Aspose.Slides for Java 16.2.0 Release Notes

Minor Changes

Key Summary Category
SLIDESNET-37152 - Support for creating callout data label for Pie chart Enhancements
SLIDESNET-37134 - Support for setting slide frame Enhancements
SLIDESNET-37014 - Support for Legacy SmartArt processing Enhancements
SLIDESNET-36904 - Support to change Axis type of a chart with cases Text Axis and Date Axis Enhancements
SLIDESNET-36872 - Horizontal scrolling on generated PDF Enhancements
SLIDESNET-35516 - Support to determine the original file name from embedded objects using Aspose.Slides Enhancements
SLIDESNET-34668 - Support for Date Axis in Aspose.Slides charts Enhancements
SLIDESJAVA-35273 - Support to set offset values for picture in table cell Enhancements
SLIDESJAVA-35272 - Support for setting background image properties for table cells Enhancements
SLIDESJAVA-35228 - Support for extracting SmartArt text frames using Utils.GetAllTextFrames Enhancements
SLIDESJAVA-34639 - Setting Doughnut hole size Enhancements
SLIDESJAVA-33670 - AutoFill colors for chart series Enhancements
SLIDESJAVA-32924 - Add support for serialization of separate shapes in PPTX Enhancements
SLIDESJAVA-17994 - Add support for SmartArt on thumbnail and PDF generation Enhancements
SLIDESJAVA-34303 - Aspose.Slides takes more time to generate PDF Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34535 - Performance with Aspose.Slides 14.4 and above while generating thumbnails Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34530 - Performance with Aspose.Slides 14.4 and above Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35259 - Incorrect table border in generated PDF Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35255 - Input string was not in the correct format on ppt load Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35250 - IllegalArgumentException on presentation save Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35245 - Incorrect font name returned Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35237 - Poor drawing quality in generated PDF Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35231 - Repair message after resaving TestDeck presentation Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35213 - Exception on saving the presentation Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35206 - Shape border lines disappeared on load and save ppt Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35189 - Wrong text alignment on load and save ppt Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35185 - PptxReadException thrown on loading pptx Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35181 - Font size changed Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35161 - Numbering to bullets and dashes Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35160 - Shape color changed on load and save Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35150 - pdf with cropped image Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35130 - CPU and Memory load during content extraction Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35115 - Text alignment changed on presentation load and save Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34899 - Font gets bigger when pptx exported to pdf Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34878 - Text Alignment changed on pdf export Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34875 - GeometryDeserializationContext.loadPaths() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34871 - Text size gets bigger on load and save Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34846 - Text getting scattered in generated HTML Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34825 - Text Missing When Converting a PPTX to PDF Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34807 - Table is not displayed when pptx is converted to odp. Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34631 - Textbox style gets changed in cloned presentation Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34465 - Slow performance of converting PPT to PDF Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34404 - Conversion for PPTX to PDF takes alot of time Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34366 - Chart series labels are improperly rendered in generated thumbnail Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34351 - Chart improperly rendered in generated thumbnail Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34245 - Text improperly rendered in generated thumbnails Bug
SLIDESJAVA-33851 - SmartArt shapes are missing in generated PDF Bug
SLIDESJAVA-30744 - Images and text improperly rendered in slide thumbnail Bug

Public API Changes

Enum com.aspose.slides.CategoryAxisType has been added

Used in IAxis.setCategoryAxisType(), IAxis.getCategoryAxisType(), Axis.setCategoryAxisType() and Axis.getCategoryAxisType() properties to determine category axis type.

  • CategoryAxisType.Auto - category axis type will be determined automatically during serialization (this behavior is not implemented now)
  • CategoryAxisType.Text - category axis type is Text
  • CategoryAxisType.Date - category axis type is DateTime

Fast text extraction has been added in Aspose.Slides for Java

The new static method getPresentationText has been added to Presentation class.

PresentationText getPresentationText(InputStream stream, int mode)

The ExtractionMode enum argument indicates the mode to organize the output of text result and can be set to the following values:

  • Unarranged - The raw text with no respect to position on the slide
  • Arranged - The text is positioned in the same order as on the slide
  • Unarranged mode can be used when speed is critical, it’s faster than Arranged mode.

PresentationText represents the raw text extracted from the presentation. It contains a getSlidesText() property which returns an array of ISlideText objects. Every object represent the text on the corresponding slide. ISlideText object have the following properties:

  • ISlideText.getText() - The text on the slide’s shapes
  • ISlideText.getMasterText() - The text on the master page’s shapes for this slide
  • ISlideText.getLayoutText() - The text on the layout page’s shapes for this slide
  • ISlideText.getNotesText() - The text on the notes page’s shapes for this slide

There’s also a SlideText class which implements the ISlideText interface. The new API can be used like this:

PresentationText text1 = Presentation.getPresentationText(stream, ExtractionMode.Unarranged);
System.out.println(text1.getSlidesText()[0].getText());
System.out.println(text1.getSlidesText()[0].getLayoutText());
System.out.println(text1.getSlidesText()[0].getMasterText());
System.out.println(text1.getSlidesText()[0].getNotesText());

LegacyDiagram class and ILegacyDiagram interface have been added

Interface com.aspose.slides.ILegacyDiagram and class com.aspose.slides.LegacyDiagram have added to represent legacy diagram object. Legacy diagram object is an old format of diagrams from PowerPoint 97-2003.

New class provides methods to convert legacy diagram to modern editable SmartArt object or to editable GroupShape.

New com.aspose.slides.TextAlignment enum membed added (JustifyLow)

A new member of TextAlignment enum member has been added:

  • JustifyLow - Kashida justify low.

New methods for com.aspose.slides.IOleObjectFrame and OleObjectFrame have been added

New methods has been added to IOleObjectFrame interface and OleObjectFrame class. These methods provide information about OLE object embedded into presentation:

  • getEmbeddedFileExtension() - Returns the file extension for the current embedded object or empty string if object is not a link
  • getEmbeddedFileLabel() - Returns the file name of embedded OLE object
  • getEmbeddedFileName() - Returns the path of embedded OLE object

New methods getCategoryAxisType() and setCategoryAxisType() have been added to IAxis and Axis classes

Methods getCategoryAxisType() and setCategoryAxisType() specify the type of category axis.

Presentation pres = new Presentation(sourcePptxFileName);
try
{
   IChart chart = (IChart)pres.getSlides().get_Item(0).getShapes().get_Item(0);
   chart.getAxes().getHorizontalAxis().setCategoryAxisType(CategoryAxisType.Date);
   chart.getAxes().getHorizontalAxis().setAutomaticMajorUnit(false);
   chart.getAxes().getHorizontalAxis().setMajorUnit(1);
   chart.getAxes().getHorizontalAxis().setMajorUnitScale(TimeUnitType.Months);
   pres.save(pptxOutPath, SaveFormat.Pptx);
} finally {
   if(pres != null) pres.dispose();
}

New methods getShowLabelAsDataCallout() and setShowLabelAsDataCallout() have been added to DataLabelFormat class and IDataLabelFormat interface

Methods getShowLabelAsDataCallout() and setShowLabelAsDataCallout() determine either specified chart’s data label will be displayed as data callout or as data label.

Presentation pres = new Presentation();
try
{
   IChart chart = pres.getSlides().get_Item(0).getShapes().addChart(ChartType.Pie, 50, 50, 500, 400);
   chart.getChartData().getSeries().get_Item(0).getLabels().getDefaultDataLabelFormat().setShowValue(true);
   chart.getChartData().getSeries().get_Item(0).getLabels().getDefaultDataLabelFormat().setShowLabelAsDataCallout(true);
   chart.getChartData().getSeries().get_Item(0).getLabels().get_Item(2).getDataLabelFormat().setShowLabelAsDataCallout(false);
   pres.save(pptxFileName, SaveFormat.Pptx);
} finally {
	if(pres != null) pres.dispose();
}

Methods getDrawSlidesFrame() and setDrawSlidesFrame() have been added to PdfOptions and XpsOptions

Methods setDrawSlidesFrame() and getDrawSlidesFrame() have been added to interfaces IPdfOptions, IXpsOptions and to related classes PdfOptions, XpsOptions. The black frame around each slide will be drawn if this property set ‘true’.

Presentation pres = new Presentation("input.pptx");
try
{
	PdfOptions options = new PdfOptions();
	options.setDrawSlidesFrame(true);
	pres.save("output.pdf", SaveFormat.Pdf, options);
} finally {
	if(pres != null) pres.dispose();
}

Methods getUpdateDateTimeFields(), setUpdateDateTimeFields(), setUpdateSlideNumberFields() and getUpdateSlideNumberFields() have been removed

Methods getUpdateDateTimeFields(), setUpdateDateTimeFields(), getUpdateSlideNumberFields() and setUpdateSlideNumberFields() have been removed from Presentation class and from IPresentation interface.

The Text property of TextFrame, Paragraph, Portion classes and ITextFrame, IParagraph, IPortion interfaces returns text with updated “datetime” fields.

Also properties DocumentProperties.setCreatedTime(), DocumentProperties.setLastSavedTime() and DocumentProperties.setLastPrinted() have been removed.

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