Aspose.Slides for CPP 20.8 Release Notes

This page contains release notes for Aspose.Slides for C++ 20.8.

Supported platforms

• Aspose.Slides for C++ for Windows (Microsoft Visual C++).
• Aspose.Slides for C++ for Linux (Clang).

New Features and Enhancements

Key	Summary	Category
SLIDESNET-41864	SketchStyle property support	Feature
SLIDESNET-42091	Support to Redact text in Aspose.Slides	Feature
SLIDESNET-42044	Support for GetRange() method for chart data	Feature

Other Improvements and Changes

Key	Summary	Category
SLIDESCPP-2410	Use Aspose.Slides for .NET 20.8 features	Enhancement
SLIDESCPP-2526	Improve the generation of API Reference documentation (20.8)	Enhancement
SLIDESCPP-2525	Improve thumbnails rendering quality (20.8)	Enhancement

Public API Changes

IChartData::GetRange() method has been added

IChartData::GetRange() method has been added. The method returns the workbook data range that is used by the chart. IChartData::GetRange() method returns a string value.

The returned value looks like “Sheet1!$A$1:$D$5” where “Sheet1” is a source worksheet and $A$1:$D$5 is a cell range.

using namespace Aspose::Slides;
using namespace Aspose::Slides::Charts;

auto pres = System::MakeObject<Presentation>();
auto chart = pres->get_Slides()->idx_get(0)->get_Shapes()->AddChart(ChartType::ClusteredColumn, 10.0f, 10.0f, 400.0f, 300.0f);
System::String result = chart->get_ChartData()->GetRange();

Shape Sketched Style effect has been added

Sketched Style effect feature helps to change the appearance of shapes in a slide forcing shapes to look like a sketch. It applies a hand-drawn (or “sketched”) styling to shapes.

The picture below demonstrates PowerPoint UI elements to apply this effect to a shape.

or

In Aspose.Slides, to provide the same options for the Sketched Style effect, LineSketchType enum and ISketchFormat interface have been added. get_SketchFormat() method has been added to the ILineFormat interface.

LineSketchType Enum

The LineSketchType determines the preset sketched style.

Below is the definition of the LineSketchType enum:

/// <summary>
/// Represents which sketch type or effect a shape has been assigned.
/// </summary>
enum class LineSketchType
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Specifies that a shape Sketch effect is undefined. 
    /// </summary>
    NotDefined = -1,
    /// <summary>
    /// Specifies that a shape has no Sketch effect. This is equivalent to this property being empty.
    /// </summary>
    None = 0,
    /// <summary>
    /// Specifies that a shape has the Curved effect, which turns each edge of the shape into one big gentle curve.
    /// </summary>
    Curved = 1,
    /// <summary>
    /// Specifies that a shape has the Freehand effect, which most closely resembles an imperfectly drawn line.
    /// </summary>
    Freehand = 2,
    /// <summary>
    /// Specifies that a shape has the Scribble effect, which has exaggerated oscillation as if drawn purposely messy.
    /// </summary>
    Scribble = 3
};

ISketchFormat Interface

The ISketchFormat interface with the SketchFormat implementation class has been added:

/// <summary>
/// Represents properties for lines sketch format.
/// </summary>
class ASPOSE_SLIDES_API_SHARED_CLASS ISketchFormat : public virtual System::Object
{
public:
    /// <summary>
    /// Returns the sketch type.
    /// Read <see cref="Slides::LineSketchType"></see>.
    /// </summary>
    virtual LineSketchType get_SketchType() = 0;
    /// <summary>
    /// Sets the sketch type.
    /// Write <see cref="Slides::LineSketchType"></see>.
    /// </summary>
    virtual void set_SketchType(LineSketchType value) = 0;
};

get_SketchFormat() method has been added into ILineFormat:

/// <summary>
/// Returns the sketch format of a line.
/// Read-only <see cref="Aspose::Slides::ISketchFormat">ISketchFormat</see>.
/// </summary>
virtual System::SharedPtr<ISketchFormat> get_SketchFormat() = 0;

Example

The example below demonstrates how to set sketchy type for a shape:

using namespace Aspose::Slides;
using namespace Aspose::Slides::Export;

auto pres = System::MakeObject<Presentation>();
auto shape = pres->get_Slides()->idx_get(0)->get_Shapes()->AddAutoShape(ShapeType::Rectangle, 20.0f, 20.0f, 300.0f, 150.0f);
shape->get_FillFormat()->set_FillType(FillType::NoFill);

// Transform shape to sketch of a freehand style
shape->get_LineFormat()->get_SketchFormat()->set_SketchType(LineSketchType::Freehand);

pres->Save(u"sketch.pptx", SaveFormat::Pptx);

The shape border line style generated via the code snippet above has the following appearance: