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Aspose.Words for C++ 19.4 Release Notes

Major Features

This is the third release of Aspose.Words for C++, it took some time to prepare this release since it includes some major features, we are happy to present to you, like Layout Engine, Updating all fields, support HTML and PDF formats. Here is the list of features included since the previous release of Aspose.Words for C++:

  • Layout Engine (the module that allows building page by page model of a document).
  • Rendering document to PDF.
  • Rendering document to Image (This feature is included, however, we are still working on its improvement, so note it is in beta state).
  • Loading and saving HTML documents.
  • Loading and saving EPUB document.
  • Loading and saving MHTML documents.
  • Loading MOBI documents.
  • Insertion of HTML into the document.
  • Insertion of SVG images into the document.
  • Insertion online video.
  • Creation Dml Charts.
  • Updating fields that depend on document layout, like TOC, PAGE etc.

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 the future releases.

  • The current release supports limited set of file formats (DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT, PDF, some image formats, HTML, EPUB, MHTML)
  • The current release doesn’t support encrypted documents.
  • The current release doesn’t support downloading remote resources from the Internet.
  • The current release has limited and unstable support for Rendering features. It will be improved in the following releases.
  • The current release doesn’t support Reporting features
  • 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

KeySummaryCategory
WORDSCPP-602Include Updating fields (including layout) to porting.Feature
WORDSCPP-601Include Layout engine to porting.Feature
WORDSCPP-600Include Insertionhtmlinto the document to porting.Feature
WORDSCPP-599Include Insertion charts to porting.Feature
WORDSCPP-598Include Insertion online video to porting.Feature
WORDSCPP-583Include Epub codec to porting.Feature
WORDSCPP-582Include Mhtml codec to porting.Feature
WORDSCPP-581Include Html codec to porting.Feature
WORDSCPP-704Fix VS2017 libraries namingEnhancement
WORDSCPP-610XmlDocument.PreserveWhitespace throws NotImplementedExceptionEnhancement
WORDSCPP-757Incorrect behaviour of StreamWriter.Writeline(chararray, index, count)Bug
WORDSCPP-756Encoding.Clone() losing information about UTF8Encoding.EncoderShouldEmitUTF8IdentifierBug
WORDSCPP-750ZipReaderPal can’t extract zip with password / TestAsian.TestJira8745ABug
WORDSCPP-749Angle brackets in regular expressions are ported improperly.Bug
WORDSCPP-703Stack overflow during dtor callBug
WORDSCPP-698Can’t add HeaderPrimary to an empty document / TestHeaders.TestHeaderFooterLinkToPreviousBug
WORDSCPP-697Non-empty result of SelectNodes of HeaderFooter for empty document / TestHeaders.TestNoHeadersBug
WORDSCPP-683Unexpected exception suffix message for NotSupportedException exceptionBug
WORDSCPP-682Cannot find resource Aspose.Resources.MsOfficeFallbackSetting.xmlBug
WORDSCPP-677Move to the public includes any structs used as class fields (even private)Bug
WORDSCPP-673System::Array<System::String>::Sort does not work the same as in .NETBug
WORDSCPP-672bool vs String ambiguity detector doesn’t work with params argumentsBug