Aspose.Words 17.10.0

Aspose.Words for .NET 17.10 Release Notes

Major Features

There are 76 improvements and fixes in this regular monthly release. The most notable are:

• "Don't add extra space for raised/lowered characters" compatibility option is supported.
• Multiple improvements in RTL and Asian text handling.
• LINQ Reporting Engine supports dynamic chart series removal.
• ‘Black and white’ images with one bit per pixel format rendering implemented. PixelFormat.Format1bppIndexed was introduced.
• An option to prevent the fonts embedding into HTML Fixed output implemented. Introduced HtmlFixedSaveOptions.UseTargetMachineFonts property.
• Rendering of HTML fixed documents with “PRC” encoding fonts has been improved.
• An algorithm, which mimics the behavior of MS Word when rendering of rotated VML shapes with text boxes.
• Rendering of “Surface” and “Stock” DrawingML Charts has been improved.
• Added CompareOptions.Target property and enumeration ComparisonTargetType.
• Added public methods to add and remove replies to comment.
• Ability to get and set the number of footnote layout columns.
• Provide API similar to SignatureSet.AddSignatureLine Method (Office).
• Expose Table.HorizontalAlignment property public.

Full List of Issues Covering all Changes in this Release

Key Summary Category WORDSNET-1077 Empty paragraphs become paragraphs with non-breaking space character during DOC-HTML-DOC roundtrip. Enhancement WORDSNET-4150 Allow embedding fonts into RTF documents. Feature WORDSNET-4151 Allow embedding fonts into DOC documents. Feature WORDSNET-4977 /com/ Create a sample project which provides a wrapper for common methods that cannot be easily called from COM or scripting languages Feature WORDSNET-9959 Provide way to add a Reply Comment in document Feature WORDSNET-11299 Table column widths are not rendered correctly in PDF Bug WORDSNET-11681 /non-breaking space/ DrawingMLs are not rendering on the same line in PDF Bug WORDSNET-12258 Docx to Pdf conversion issue with table rendering Bug WORDSNET-12458 Support new features of MS Word 2016 Feature WORDSNET-12536 Docx to PDF/Tiff conversion issue with text position relative to line shape Bug WORDSNET-12916 The font is not recognized in output HtmlFixed/Pdf Bug WORDSNET-13098 Applying simple textures (such as Color, Gradient, Picture, etc.) for 3D shapes (hardware rendering) Enhancement WORDSNET-13270 Font Substitution issue while rendering Doc to HtmlFixed Bug WORDSNET-13489 Add feature to set ImageSaveOptions.PixelFormat to '1 bits per pixel, indexed' Feature WORDSNET-13944 Shape's text does not render correctly in output Pdf Bug WORDSNET-14212 Line breaks appear in gray after ODT-HTML-ODT roundtrip Bug WORDSNET-14505 Support comments tree in HTML export Enhancement WORDSNET-14671 Shape.StrokeColor throws System.NullReferenceException Exception WORDSNET-14692 Document.AcceptAllRevisions does not accept all revisions Bug WORDSNET-14958 Add feature to set/get footnote layout column Feature WORDSNET-14984 Provide API similar to SignatureSet.AddSignatureLine Method (Office) Feature WORDSNET-15217 DOC to PDF conversion losing header Bug WORDSNET-15218 DOC to PDF conversion loses text formatting Bug WORDSNET-15306 Japanese text and font is changed after re-saving RTF Bug WORDSNET-15342 Support to modify number formatting of charts Feature WORDSNET-15417 Shape's text is rendered in two lines after Docx to Pdf conversion Bug WORDSNET-15431 Opening embedded Visio Drawing issue Bug WORDSNET-15442 Dynamically add or remove series on a chart in LINQ reporting - a new template tag. Feature WORDSNET-15636 Revisions are colored incorrectly when rendering to HTML and MHTML output. Bug WORDSNET-15664 Document.Compare generates incorrect revisions for table of contents Bug WORDSNET-15681 Document compare issue with bullet list when CompareOptions.IgnoreFormatting is used Bug WORDSNET-15688 DOCX to HTML conversion throws NullReferenceException Exception WORDSNET-15727 ListFormat.ListLevel.Font does not report bold attribute properly Bug WORDSNET-15739 Applying a radial gradient fill (hardware rendering). Feature WORDSNET-15740 Applying a rectangular gradient fill (hardware rendering). Feature WORDSNET-15741 Applying a path gradient fill (hardware rendering). Feature WORDSNET-15747 /Don't add extra space for raised/lowered characters/ Table data moves to next page in DOC to PDF rendering Feature WORDSNET-15751 DocumentBuilder.InsertImage throws System.IndexOutOfRangeException exception while inserting SVG into document Exception WORDSNET-15758 System.InvalidCastException is thrown while loading DOC file Exception WORDSNET-15772 Open Save an RTF changes Headline when viewing via WordPad view Bug WORDSNET-15774 The output PDF file is getting too big Performance WORDSNET-15779 Aspose.Words.FileCorruptedException occurs when loading a HTML Exception WORDSNET-15789 Charts are not rendered correctly in output PDF Bug WORDSNET-15790 RTF to PDF conversion results blank document Bug WORDSNET-15793 Hebrew text does not render correctly in output PDF Bug WORDSNET-15795 System.NotSupportedException is thrown while saving DOC to PDF Exception WORDSNET-15797 Import textboxes saved by MS Word to HTML Enhancement WORDSNET-15807 Page numbers are missing in resultant PDF footer Bug WORDSNET-15809 NullReferenceException inside OdtChartToDmlConverter. Exception WORDSNET-15810 Aspose.Words 17.08 Exception when saving .ott documents to .doc and .dot formats Bug WORDSNET-15813 Indent issue in DOC output Bug WORDSNET-15817 Expose Table.HorizontalAlignment property public. Feature WORDSNET-15819 Surface chart is rendered wider than in MS Word. Bug WORDSNET-15820 Stock chart is rendered improperly. Bug WORDSNET-15822 Saving documents difference as HTML throws InvalidOperationException in 17.8 Regression WORDSNET-15823 Deletion issue of bookmarks with duplicate name Exception WORDSNET-15825 Server hangs while saving and sending PDF document to browser Bug WORDSNET-15831 Document.UpdateFields throws System.ArgumentException Exception WORDSNET-15844 Appending a large RTF file throws ArgumentException Exception WORDSNET-15847 Converting Charts in DOCX to PDF or DOC causes System.DivideByZeroException Exception WORDSNET-15850 ShowRevisionMarks does not work when its value is false Bug WORDSNET-15851 Text is missing in DOCX to PDF rendering Bug WORDSNET-15854 Document.HasRevisions returns incorrect value after using Document.Comare Bug WORDSNET-15855 System.IndexOutOfRangeException is thrown while saving DOCX to DOC/PDF Exception WORDSNET-15860 Incorrect page count of an ODT Document Bug WORDSNET-15865 DOCX to image conversion issue with Japanese text position Bug WORDSNET-15869 RTL text with spaces reversed after replacement Regression WORDSNET-15871 Document.AcceptAllRevisions throws System.InvalidOperationException Bug WORDSNET-15872 Incorrect position of a text box anchored in an RTL paragraph Regression WORDSNET-15878 RTL letters order changed in rendered PDF Bug WORDSNET-15880 Prevent embedding fonts while saving into HTML Feature WORDSNET-15883 Aspose.Words throws FileCorruptedException upon loading DOCM file Regression WORDSNET-15885 Implement support of transform for radial gradient fill (hardware rendering). Feature WORDSNET-15906 The diagram/circle is missing. Bug WORDSNET-15907 Y-axis and grid lines of charts do not render correctly in output PDF Bug WORDSNET-15911 MS Word reports that the output document is corrupted after open/save with AW. Bug