Aspose.Words for Java 20.1 Release Notes

Major Features

  • Implemented support of paragraph rules in footnotes.
  • API to get/set the position of the floating table is exposed.
  • Implemented an ability to check if VbaProject is signed.
  • Added feature to insert IconCaption while using InsertOleObject.
  • Supported dynamic bookmark insertion for LINQ Reporting Engine.

Full List of Issues Covering all Changes in this Release

Key Summary Category
WORDSJAVA-2248 Investigate loading documents from PostgreSQL BlobInputStream. New Feature
WORDSJAVA-2280 JavaDoc for WebExtensions New Feature
WORDSJAVA-2286 Render an EMF file containing an icon and icon caption. New Feature
WORDSNET-12444 Support an API to check if VBA code is signed New Feature
WORDSNET-12204 Add feature to set/get the positioning of the floating table New Feature
WORDSNET-19648 Create bookmarks using LINQ Reporting Engine New Feature
WORDSNET-11833 Add feature to insert IconCaption while using InsertOleObject New Feature
WORDSNET-19366 insertOleObject IconCaption filename New Feature
WORDSNET-18818 Make DML image rendering resilient to images with corrupted SVG extensions Enhancement
WORDSNET-19498 Content pushed to previous pages in PDF Enhancement
WORDSNET-11110 DOC to PDF conversion issue with table’s layout Enhancement
WORDSJAVA-2106 Prevent rendering of start cap inside the dashed line Bug
WORDSJAVA-2169 RTF to PDF output problem in Linux Bug
WORDSJAVA-2217 Aspose.Words fails when to run in Docker. Bug
WORDSJAVA-2265 java.lang.NullPointerException occurs upon saving Html_Fixed Bug
WORDSJAVA-2267 StackOverflowError exception while loading HTML with weird long CSS style string inside. Bug
WORDSJAVA-2269 java.lang.NullPointerException occurs upon saving DOCX with malformed EMF picture to HTML_FIXED Bug
WORDSJAVA-2274 NullPointerException is thrown when the document is saved to PDF Bug
WORDSJAVA-2278 Add POM file to Aspose.Words for Java 19.12 Maven Package Bug
WORDSJAVA-2281 Aspose.Words for Java 19.12 was not uploaded at repository.aspose.com. Bug
WORDSNET-19479 NullReferenceException occurs upon saving to HtmlFixed Bug
WORDSNET-18603 Nested shapes overlap cell borders Bug
WORDSNET-19667 Paragraph marker changes from not hidden to hidden after document insert Bug
WORDSNET-19671 DOCX to PDF conversion issue with the content position Bug
WORDSNET-19681 IgnoreFields options cause incorrect comparison Bug
WORDSNET-19683 Document layout is not preserved after conversion from ODT to a DOCX Bug
WORDSNET-19549 Word Document to PDF “Attempted to divide by zero” Bug
WORDSNET-19674 Lucida Console text metrics do not match MS Word Bug
WORDSNET-19601 DocumentProperty isLinkToContent fails for Numbers-type using bookmark in DOCX file Bug
WORDSNET-18928 Add feature to insert IconCaption and correct icon while using InsertOleObject Bug
WORDSNET-14272 DOCX to PDF conversion issue with Khmer font Bug
WORDSNET-19625 After conversion to PDF, a part of a table content is wrapping Bug
WORDSNET-19659 System.OutOfMemoryException occurs upon saving DOCX to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-19483 DocumentBuilder.EndTable sets wrong font size after PushFont/PopFont Bug
WORDSNET-17053 Wrong Font for certain Arabic Characters used in PDF Bug
WORDSNET-14337 DOC to PDF conversion issue with Khmer font Bug
WORDSNET-17864 Sort out fr-CH, de-CH and uk-UA formatting on .NET 4.0 Bug
WORDSNET-18378 Watermark (Korean) is incorrect and bolder in MS Word Bug
WORDSNET-16766 Incorrect PDF Rendition of Arabic text Bug
WORDSNET-19567 Extra blank space after each row in the table in PDF Bug
WORDSNET-19577 Converting DOCX to PDF Mirror Margins doesn’t translate Bug
WORDSNET-19495 System.NullReferenceException occurs upon saving DOCX to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-19588 One-page Word document turned into a two-page PDF document Bug
WORDSNET-19482 Document.UpdateFields does not update the formula fields Bug
WORDSNET-19598 The content position is changed after conversion from DOCX to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-19713 ExampleManager fails while parse BaseWebExtensionCollection tags Bug
WORDSNET-19668 MS Word 2016 displays Emoji as square boxes Bug
WORDSNET-19729 Chart with an extra small step. The precision of “float” is insufficient, “double” must be used Bug
WORDSNET-19622 DocumentBuilder.InsertStyleSeparator does not work when using the style from template Bug
WORDSNET-19391 Document.UpdateFields does not update formula field Bug
WORDSNET-19687 Documentation on how Aspose.Words caches user data/files for performance Bug
WORDSNET-19746 Rendering of APS containing shaping information to XPS is not correct Bug
WORDSNET-19695 Border of SmartArt is lost after repeated save and load operations Bug
WORDSNET-19753 Fix ApiTests.NetStandard2.0 project on Jenkins Bug
WORDSNET-19607 Endnote not displaying in output PDF file Bug
WORDSNET-19516 DOCM is corrupted after conversion from DOC Bug
WORDSNET-15450 Watermark position issue in resultant PDF Bug
WORDSNET-19521 Embedded file (.exe) is lost after re-saving DOC Bug
WORDSNET-19609 DOCX to PDF conversion issue with StructuredDocumentTag rendering Bug
WORDSNET-19610 Text of textbox is lost in output PDF Bug
WORDSNET-19558 Table alignment and overlapping problem in PDF Bug
WORDSNET-19634 Infinite loop during the call of Document.UpdatePageLayout Bug
WORDSNET-18740 Document.Save hangs while saving document’s page to JPEG Bug
WORDSNET-19620 Specifying ImportFormatMode.KeepDifferentStyles causes AppendDocument to throw an exception Bug
WORDSNET-18916 Problem with rendered PDF with OTF font in Mac OS Preview app Bug
WORDSNET-19332 LINQ Reporting with JsonDataSource using List<string> does not work Bug
WORDSNET-19073 Provide another SkiaSharp Native Asset Package for Redhat Enterprise Linux Bug
WORDSNET-19331 Document.Save generates big size HtmlFixed document Bug
WORDSNET-19637 A line moves to the next page in PDF Bug
WORDSNET-13624 DOC to PDF conversion issue with page number Bug
WORDSNET-10391 Text is overlapped after conversion from DOC to PDF Bug
WORDSNET-8338 Extra space is rendered between text and horizontal line Bug
WORDSNET-4210 Table row height is changed during rendering Bug
WORDSNET-19545 Appending Document causes indent issues Bug
WORDSNET-14050 DOC to PDF conversion issue with RTL text direction Bug

Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes

This section lists public API changes that were introduced in Aspose.Words 20.1. 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 existing behavior is especially important and is documented here.

Added a new public property VbaProject.IsSigned

Related issue: WORDSNET-12444 Added a new public property VbaProject.IsSigned:

/// <summary>
/// Shows whether the VbaProject is signed or not.
/// </summary>
public bool IsSigned

Use Case:

Document doc = new Document(@"source.docm"); 
if (doc.VbaProject.IsSigned)
 
 // do smth..

Added setters for floating table properties

WORDSNET-12204. Added setters for following table properties: RelativeHorizontalAlignment, AbsoluteHorizontalDistance, RelativeVerticalAlignment, AbsoluteVerticalDistance.

These properties allow setting floating table position.

Use Case:

Document doc = new Document("some doc"); 
Table table = document.FirstSection.Body.Tables\[0\];
table.AbsoluteHorizontalDistance = 10;
 // sets absolute table horizontal position at 10pt.
table.RelativeVerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Center;
 // sets vertical table position to center of entity specified by Table.VerticalAnchor.

SaveOptions.ColorMode property moved to FixedPageSaveOptions class

Related issue: WORDSNET-19635 SaveOptions.ColorMode public property moved to FixedPageSaveOptions class.

Supported dynamic bookmark insertion for LINQ Reporting Engine

Issue: WORDSNET-19648 The “Inserting Bookmarks Dynamically” section of the engine’s documentation was added to describe the change.

WORDSNET-18928 - Add feature to insert IconCaption and correct icon while using InsertOleObject

A new public method has been added to the DocumentBuilder class:

/// <summary>
/// Inserts an embedded or linked OLE object as icon into the document. 
/// Allows to specify icon file and caption. Detects OLE object type using file extension. 
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileName">Full path to the file.</param>
/// <param name="isLinked">
/// If true then linked OLE object is inserted otherwise embedded OLE object is inserted.
/// </param>
/// <param name="iconFile">
/// Full path to the ICO file. 
/// If the value is null or the ICO file is not readable, Aspose.Words will use a predefined image.
/// </param>
/// <param name="iconCaption">Icon caption.</param>
/// <returns>Shape node containing Ole object and inserted at the current Builder position.</returns>
public Shape InsertOleObjectAsIcon(string fileName, bool isLinked, string iconFile, string iconCaption)

Use Case. Explains how to inserts an embedded or linked OLE object as an icon into the document:

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
Shape shape = builder.InsertOleObjectAsIcon("C:\\embedded.xlsx", false, "C:\\icon.ico", "My embedded file");
doc.Save("C:\\output.docx");
20.2 Release Notes