Aspose.Words for C++ 20.4 Release Notes

Major Features

We have added the following features from Aspose.Words for .NET on this regular monthly release:

  • Added support for verifying and signing documents.
  • Added support for downloading remote resources from the Internet.
  • Provided ability to change Asian paragraph spacing and indents.
  • Added image interpolation option for PDF rendering (new public property PdfSaveOptions.InterpolateImages).
  • Extended API of chart data labels and series.

Limitations and API Differences

Aspose.Words for C++ has some differences as compared to its equivalent .NET version of the API. This section contains information about all such functionality that is not available in the current release. The missing features will be added in future releases.

  • The current release does not support the Metered license.
  • The current release does not support a multipage TIFF format.
  • The current release does not support LINQ and Reporting features.
  • The current release does not support OpenGL 3D Shapes rendering.
  • The current release does not support advanced typography based on the HarfBuzz shaper.
  • The current release does not support loading PDF documents.
  • The current release has limited support for database features - C++ doesn’t have a common API for DB like .NET System.Data.
  • The current release only supports Microsoft Visual C++ version 2015 or higher and only for the x64 platform.

Full List of Issues Covering all Changes in this Release

Key Summary Category
WORDSCPP-759 Add support for verifying and signing documents New Feature
WORDSNET-15697 Providing the ability to change password-secured VBA code (change string) New Feature
WORDSNET-20043 Expose public ComparisonLevel (Granularity) option New Feature
WORDSNET-20001 Provide API to get set Word for Chinese specific Paragraph formattings New Feature
WORDSNET-19913 Range.Replace with substitution New Feature
WORDSNET-19996 Add image interpolation option for PDF rendering New Feature
WORDSNET-19873 Add feature to set/get the positioning of floating table (HorizontalAnchor and VerticalAnchor) New Feature
WORDSNET-20080 Support subsetting OTF(CFF) fonts with composite accented glyphs New Feature
WORDSNET-20146 Implement rendering of ISO 29500 specific BorderArt styles New Feature
WORDSNET-19747 Add feature to set/get paragraph property “Snap to the grid when the document grid is defined” New Feature
WORDSNET-10548 Incorrect floater position when the anchor is close to a tight-wrapped floater Enhancement
WORDSNET-20042 Check whether RTF format supports placing annotations at block/cell/row level Enhancement
WORDSCPP-939 Dynamically Loading Words DLL Crashes the App with Access violation Exception Bug
WORDSNET-8841 Aspose.Words.Document does not load RTF contents correctly Bug
WORDSNET-11627 Aspose.Words.FileCorruptedException is thrown while loading DOCX file Bug
WORDSNET-8712 Add an example which demonstrates how to add PDF encryption without any user password Bug
WORDSNET-19675 The angle unit is missing in the parameter of rotate() CSS functions Bug
WORDSNET-20150 Document.Compare throws System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException Bug
WORDSNET-20147 Conversion to PDF fails with InvalidCastException: OfficeMath to type Paragraph Bug
WORDSNET-19124 The properties ChartDataLabel.ShowDataLabelsRange and ChartDataLabelCollection.ShowDataLabelsRange do not work correctly Bug
WORDSNET-20193 Evaluation watermark appears in licensed mode Bug
WORDSNET-11712 A Paragraph is pushed up to the previous page in PDF Bug
WORDSNET-12721 Document.Revisions returns incorrect value Bug
WORDSNET-12840 Saving a document as PDF moves footers into the header Bug
WORDSNET-17608 Bookmark.Text returns the incorrect text for a row Bug
WORDSNET-18213 DOCX to PDF conversion issue with text wrapping around the table Bug
WORDSNET-12318 Bookmark.Text return incorrect value Bug
WORDSNET-11570 BookmarkEnd is moved to next Row Bug
WORDSNET-19028 Canvas converts to the group after re-saving Bug
WORDSNET-19709 ODT to DOCX conversion issue with Chart DataLabel and Axis Bug
WORDSNET-20032 StructuredDocumentTag comparison issue Bug
WORDSNET-15550 DOCX to PDF conversion issue with blank pages Bug
WORDSNET-19812 DOCX to Markdown conversion issue with numbered lists Bug
WORDSNET-17857 Tables are shifted up and overlapped after conversion from DOCX to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-20054 A one-row table moves to the previous page in PDF Bug
WORDSNET-18549 Doc to PDF rendition fonts related issue - Gujarati foreign Language Bug
WORDSNET-16041 Bookmark.Text = "" merges the table’s cell Bug
WORDSNET-19817 Chart position is changed after DOCX to PDF conversion Bug
WORDSNET-20055 Fixing SonarQube issues in Reporting engine Bug
WORDSNET-9159 Thai language characters are not generated correctly in PDF Bug
WORDSNET-2941 Formatting of text is lost after setting bookmarks text Bug
WORDSNET-20026 DOCX to HtmlFixed/PDF conversion issue with text rendering Bug
WORDSNET-20040 DOCX to PDF: Layout problem Bug
WORDSNET-18631 Tamil Nirmala language not rendering correctly in PDF Bug
WORDSNET-18610 Aspose.Words Word to PDF conversion. Missing part of the document Bug
WORDSNET-19156 The math equation is messed up after conversion to EMF Bug
WORDSNET-20058 Some data has been lost after conversion from DOCX to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-19841 After conversion to PDF watermark moves Bug
WORDSNET-19840 Image is lost after DOCX to PDF conversion Bug
WORDSNET-19699 Paragraph’s Keep with Next Property under Line and Page Breaks Bug
WORDSNET-19752 SpaceBefore and SpaceAfter return an incorrect value for MS Word 2007 document Bug
WORDSNET-18976 Infinite loop during the call of Document.UpdatePageLayout Bug
WORDSNET-19496 Memory Leak in multithreading Bug
WORDSNET-19907 Aspose.Words don’t find user-installed fonts using the .NetStandard 2.0 project Bug
WORDSNET-19994 BuiltInDocumentProperties.Words, Characters incorrect for hidden text Bug
WORDSNET-19631 Name of the style is truncated when read .md document Bug
WORDSNET-20102 ActualBounds calculation for rotated shapes Bug
WORDSNET-20103 The width of integral is incorrect after converting to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-20005 Heading indent is incorrect after conversion from DOCX to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-19518 Problem with replacing text in Bookmarks Bug
WORDSNET-19757 Calibri (Body) changes to Calibri or vice versa during appending documents Bug
WORDSNET-19528 DOCX to fixed file format conversion issue with GroupShape Bug
WORDSNET-20011 Check Aspose.Words vulnerabilities Bug
WORDSNET-20066 Word to PDF conversion issue with table’s text wrapping Bug
WORDSNET-19777 Issue after conversion DOCX to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-19616 UpdateFields feature creates the wrong index of names Bug
WORDSNET-19537 DOCX to PDF conversion issue with shapes position Bug
WORDSNET-20113 Additional space between the N-ary operator and the argument depending on the size argument Bug
WORDSNET-20114 Aspose.Words.UnsupportedFileFormatException is thrown while loading DOC Bug
WORDSNET-20068 Document.PageColor sets the page color to black when it is set to Color.Empty Bug
WORDSNET-19621 Text is pushed down to the next page after conversion from DOCX to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-20057 Image text is stretched after conversion from DOC to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-19317 System.ArgumentException occurs upon Comparing documents Bug
WORDSNET-19636 The assertion in .NET debug code related to an exception in Java code Bug
WORDSNET-19796 ImportNode (Section) and AppendDocument behavior is not the same when ImportFormatMode is KeepSourceFormatting Bug
WORDSNET-19805 System.InvalidOperationException - Expected pad cells only - RTF to HTML Bug
WORDSNET-20093 Cannot obtain user-installed font on Windows 10 with .NET Standard 2.0 assembly Bug
WORDSNET-20030 NodeImporter.ImportNode throws System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException when trying to import node to a document that has a specific style Bug
WORDSNET-20076 Incorrect paragraph indent on conversion to fixed-page formats Bug
WORDSNET-20130 UpdateFields does not process TOC field Bug
WORDSNET-16332 Bookmark.Text corrupts Table layout Bug
WORDSNET-20143 Convert to PDF fails with NullReferenceException Bug
WORDSNET-20144 Convert to PDF fails with Not expected other bool values here Bug
WORDSNET-20145 Convert to PDF fails with InvalidCastException Bug
WORDSNET-19645 SUM fields not updated in the document Bug
WORDSNET-20155 Introduce a new load option for using temporary files (instead of MemoryStream) on reading Bug
WORDSNET-19974 LINQ Reporting Engine - InvalidOperationException is thrown on accessing an empty JSON array Bug
WORDSNET-20083 Conversion DOCX to PDF stuck Bug
WORDSNET-20024 Import/export compatibility settings from RTF document Bug
WORDSNET-20051 Urdu italic characters are rendered as a square in output PDF Bug
WORDSNET-20184 Replacing issue with IgnoreDeleted and IgnoreFields Bug
WORDSNET-19981 Part of the footer content missing when saving into HTML Bug
WORDSNET-19948 Integral symbols are rendered incorrectly in not an inline mode Bug
WORDSNET-13880 Document.PageCount returns incorrect value on Ubuntu Bug
WORDSNET-20157 The paragraph is rendered on the previous page in output PDF Bug
WORDSNET-13655 Chinese text renders on the next line after conversion from Doc to fixed file format Bug
WORDSNET-19448 MailMerge.Execute does not update the IF field Bug
WORDSNET-20156 Page number renders incorrectly in output PDF Bug
WORDSNET-19811 Vertical space between lines does not match MS Word on conversion to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-20027 Image is rotated after conversion from DOCX to HtmlFixed Bug
WORDSNET-19995 Missing content due to invalid ‘transform: rotate’ property value Bug
WORDSNET-20067 The text inside a Form is not well-rendered when saving as HTML(HtmlFixed) Bug

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

This section lists public API changes that were introduced in Aspose.Words 20.4. It includes not only new and obsoleted public methods, but also a description of any changes in the behavior behind the scenes in Aspose.Words which may affect existing code. Any behavior introduced that could be seen as regression and modifies the existing behavior is especially important and is documented here.

Added ability to change Asian paragraph spacing and indents

Related issue: WORDSNET-20001

The following ParagraphFormat properties were added:

.NET

/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the left indent value (in characters) for the specified paragraphs.
/// </summary>
public int ParagraphFormat.CharacterUnitLeftIndent {get; set; }
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the right indent value (in characters) for the specified paragraphs.
/// </summary>
public int ParagraphFormat.CharacterUnitRightIndent {get; set; }
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the value (in characters) for the first-line or hanging indent.
/// <p>Use positive values to set the first-line indent, and negative values to set the hanging indent.</p>
/// </summary>
public int ParagraphFormat.CharacterUnitFirstLineIndent {get; set; }
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the amount of spacing (in gridlines) before the paragraphs.
/// </summary>
public int ParagraphFormat.LineUnitBefore {get; set; }
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the amount of spacing (in gridlines) after the paragraphs.
/// </summary>
public int ParagraphFormat.LineUnitAfter {get; set; }

Use Case:

Note, that setting unit indents and spacing will update appropriate common indent or spacing property. For example, setting ParagraphFormat.CharacterUnitLeftIndent will update ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent.

.NET

Document doc = new Document()
ParagraphFormat format = doc.FirstSection.Body.FirstParagraph.ParagraphFormat;
format.CharacterUnitLeftIndent = 10;
       // ParagraphFormat.LeftIndent will be updated
format.CharacterUnitRightIndent = 10;
      // ParagraphFormat.RightIndent will be updated
format.CharacterUnitFirstLineIndent = 20;
  // ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent will be updated
format.LineUnitBefore = 5;
                 // ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore will be updated
format.LineUnitAfter= 10;
                  // ParagraphFormat.SpaceAfter will be updated

Added a new public property SnapToGrid for Font and ParagraphFormat

Related issue: WORDSNET-19747

Added a new public property ParagraphFormat.SnapToGrid:

.NET

/// <summary>
/// Specifies whether the current paragraph should use the document grid lines per page settings
/// when laying out the contents in the paragraph.
/// </summary>
public bool SnapToGrid

and Font.SnapToGrid:

.NET

/// <summary>
/// Specifies whether the current run should use the document grid characters per line settings
/// when laying out the contents in this run.
/// </summary>
public bool SnapToGrid

Use Case:

.NET

Document doc = new Document(docPath);
Paragraph par = doc.FirstSection.Body.FirstParagraph;
par.ParagraphFormat.SnapToGrid = true;
par.Runs[0].Font.SnapToGrid = true;

Added an option that allows customers to specify comparison granularity

Related issue: WORDSNET-20043

Added the following properties:

.NET

/// <summary>
/// Specifies the granularity of changes to track when comparing two documents.
/// </summary>
public enum Granularity
{
    CharLevel,
    WordLevel
}
/// <summary>
/// Specifies whether changes are tracked by character or by word.
/// Default value is <see cref="Granularity.WordLevel"/>.
/// </summary>
Granularity CompareOptions.Granularity { get; set; }

Use Case:

.NET

DocumentBuilder builderA = new DocumentBuilder(new Document());
DocumentBuilder builderB = new DocumentBuilder(new Document());
builderA.Writeln("This is A simple word");
builderB.Writeln("This is B simple words");
CompareOptions co = new CompareOptions();
co.Granularity = Granularity.CharLevel;
builderA.Document.Compare(builderB.Document, "author", DateTime.Now, co);

Added feature to set positioning of floating table (HorizontalAnchor and VerticalAnchor)

Related issue: WORDSNET-19873

Setters for the following properties have been added to the Table class:

.NET

/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the base object from which the horizontal positioning of floating table should be calculated.
/// Default value is <see cref="RelativeHorizontalPosition.Column"/>.
/// </summary>
public RelativeHorizontalPosition Table.HorizontalAnchor
/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the base object from which the vertical positioning of floating table should be calculated.
/// Default value is <see cref="RelativeVerticalPosition.Margin"/>.
/// </summary>
public RelativeVerticalPosition Table.VerticalAnchor

Note, ONLY the following values are allowed in HorizontalAnchor setter. The ArgumentException will be thrown for any other values.

.NET

RelativeHorizontalPosition.Margin
RelativeHorizontalPosition.Page
RelativeHorizontalPosition.Column

Note, ONLY the following values are allowed in VerticalAnchor setter. The ArgumentException will be thrown for any other values.

.NET

RelativeVerticalPosition.Margin
RelativeVerticalPosition.Page
RelativeVerticalPosition.Paragraph

Use Case:

.NET

Document doc = new Documnet(file_with_table);
Table table = doc.FirstSection.Body.Tables[0];
table.HorizontalAnchor = RelativeHorizontalPosition.Column;
table.VerticalAnchor = RelativeVerticalPosition.Page;

Added image interpolation option for PDF rendering (new public property PdfSaveOptions.InterpolateImages)

Related issue: WORDSNET-19996

Added image interpolation option for PDF rendering which can be specified by PdfSaveOptions.InterpolateImages property.

.NET

/// <summary>
/// A flag indicating whether image interpolation shall be performed by a conforming reader.
/// When <c>false</c> is specified, the flag is not written to the output document and
/// the default behaviour of reader is used instead.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>
/// When the resolution of a source image is significantly lower than that of the output device,
/// each source sample covers many device pixels. As a result, images can appear jaggy or blocky.
/// These visual artifacts can be reduced by applying an image interpolation algorithm during rendering.
/// Instead of painting all pixels covered by a source sample with the same color, image interpolation
/// attempts to produce a smooth transition between adjacent sample values.
/// </para>
/// <para>
/// A conforming Reader may choose to not implement this feature of PDF,
/// or may use any specific implementation of interpolation that it wishes.
/// </para>
/// <para>The default value is <c>false</c>.</para>
/// </remarks>
public bool InterpolateImages

Use Case:

.NET

Document doc = new Document(docPath);
PdfSaveOptions saveOptions = new PdfSaveOptions();
saveOptions.InterpolateImages = true;
doc.Save(pdfPath, saveOptions);

Added public property LoadOptions.TempFolder

This property allows using temporary files when reading a document.

.NET

/// <summary>
/// Allows to use temporary files when reading document.
/// By default this property is <c>null</c> and no temporary files are used.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>The folder must exist and be writable, otherwise an exception will be thrown.</para>
/// <para>Aspose.Words automatically deletes all temporary files when reading is complete.</para>
/// </remarks>
public string TempFolder

Such an approach degrades speed but reduces memory usage.

Use Case:

.NET

LoadOptions lo = new LoadOptions();
lo.TempFolder = @"C:\TempFolder\";
Document doc = new Document(myDir + "document.docx", lo);

 Changes in API of chart data labels and series

The following changes in chart data labels API have been implemented (WORDSNET-19124):

  • The property HasDataLabels has been added to the ChartSeries class.
  • The method ClearFormat has been added to the ChartDataLabelCollection class.
  • The property Count of the ChartDataLabelCollection class returns a number of all data labels of series, not just those that have non-default formatting, as it was in the previous versions of the software.
  • The methods Add, RemoveAt and Clear are marked as obsolete. After setting Series.HasDataLabels = true, the collection contains all data labels of the series now and there is no need to add labels to it. The methods RemoveAt and Clear actually reset format of data label(s) to defaults defined in properties of a ChartDataLabelCollection object. Now the methods ChartDataLabel.ClearFormat and ChartDataLabelCollection.ClearFormat should be used instead.
  • The method ClearFormat has been added to the ChartDataLabel class.
  • The property IsHidden has been added to the ChartDataLabel class.

.NET

public class ChartSeries
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets a flag indicating whether data labels are displayed for the series.
    /// </summary>
    public bool HasDataLabels { get; set; }
}
public class ChartDataLabelCollection
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Adds new <see cref="ChartDataLabel"/> at the specified index.
    /// </summary>
    [Obsolete("When ChartSeries.HasDataLabels is 'true', all data labels are available in this collection.")]
    public ChartDataLabel Add(int index);
    /// <summary>
    /// Clears format of a <see cref="ChartDataLabel"/> at the specified index.
    /// </summary>
    [Obsolete("Use the ChartDataLabel.ClearFormat method instead.")]
    public void RemoveAt(int index);
    /// <summary>
    /// Clears format of all <see cref="ChartDataLabel"/> in this collection.
    /// </summary>
    [Obsolete("Use the ClearFormat method instead.")]
    public void Clear();
    /// <summary>
    /// Clears format of all <see cref="ChartDataLabel"/> in this collection.
    /// </summary>
    public void ClearFormat();
}
public class ChartDataLabel
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Clears format of this data label. The properties are set to the default values defined in the parent data label collection.
    /// </summary>
    public void ClearFormat();
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets/sets a flag indicating whether this label is hidden.
    /// The default value is <b>false</b>.
    /// </summary>
    public bool IsHidden { get; set; }
}

Use Case:

.NET

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
Shape shape = builder.InsertChart(ChartType.Line, 432, 252);
Chart chart = shape.Chart;

// Delete default generated series.
chart.Series.Clear();
ChartSeries series1 = chart.Series.Add("Series 1", 
    new string[] { "Category 1", "Category 2", "Category 3" }, 
    new double[] { 1, 5, 4 });
series1.HasDataLabels = true;
series1.DataLabels.ShowValue = true;
series1.DataLabels[1].ShowCategoryName = true;
series1.DataLabels[1].ShowValue = true;
series1.DataLabels[2].IsHidden = true;
doc.Save(dir + "DataLabels.docx");

 FindReplaceOptions class is extended with new property

Related issue: WORDSNET-19913.

The following public property was added to FindReplaceOptions class:

.NET

/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets a boolean value indicating whether to recognize and use substitutions within replacement patterns.
/// The default value is <c>false</c>. 
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// For the details on substitution elements please refer to:
/// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/substitutions-in-regular-expressions.
/// </remarks>
public bool UseSubstitutions

Use Case. Explains how to recognize and use substitutions within replacement patterns:

.NET

// Create new document.
Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// Write some text.
builder.Write("Jason give money to Paul.");
Regex regex = new Regex(@"([A-z]+) give money to ([A-z]+)");

// Replace text using substitutions.
FindReplaceOptions options = new FindReplaceOptions();
options.UseSubstitutions = true;
doc.Range.Replace(regex, @"$2 take money from $1", options);
Console.WriteLine(doc.GetText());
 // The output is: Paul take money from Jason.\f

Implemented mutual conversion of several PageBorderArt names between ECMA376 and ISO29500 standard documents

Experiments show that there’s a mutual correspondence between “Tribal"* border art styles and ISO29500 specific border art styles, in the range from *“Triangle1*” to “*Shapes2*”.

In this release the direct conversion of the mentioned BorderArt style names was implemented according to the following table:

ECMA376 ISO29500
tribal1 triangle1
tribal2 triangle2
tribal3 triangleCircle1
tribal4 triangleCircle2
tribal5 shapes1
tribal6 shapes2

Removed obsolete properties AnnotationsAtBlockLevel and AnnotationsAtBlockLevelAsDefault of LoadOptions class

The obsolete properties LoadOptions.AnnotationsAtBlockLevel and LoadOptions.AnnotationsAtBlockLevelAsDefault have been removed (WORDSNET-19211). The mode of moving annotation nodes to inline-level is no longer supported.

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