Aspose.Slides for Java 16.9.0 Release Notes

Key	Summary	Category
SLIDESJAVA-34776	Support for adding custom XML parts in presentation using Aspose.Slides	Feature
SLIDESNET-34302	Support for HandoutMaster in PPT	Feature
SLIDESNET-32049	Setting chart data range using Aspose.Slides	Feature
SLIDESJAVA-35672	Font problem occurs	Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35626	Generating slide thumbnail process hangs on slide 35	Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35625	Slide color changes while converting pptx to svg	Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35622	Text missing while converting pptx to html	Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35414	Font changed to Wingdings, On ppt load and save	Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35408	getMasterNotesSlide returns null for ppt files	Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35378	Bar chart is improperly rendered in generated thumbanil	Bug
SLIDESJAVA-35159	Gradient and text alignment changed on presentation load and save	Bug
SLIDESJAVA-34509	Notes slide returning null when text is extracted	Bug

Public API Changes

Class CustomXmlPart and interface ICustomXmlPart have been added

Interface com.aspose.slides.ICustomXmlPart and related class com.aspose.slides.CustomXmlPart have been added. It represents one custom xml part and provides methods for get or set xml content, used schemas and id.

Class CustomXmlPartCollection and interface ICustomXmlPartCollection have been added

Interface com.aspose.slides.ICustomXmlPartCollection and related class com.aspose.slides.CustomXmlPartCollection have been added. It represents a collection of custom xml parts and provides methods for get, create and delete items.

Method ICustomData.getCustomXmlParts has been added

Method com.aspose.slides.ICustomData.getCustomXmlParts() has been added. It represents collection of custom xml parts associated with the corresponding ICustomData instance.

Presentation pres = new Presentation();
try
{
    pres.getSlides().get_Item(0).getCustomData().getCustomXmlParts().add(getXmlStringSample("John Doe")); //add new custom xml to slide custom data
    pres.save("out.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
} finally {
    if (pres != null) pres.dispose();
}

private static String getXmlStringSample(String name)
{
    String xmlString =
        "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>" +
        "<employees xmlns=\"http://schemas.test.com/sample\">" +
            "<employee>" +
                "<name>" + name + "</name>" +
            "</employee>" +
        "</employees>";
    return xmlString;
}

Method IPresentation.getAllCustomXmlParts has been added

Method com.aspose.slides.IPresentation.getAllCustomXmlParts() has been added. It returns all custom xml parts contained in the presentation.

//Sample for clear all custom xml parts from presentation
Presentation pres = new Presentation("PresentationWithCustomXml.pptx");
try
{
    for (ICustomXmlPart item : pres.getAllCustomXmlParts())
    {
        item.remove();
    }
    pres.save("out.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
} finally {
    if (pres != null) pres.dispose();
}

Property EffectFormat has been added to Background and IBackground

Property EffectFormat has been added to interface com.aspose.slides.IBackground and class com.aspose.slides.Background for specifying effects of slide background.

Presentation pres = new Presentation();
try
{
     IBackground background = pres.getSlides().get_Item(0).getBackground();
     background.setType(BackgroundType.OwnBackground);

     // Set slide background to Solid color
     background.getFillFormat().setFillType(FillType.Solid);
     background.getFillFormat().getSolidFillColor().setColor(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);

     // Add shadow to slide
     background.getEffectFormat().enableOuterShadowEffect();
     IOuterShadow shadow = background.getEffectFormat().getOuterShadowEffect();
     shadow.getShadowColor().setColor(Color.DARK_GRAY);
     shadow.setDistance(15.0);
     shadow.setDirection(45f);

     pres.save(path + "out.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
} finally {
     if (pres != null) pres.dispose();
}

setRange() method has been added to interface IChartData and class ChartData

Method setRange() has been added to interface com.aspose.slides.IChartData and class com.aspose.slides.ChartData. It allows to set data range with cells formula. Series and categories will be updated based on new data range.

Presentation pres = new Presentation();
try
{
    IChart chart = pres.getSlides().get_Item(0).getShapes().addChart(ChartType.Line, 10, 10, 400, 300);
    chart.getChartData().setRange("Sheet1!A1:B4");
    pres.save("output.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
} finally {
    if (pres != null) pres.dispose();
}