Aspose.Words for C++ 21.9 Release Notes

Major Features

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

  • Added an ability to get CustomNumberStyleFormat of ListLevel.
  • Make it possible to get the string representation of the ListLevel object for the specified index.
  • Implemented export of triangular gradients into PDF in native (vector) form.
  • Implemented logical structure for comments rendering to PDF.

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 Metered license.
  • 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 loading PDF documents.
  • The current release has limited support for database features - C++ doesn’t have common API for DB like .NET System.Data.
  • The current release supports Microsoft Visual C++ version 2017 or higher.
  • The current release supports GCC 6.3 or higher and Clang 3.9.1 or higher on Linux and only for the x86_x64 platform.
  • The current release supports macOS Big Sur or later (11.5+) for 64-bit Intel Mac platform.

Full List of Issues Covering all Changes in this Release (Reported by .NET Users)

Key Summary Category
WORDSNET-17101 Optimize the PDF output size for document with multiple gradient filled shapes New Feature
WORDSNET-22603 Add the ability to apply 3D effects to the image New Feature
WORDSNET-21742 Add feature to export language in Tag tab of object properties (ExportDocumentStructure) New Feature
WORDSNET-17842 Set Language in PDF Tag Properties New Feature
WORDSNET-18006 Widow/orphan rule not respected in the PDF output New Feature
WORDSNET-15320 Document’s comment is lost after comparing documents Bug
WORDSNET-22614 The indentation of the equation changed after converting a Docx to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-22632 Find and Replace does not work with delete revisions Bug
WORDSNET-22558 Missed numbering revision when compare paragraphs with equal nsids in list definitions Bug
WORDSNET-22463 Performance issue with XML to PDF Conversion Bug
WORDSNET-22572 Shapes (Images) are lost after RTF to HTML conversion Bug
WORDSNET-18623 Incorrect keep with next rule handling for a tall table row on converting to pdf Bug
WORDSNET-22566 Image is lost when document is saved to DOCX with Iso29500_2008_Strict Bug
WORDSNET-22574 Bullet symbol is lost after Inserting HTML to DOCX Bug
WORDSNET-22542 A Table moves to previous Page during DOCX to PDF conversion Bug
WORDSNET-22516 Text/row moved to the previous page in converted PDF Bug
WORDSNET-22466 Insert Image Exif orientation ignored Bug
WORDSNET-22613 Empty page returns when split document on pages using ExtractPages Bug
WORDSNET-13652 InsertDocument splits one content control into multiple when document have section break Bug
WORDSNET-22547 VbaModuleCollection.Remove does not remove VBA module from document Bug
WORDSNET-22560 VBA Code is lost after modifying source code Bug
WORDSNET-22541 VbaProject  is removed after copying modules to existing VbaProject Bug
WORDSNET-22514 Incorrect expression evaluation for headers and footers in multi-section data bands for LINQ Reporting Engine Bug
WORDSNET-22636 Odd square characters are rendered in PDF Bug
WORDSNET-22601 fldrslt most recent calculated result of the field is empty after DOCX to RTF Conversion Bug
WORDSNET-22512 Text wrapping does not take place in PDF Bug
WORDSNET-22611 DOCX to PDF converting and displaying certain International Characters Bug
WORDSNET-21272 DataTable of chart is rendered incorrectly in output PDF Bug
WORDSNET-22568 Distance to the series labels is calculated incorrectly Bug
WORDSNET-22536 Document.UpdatePageLayout throws System.NullReferenceException Bug
WORDSNET-22459 NUMPAGES in Textbox is not updated after Joining documents Bug
WORDSNET-22464 Frame position in the footer is wrong Bug
WORDSNET-22570 Fix failed performance tests Bug
WORDSNET-22544 Update Benchmark to use DotNetBenchmark 0.13 Bug
WORDSNET-22435 Default ContinuosSectionRestart Enum Value & Associated MS Word Versions Bug
WORDSNET-22551 Reflection is shifted down if DmlEffectsRenderingModeCore is “Fine” Bug
WORDSNET-22399 Comments graphics is not tagged Bug
WORDSNET-21700 NullReferenceException is thrown when call UpdatePageLayout Bug
WORDSNET-19045 DOCX to PDF conversion issue with chart rendering Bug
WORDSNET-18088 DOC to PDF issue with chart rendering Bug
WORDSNET-22668 System.InvalidCastException occurs upon comparing DOC files Bug
WORDSNET-21976 Document Comparison-Redlining is not accurate Bug
WORDSNET-22489 Document.Compare discards formatting changes Bug
WORDSNET-22646 Aspose.Words.FileCorruptedException is thrown while loading DOC Bug
WORDSNET-21525 Run.Text does not insert line break for “\r” in table cell Bug
WORDSNET-22308 Range.Fields.Count returns zero for Word document Bug
WORDSNET-22622 Document.ExtractPages does not extract the last character of page using .NET 5.0 Bug
WORDSNET-22561 Table cell background color is changed in output PDF Bug
WORDSNET-22634 Calculation error in total number of pages Bug
WORDSNET-22151 Extra Page is created after DOCX to PDF conversion Bug
WORDSNET-22142 Multiple fonts in equations not aligned in PDF Bug
WORDSNET-17985 Document.Compare generates the incorrect output for comments Bug
WORDSNET-22363 LegendPosition.None does not hide the legend for Column3D chart Bug

Full List of Issues Covering all Changes in this Release (Reported by Java Users)

Key Summary Category
WORDSNET-22525 NumberStyle CUSTOM for LEADING_ZERO formats New Feature
WORDSNET-22642 Wrong Replacement of Text Content if Bookmarks in Word DOCM Document are enclosing each other Bug
WORDSNET-21726 Comments do not survive two consecutive Document.compare calls Bug
WORDSNET-22026 Blank page is created after DOCX to PDF conversion Bug
WORDSNET-22587 Run.Font returns unexpected font family Bug
WORDSNET-22553 Document comparison: incorrect revision values for content control differences Bug
WORDSNET-22478 Page Number is rendered as English Number instead of Thai in output PDF Bug
WORDSNET-22442 System.IndexOutOfRangeException is thrown when DOC is saved to fixed file format Bug
WORDSNET-22604 System.ArgumentException is thrown while re-saving DOCM Bug
WORDSNET-21178 Part of equation text gets subscripted and misaligned  in output PDF Bug
WORDSNET-21718 Incorrect processing of Comment after comparing doucments Bug
WORDSNET-19443 A diagonal line in Chart deviates from its original position when rendering to JPG Bug
WORDSNET-22599 FindReplaceOptions.ApplyFont does not change the font size of text Bug

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

This section lists public API changes that were introduced in Aspose.Words 21.9. 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 a new public property ListLevel.CustomNumberStyleFormat

Related issue: WORDSNET-22525

A new public property ‘CustomNumberStyleFormat’ has been added to the ‘ListLevel’ class:

/// <summary>
/// Gets the custom number style format for this list level. For example: "a, ç, ĝ, ...".
/// </summary>
public string CustomNumberStyleFormat

Use Case: Explains how to get the custom number style format for the list level. 

auto doc = System::MakeObject<Document>(u"in.docs");
auto listLevel = doc->get_FirstSection()->get_Body()->get_Paragraphs()->idx_get(0)->get_ListFormat()->get_ListLevel();
System::String customNumberStyleFormat = u"";
if (listLevel->get_NumberStyle() == NumberStyle::Custom)
    customNumberStyleFormat = listLevel->get_CustomNumberStyleFormat();

Added a new public static method ListLevel.GetEffectiveValue()

Related issue: WORDSNET-22525

A new public static method ‘GetEffectiveValue()’ has been added to the ‘ListLevel’ class: 

/// <summary>
/// Reports the string representation of the <see cref="ListLevel"/> object for the specified index
/// of the list item. Parameters specify the <see cref="Words.NumberStyle"/> and an optional format string
/// used when <see cref="NumberStyle.Custom"/> is specified.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="index">The index of the list item (must be in the range from 1 to 32767).</param>
/// <param name="numberStyle">
/// The <see cref="Words.NumberStyle"/> of the <see cref="ListLevel"/> object.
/// </param>
/// <param name="customNumberStyleFormat">
/// The optional format string used when <see cref="NumberStyle.Custom"/> is specified (e.g. "a, ç, ĝ, ...").
/// In other cases, this parameter must be null or empty.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// The string representation of the <see cref="ListLevel"/> object, described by the numberStyle parameter and
/// the customNumberStyleFormat parameter, in the list item at the position determined by the index parameter.
/// </returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
/// customNumberStyleFormat is null or empty when the numberStyle is custom.-or-
/// customNumberStyleFormat is not null or empty when the numberStyle is non-custom.-or-
/// customNumberStyleFormat is invalid.
/// </exception>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">index is out of range.</exception>
public static string GetEffectiveValue(int index, NumberStyle numberStyle, string customNumberStyleFormat);

Use Case: Explains how to get the string representation of the ListLevel object for the specified index of the list item. 

ASSERT_EQ(ListLevel::GetEffectiveValue(4, NumberStyle::LowercaseRoman, nullptr), u"iv");
ASSERT_EQ(ListLevel::GetEffectiveValue(5, NumberStyle::Custom, u"001, 002, 003, ..."), u"005");

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