Overview

This repository documents a bug found in the Telerik PDF Viewer control for Windows Forms. The issue specifically affects the rendering of SVG graphics embedded in PDF files, where the stroke-width attribute is ignored by the viewer.

Affected Component

• Product: Telerik UI for WinForms
• Control: `RadPdfViewer'
• Version: 2025.01
• Platform: Windows Forms (.NET Framework)

Description of the Issue

When a PDF file contains an embedded SVG graphic that utilizes the stroke-width CSS property (or SVG attribute), the stroke width is not rendered correctly in Telerik's PDF preview control. Regardless of:

• Unit used (e.g., px, pt, em, %, etc.)
• Value assigned (e.g., stroke-width: 5, stroke-width: 30, etc.)

…the resulting line always appears thin, as if the stroke width were ignored entirely. This makes the SVG appear incorrectly and inconsistent with its rendering in other PDF viewers (e.g., Adobe Acrobat, Chrome's built-in viewer).

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run the application from provided MCVE
2. Observe the SVG lines in PDF preview: all strokes appear thin, regardless of defined stroke width.

Expected Behavior

The Telerik PDF viewer should correctly honor and render the stroke-width property defined within SVG elements embedded in the PDF file.

Actual Behavior

All strokes in SVGs appear very thin, with no visual difference despite varying stroke widths in the source SVG.

Sample Files

• ✅ _PdfExample.pdf: A PDF with SVG lines that render correctly in Microsoft Edge.
• ✅ _PdfExample.pdf: Screenshot of how the PDF file looks in Microsoft Edge.
• ❌ _ScreenshotFromTelerik.png: Screenshot of how the same file looks in the Telerik PDF Viewer (note the thin lines).
• 🔍 _LargeStroke.svg, _SmallStroke.svg: The original SVGs used in the PDF file.

Environment

Component	Version
Telerik UI	2025.1.211.48
.NET Framework	.NET Framework 4.8
OS	Windows 11

Suggested Fix

Ensure that the rendering engine used by RadPdfViewer fully supports the SVG stroke-width attribute when parsing and rendering embedded SVG content.

Workaround: set UseCompatibleTextRendering to true.

Visual Studio 2022 crashes when working with a solution containing two WinForms projects:

• Project 1: WinForms (.NET 9) with Telerik
• Project 2: WinForms (.NET 6) without Telerik

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a new solution in Visual Studio 2022.
2. Add two WinForms projects:
   • Project 1: WinForms (.NET 9) with Telerik
   • Project 2: WinForms (.NET 6) without Telerik
3. Open the WinForms designer for a form in Project 1 (Telerik, .NET 9).
4. Without closing the designer, open the WinForms designer for a form in Project 2 (.NET 6, no Telerik).
5. Switch to the code view of the form in Project 2.
6. Switch back to the WinForms designer in Project 2.

Expected Result:
Visual Studio should smoothly switch between code and designer views without issues.

Actual Result:
Visual Studio freezes and crashes after switching back to the WinForms designer in Project 2.

Environment:

• Visual Studio 2022
• Windows Version: (Windows 11 x64)
• Telerik WinForms Version: (2025.1.211)

Additional Notes:

• The issue seems to be related to handling different .NET versions and Telerik components in the same solution.
• The crash occurs consistently when following the steps above.
• No explicit error messages are shown before Visual Studio closes.

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Thank you very much!

Regards,
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