A customer reported that it took more than 10 minutes when he used Aspose.Pdf to convert an XSL-FO file to PDF document. Customer thought that it's a performance issue with Aspose.Pdf.Save() method but when we digged more into this issue, we found that it's not any performance issue with Aspose.Pdf. Infact, his .xslt file was trying to access a network resource that was unavailable to that server. It was an interesting case so, i think, it's better to share it with everyone that a possible performance failure may also be caused by a network path failure.

Another issue that may cause performance failure is XSLT in .NET 1.1. Sometimes, it takes longer to convert XML with XSLT. That is a bug of .NET 1.1. If you try the same code with .NET 2.0 it works well.

In this release, some new features such as custom embedded font, line arrows, footnote, endnote and so on are supported. A Configuration tool is provided which can be used to install the Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services without MSI installer. 64-bit windows is now supported well.

Download URL:
http://www.aspose.com/community/files/52/ssrs-rendering-extensions/aspose.pdf.reporting.services/default.aspx

Introduction?

We have spent more than 3 months to publish this new version because we want to make the product more stable. We have created new QA framework to make the quality of the product better. The main new features and bugs fixed are listed below.

What's New?

• 4085 - Support BindFO(Stream, Stream)
• 4229 - Support Authentication in HTML
• 3920 - Supports IsKeptWithNext in row level
• 4175 - Support local hyperlink for table cells
• 4032 - Support data format in ImportDataTable and ImportDataView

What's Fixed?

• 4238 - DefaultCellTextInfo does not work
• 4340 - Table with images and rowspan when spanning for multiple pages gets misaligned
• 4406 - Header picture justification error when converting from RTF to PDF
• 4378 - bindxml exception Expression must evaluate to a node-set
• 4339 - Word to pdf problem, text is put into page header
• 4183 - Right-aligned tabstop with line breaks bug
• 4255 - Incorrect indentation of some rows in table 
• 4226 - Cell alignment in a table inside a page Footer does not work
• 4142 - PDF watermarks no showing up after conversion from Aspose.Words
• 4062 - VerticalAlignment on a table cell is messed up when an image stretches the row height
• 3910 - PNG image error in xslfo2pdf
• 3972 - Footer location too high after merging to Excel, conversion to PDF
• 4031 - NonBreakingSpace Layout Problem
• 4064 - Word 2 PDF image placement problem
• 4051 - Justify problem for the first line
• 4137 - Pdf.CreateObjFromXml method throws NullReferenceException
• 4163 - Text.GetTextHeight takes a long time to complete

Download URL: http://www.aspose.com/Community/Files/51/aspose.pdf/category1184.aspx

Introduction

Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services fulfills a need that many organizations are faced with—the need to build business intelligence and reporting solutions. Until now, developers were required to embed reports into their applications, or organizations were required to purchase expensive and sometimes problematic third-party reporting solutions. Now, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services offer a complete solution for distributing reports across the enterprise; enabling businesses to make decisions better and faster.

Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services is another unique solution from Aspose, that makes possible generating PDF reports in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005 Reporting Services. All RDL report features, including tables, matrices, charts and images are converted with the highest degree of precision to PDF.

Download URL: http://www.aspose.com/Community/Files/52/aspose.pdf.reporting.services/default.aspx

What's Fixed?

• 3279 - set page-transition and page duration not working
• 3261 - SetFirstParagraph not working properly
• 3537 - cm is not supported
• 3411 - FixedRowHeight does not work
• 3592 - Can not set Border in Pdf 
• Can not set PageSize and MarginInfo
• isLandscape does not work 

Download URL: http://www.aspose.com/Community/Files/51/aspose.pdf/category1197.aspx

What's New?

• 3514 - Embedded ImageData as Base64 string is supported in XML . New element <ImageData> is supported in <Image> element.

What's Fixed?

• 3487 - paragraph keep with next property not working correctly
• 3453 - Unwanted Tab in Word2Pdf
• 3250 - HTML2PDF - exception is thrown for nested table 
• 3506 - Invalid index in Segments indexer Exception
• 3511 - Replaceable symbol $Sp evaluates to zero on every page 
• 3512 - Error when generating a PDF from an XSL FO stylesheet
• 3488 - PNG image lose resulution 
• 3536 - PDF generation from Word failure
• 3366 - HTML to PDF formatting 
• 3492 - Weird on the footnote
• 3565 - Aligment when converted to pdf is messed up

Download URL: http://www.aspose.com/Community/Files/51/aspose.pdf/default.aspx

What's New?

• 3281 - Importing data from ASP.NET control DataGrid. A new mothed ImportDataGrid is added into Table class.
• 3234 - Arrow for line is supported. Two new properties IsAddedArrowAtStart and IsAddedArrowAtEnd are added into GraphInfo.

What's Fixed?

• 3367 - Some letters are lost when breaking into new page    
• 3385 - "Length can't be Zero" exception in HTML2PDF 
• 3395 - Table breaks into new page when there is still available space 
• 3326 - Zero default tabstop position is not supported well 
• 3389 - Invalid Cells indexer error in Word2Pdf 
• 3394 - Word To PDF : System.ArgumentException: Invalid index in Cells indexer
• 3388 - Word to PDF conversion problem - fixed table cell does not retain format 
• 3391 - Word to PDF : Table Layout and Text Strikethrough Problem 
• 3405 - Text Justification sometimes lost when converting from Word to PDF 
• 3322 - Aspose PDF File "File Save As" Strips Fonts and Formatting
• 3403 - html Table breaks incorrectly

Download URL: http://www.aspose.com/Downloads/Aspose.Pdf/Default.aspx

What's New?

• XMP MetaData(PDFNET-3282): A new class  XmpMetadata is added.

What's Fixed?

• 3305 - One of the footnote is missed   
• 3302 - Absolutely positioned images move depending on other images (BindFO) 
• 3340 - html table overlaying footer 
• 3330 - The line format isn't corrected display on the PDF 
• 3349 - Word to PDF Error, "Object reference not set to an Instance" 
• 3316 - TOC spacing problem
• 3337 - Footnote error in Word2Pdf 
• 3338 - Paragraph Relative positioning exception when processing FootNote 
• 3329 - GetMaxColumnWidth doesn't work on right-to-left 
• 3353 - $Sp does not work when setting StartingPageNumber
• 3314 - AutoFitToContent problem when setting ColumnsSpan

Download URL: http://www.aspose.com/Downloads/Aspose.Pdf/Default.aspx