Public API Changes in Aspose.Cells 8.9.2

This document describes the changes to the Aspose.Cells API from version 8.9.1 to 8.9.2 that may be of interest to module/application developers. It includes not only new and updated public methods, added & removed classes etc., but also a description of any changes in the behavior behind the scenes in Aspose.Cells.

Please also check the Public API Changes introduced in Aspose.Cells for .NET 8.9.1

Added APIs

Added TextOptions Class & FontSettings.TextOptions Property

Aspose.Cells for .NET has exposed the TextOptions class along with FontSettings.TextOptions property in order to control the appearance of textual parts of a Shape.

Here is simple usage scenario of FontSettings.TextOptions property.

 // Initialize Workbook instance

var book = new Workbook();

// Access first worksheet from collection

var sheet = book.Worksheets[0];

// Add a Shape of type TextBox to the collection 

var shape = sheet.Shapes.AddTextBox(0, 0, 0, 0, 100, 200);

// Access TextOptions of Shape

var textOptions = shape.TextBody[1].TextOptions;

Added TextOptions.Fill, Outline & Shadow Properties

Aspose.Cells for .NET 8.9.2 has exposed the TextOptions.Fill, TextOptions.Outline & TextOptions.Shadow properties which allows to control the aspects of textual contents of the shape, such as fill, shadow & outline respectively.

Here is simple usage scenario of aforementioned properties.

 // Initialize Workbook instance

var book = new Workbook();

// Access first worksheet from collection

var sheet = book.Worksheets[0];

// Add a Shape of type TextBox to the collection 

var shape = sheet.Shapes.AddTextBox(0, 0, 0, 0, 100, 200);

// Set text for TextBox

shape.Text = "Aspose";

// Access TextOptions of Shape

var textOptions = shape.TextBody[1].TextOptions;

// Set shadow 

textOptions.Shadow.PresetType = PresetShadowType.Below;

// Set fill color

textOptions.Fill.FillType = FillType.Solid;

textOptions.Fill.SolidFill.Color = Color.Red;

// Set outline color

textOptions.Outline.SetOneColorGradient(Color.Blue, 0.3, GradientStyleType.Horizontal, 2);

Added Shape.Line Property

Aspose.Cells for .NET has exposed the Shape.Line property which returns an instance of LineFormat in order to control the appearance of outlines of a Shape.

Here is simple usage scenario of Shape.Line property.

 // Initialize Workbook instance

var book = new Workbook();

// Access first worksheet from collection

var sheet = book.Worksheets[0];

// Add a Shape of type TextBox to the collection 

var shape = sheet.Shapes.AddTextBox(0, 0, 0, 0, 100, 200);

// Access LineFormat of Shape

var line = shape.Line;

// Set weight of line

line.Weight = 1;

Added Shape.Fill property

Aspose.Cells for .NET 8.9.2 has exposed the Shape.Fill property which returns an instance of FillFormat in order to control the different aspects of shape area.

Following is the simple usage scenario of Shape.Fill property.

 // Initialize Workbook instance

var book = new Workbook();

// Access first worksheet from collection

var sheet = book.Worksheets[0];

// Add a Shape of type TextBox to the collection 

var shape = sheet.Shapes.AddTextBox(0, 0, 0, 0, 100, 200);

// Access FillFormat of Shape

var fill = shape.Fill;

// Set color for fill

fill.SetOneColorGradient(Color.Red, 0.1, GradientStyleType.Horizontal, 2);

Obsoleted APIs

Obsoleted ShapeFont Class

Please use TextOptions class instead.

Obsoleted ShapeFormat Class

Please directly use Shape.Fill and Shape.Line properties.

Obsoleted Shape.Format Property

Please directly use Shape.Fill and Shape.Line properties.

Obsoleted Shape.LineFormat Property

Please use Shape.Line property instead.

Obsoleted Shape.FillFormat Property

Please use Shape.Fill property instead.

Obsoleted FontSetting.ShapeFont Property

Please use FontSetting.TextOptions property instead.

Public API Changes in Aspose.Cells 8.9.1 Public API Changes in Aspose.Cells 9.0.0