessary metadata.
• Optimizing page graphical content streams.

PDF to PDF/A converter

PDF/A is an ISO-standardized version of the PDF format used for archiving and long-term preservation of PDF documents. The PDF/A standard ensures PDF documents can be viewed the same way using various software even after a long time. Now the .NET PDF Library supports the conversion of existing PDF documents to PDF/A without affecting the quality and content of the document. This feature supports various PDF/A standards, such as:

• Conformance level b: PDF/A-1b, PDF/A-2b, and PDF/A-3b.
• Conformance level u: PDF/A-2u and PDF/A-3u.

Extract images from PDF document

The .NET PDF Library now supports the extraction of images from a document exactly as they appear. This feature provides a customized API to extract all the images or individual images from a specific PDF page or the whole document. All the extracted images can be saved as separate images of the same format without losing quality.

Replace images from PDF document

The .NET PDF Library provides support to replace images within a PDF document. This feature allows you to completely remove one image and put another image in its place. It has a customized API to replace images from a single page or the whole PDF document. You can use this feature to hide any vital information from an image present in the PDF document without re-creating the document.

Ribbon (Preview)

Auto expand or collapse

Ribbon elements will now automatically expand or collapse based on the available space.

TreeGrid (Preview)

Row drag and drop

Drag and drop rows to rearrange them.

Word Library

Word-to-PDF conversion enhancements

The Syncfusion Word Library includes the following enhancements to accurately convert any Word document to a PDF file:

• Preserve a picture as a fill for a shape as it is in the input Word document.
• Improved rendering of Thai and Chinese characters.