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Aspose Customer Newsletter, July 2008

2008-07-01T14:16:00Z

In This Issue

Welcome!
Product Spotlight – Aspose.Cells for Reporting Services
Improvements in Aspose.Words for Java
Aspose.BarCode for .NET now supports Patch code and MacroPDF417 recognition
S/MIME protocol now supported in Aspose.Network for .NET
Aspose.Recognition for .NET 1.0 BETA is now available
Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services supports MS Visual Studio and SQL Server 2008
Migration from VSTO to Aspose – Aspose.Cells
Technical Article – Outlook Msg File Viewer
Technical Tip – Convert a Word Document to MHTML and Email

Welcome

Welcome to the July 2008 issue of the Aspose Newsletter! In this month’s newsletter, we will provide some introductory information about our spotlight product: Aspose.Cells for Reporting Services. We will also look at the new and exciting features offered in the recent releases of Aspose.Words, Aspose.BarCode, Aspose.Network and Aspose.Recognition. We will also provide information about migrating your VSTO code to Aspose using Aspose.Cells. You will learn about the latest news from Aspose along with the monthly Tech-Tip, which demonstrates how to convert a Word document to MHTML and Email, and an introduction to our featured technical article which shows you how to create an Outlook Msg file viewer.

Product Spotlight

Aspose.Cells for Reporting Services allows you to deliver native Excel reports in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services. Unlike the native renderer for Excel based reports, Aspose.Cells for Reporting Services provides an extended feature set and allows RDL reports to be converted to: Excel 97-2003 binary XLS format, SpreadsheetML or the Excel 2007 XLSX format. Take the time to download the free evaluation version today to see how Aspose.Cells for Reporting Services can work for you.

Improvements in Aspose.Words for Java

The latest version 2.4.2.0 of Aspose.Words for Java has been released. In this release, a fix has been provided for the “Unrecognized format of the form field” exception, which occurred while opening a word document. For more information you can view official release page and the relevant blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Words for Java can be downloaded from here. We have also updated the Aspose.Words documentation. It now includes all code examples in three languages: C#, VB.NET and Java. The Getting Started and Programmer's Guide sections are updated. They contain over 100 code examples. For more information, please visit the relevant blog post.

Aspose.BarCode for .NET now supports Patch code and MacroPDF417 recognition

We have released Aspose.BarCode for .NET version 2.6.0.0. In this release we have added support for Patch code and MacroPDF417 recognition. We have also performed optimized build on .NET framework 3.5. For detailed information, you are requested to view the official release page and accompanying blog post. The latest version of Aspose.BarCode for .NET can be downloaded from here.

S/MIME protocol now supported in Aspose.Network for .NET

The latest version 3.9.0.0 of Aspose.Network for .NET has been released. In this release, we have added support for S/MIME protocol. Now, you can add a digital signature to your email message. The performance of Outlook message file reader has been optimized as well as some improvements have been made to the MIME parser. This release also contains numerous bug fixes and improvements. For more information, please visit the official release page and the accompanying blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Network for .NET can be downloaded from here.

Aspose.Recognition for .NET 1.0 BETA is now available

We have just released the first Beta version of Aspose.Recognition for .NET. If you need to convert PDF files to DOC, OOXML, ODT, RTF or HTML in your application, then you should try Aspose.Recognition. It is a simple to use .NET class library that is available for any .NET version and supports both x86 and x64 modes. Aspose.Recognition employs our market leading document processing library Aspose.Words for producing all document formats. For more information, you are requested to view the official release page and the accompanying blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Recognition for .NET can be downloaded from here

Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services supports MS Visual Studio and SQL Server 2008

A latest version of Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services is just released that now provides the support of both Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008. With this release, Aspose has become the first barcode component vendor that supports MS SQL Server 2008 features. For detailed information, you are requested to view the official release page and accompanying blog post. The latest version of Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services can be downloaded from here.

Migration from VSTO to Aspose – Aspose.Cells


In this month’s newsletter, we include information about migrating your VSTO code to Aspose.Cells for adding new worksheets to an existing excel file, filling data into the cells of each worksheet, activating a sheet in the workbook and save as the excel file. You can find the detailed information with complete code here.

Technical Article – Outlook Msg File Viewer


IIn this article, we will show you how to parse an Outlook Msg file in your C# application. We will use Aspose.Network for .NET for this purpose. We have developed a complete Outlook Msg file viewer. We provide step by step instructions on how you can achieve the same. The complete source code of the demo application is also provided for your convenience. You can find the complete article here.

Technical Tip –– Convert a Word Document to MHTML and Email

Starting with Aspose.Words for .NET version 5.2.0.0, it is now possible to save any document in MHTML (Web Archive) format. It makes it very easy to use Aspose.Words and Aspose.Network together to generate email messages with rich content and send them. This technical tip shows you how to do just that. The complete technical tip can be found here.

Aspose Customer Newsletter, June 2008

2008-06-01T08:52:05Z

In This Issue

Welcome!
Product Spotlight – Aspose.Metafiles
Export to HTML and plain text with Aspose.Words for Reporting Services
Improvements in Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services 1.3.0.0
Aspose.BarCode gets better
Aspose.Workflow for .NET gets a tune up
Save documents as MHTML and OpenDocument Text with Aspose.Words for .NET
Run Aspose.Grid.Web on medium trust security level
Aspose.Pdf.Kit for .NET 3.1.0.0 released
DNS mail supported in Aspose.Network for .NET
Technical Article – Dynamically generate formatted Excel reports with an elegant graph
Technical Tip – Send mail using DNS

Welcome

Welcome to the June 2008 issue of the Aspose Newsletter! In this month’s newsletter, we will provide some introductory information about our spotlight product: Aspose.Metafiles. We will also look at the new and exciting features offered in the recent releases of Aspose.Words, Aspose.Words for Reporting Services, Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services, Aspose.Pdf.Kit, Aspose.BarCode, Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services, Aspose.Workflow, Aspose.Grid and Aspose.Network. You will learn about the latest news from Aspose along with the monthly Tech-Tip, which demonstrates how to send mails using mail servers of recipient's domain with the help of Aspose.Network and an introduction to our featured technical article which shows you how to create a business report to input data into a excel worksheet, apply formatting to the cells and embed a graph before saving the excel report to the disk.

Product Spotlight

Aspose.Metafiles is your Java solution for effectively managing metafiles. Aspose.Metafiles will allow your Java applications to quickly and easily display and play both WMF and EMF files. Aspose.Metafiles also offers support for metafile conversions. With Aspose.Metafiles your development staff will be able to convert metafiles to other popular graphic formats. Aspose.Metafiles was built to work seamlessly with Aspose.Slides for Java. Through Aspose.Metafiles you will now be able to add both WMF and EMF files into your PowerPoint presentations created with Aspose.Slides. Take the time to download the free evaluation version today to see how Aspose.Metafiles can work for you.

Export to HTML and plain text with Aspose.Words for Reporting Services

We have recently released Aspose.Words for Reporting Services version 2.2.0.0. In this release we have added support for a couple of new export formats, Hypertext markup language (HTML) and Plain text (TXT). Moreover, we've made some improvements to the TXT export format, so that tables now preserve their layout when exported to plain text. Also incorporated in this release are numerous bug fixes and improvements. Please download the latest version of Aspose.Words for Reporting Services from here. For more information please visit the official release page and the relevant blog post.

Improvements in Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services 1.3.0.0

The latest version 1.3.0.0 of Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services has been released. In this release support for some new features, such as custom embedded font, line arrows, footnote, endnote and so on have been added. A Configuration tool is also provided which can be used to install Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services without MSI installer. In addition to this 64-bit windows is now well supported. You can download the latest version of Aspose.Pdf for Reporting Services form here. For detailed information, you are requested to view the official release page and the relevant blog post.

Aspose.BarCode gets better

Aspose.BarCode just got a whole lot better. The latest version 2.5.1.0 of Aspose.Barcode for .NET features an improved OneCode barcode recognition algorithm. The recognition rate for OneCode barcode images is much better as compared to previous releases. For more information please visit the official release page as well as the relevant blog post. Aspose.BarCode for Java version 1.4.0.0 has also been released. Included in this release are numerous bug fixes and enhancements. You can view the details at the official release page and the accompanying blog post. You can download the latest version of Aspose.BarCode for .NET and Java from here. With the release of Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services version 1.3.0.0 you can now generate OneCode barcode images on your SSRS reports. In this release we have also fixed many barcode generation issues and problems for Code39, QR and DataMatrix barcode. For more information please consult the release page and the associated blog post. You can download the latest version of Aspose.BarCode for Reporting Services from here.

Aspose.Workflow for .NET gets a tune up

We have released Aspose.Workflow for .NET version 1.4.0.0. In this release, we did a lot of performance profiling and tuning of the component. A new lock policy was introduced to avoid exclusive access to the back end LockTable. It is more flexible and scalable. We also made some fixes to the configuration module and xpdl parser according the performance profiling. For more information please visit the official release page and the relevant blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Workflow for .NET can be downloaded from here.

Save documents as MHTML and OpenDocument Text with Aspose.Words for .NET

Aspose.Words for .NET version 5.2.0.0 has been released. We have added a new useful feature, save as MHTML. MHTML is a "web archive" or "single file web page" format. An HTML document and all external resources (images and style sheets) are stored within a single file. We have also added support for OpenDocument. This release also includes a large number of fixes in many areas. For more information please visit the official release page and the relevant blog post. the latest version of Aspose.Words for .NET can be downloaded from here.

Run Aspose.Grid.Web on medium trust security level

Many web applications are running on web hosting environments with more strict security limitations. In the latest release of Aspose.Grid for .NET version 2.0.0.0 we have added support for running Aspose.Grid.Web on medium trust security level. For more information please consult the official release page and the accompanying blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Grid for .NET can be downloaded from here.

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for .NET 3.1.0.0 released

The latest version 3.1.0.0 of Aspose.Pdf.Kit has been released. In this release a class named PdfAnnotationEditor has been introduced to support the feature of migrating comments. Form disposing features are also enhanced and new types of annotations are supported. The usability Aspose.Pdf.Kit is also improved in this release. Methods for conveniently adding header/footer have been introduced and interfaces for manipulating ComboBox/RadioBox/CheckBox have been improved. For more information please consult the official release page and the associated blog post. You can download the latest version of Aspose.Pdf.Kit for .NET from here.

DNS mail supported in Aspose.Network for .NET

We have released a new version 3.8.2.0 of Aspose.Network for .NET. The major feature of this release is DNS mail. Aspose.Network for .NET now supports sending email message with mail exchange servers if you don't have any smtp servers. By using the DnsMailClient class, you can send out an email message according to the mail exchange servers of the mail address itself. For more information please consult the official release page and the relevant blog post. This release was soon followed by the release of version 3.8.2.3 in which we have fixed some bugs in POP3 protocol implementation and have upgraded the files drag & drop feature in the FileDropManager. We now support files dragged from windows file explorer. For details please see the release page. The latest version of Aspose.Network for .NET can be downloaded from here.

Technical Article – Dynamically generate formatted Excel reports with an elegant graph

This article explains how easy it is to design and generate stylish excel reports dynamically in WYSIWYG manner. It exports data from an XML file to Aspose.Grid.Web control which provides you the real environment that allows you to apply rich and appealing format to data and calculate formula results like MS Excel. It also generates a sophisticated chart based on the Worksheet source data using Aspose.Chart component and pastes the chart image into the Sales Report. Finally, the excel report with graph attached is saved to disk using Aspose.Cells component. You can find the complete article here.

Technical Tip – Send mail using DNS

Sometimes sending mails using an SMTP server is not feasible for a project’s requirement. We may want to utilize the MX record of the recipient’s domain name. This tip shows you how to send mails using mail servers of recipient's domain with the help of Aspose.Network. The complete technical tip is available here

Aspose Customer Newsletter, May 2008

2008-05-02T11:04:30Z

In This Issue

Welcome!
Product Spotlight – Aspose.AdHoc
Aspose using Sitefinity CMS to manage its web content
Aspose.Words for .NET on latest platforms
New VBA based UI of the client tool for Aspose.Cells for Reporting Services
Importing DrawingML graphics with Aspose.Words for .NET
Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services 1.1.5.0 released
Cloning slides inside PPTX presentation
Digital signature supported in Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java
Aspose.Cells for .NET 4.4.3.0 released
Aspose.Slides for Java supports OLE1 native objects and bidirectional writing
Technical Article – Converting DOC to PDF with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 using Aspose components
Technical Tip – How to efficiently use Aspose.Slides in your applications

Welcome

Welcome to the May 2008 issue of the Aspose Newsletter! In this month’s newsletter, we will provide some introductory information about our spotlight product: Aspose.AdHoc. We will also look at the new and exciting features offered in the recent releases of Aspose.Words, Aspose.Cells for Reporting Services, Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services, Aspose.Slides, Aspose.Pdf.Kit, and Aspose.Cells. You will learn about the latest news from Aspose along with the monthly Tech-Tip, which demonstrates how to efficiently use Aspose.Slides in your applications, and an introduction to our featured technical article which shows you how to convert DOC to PDF with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 using Aspose components.

Product Spotlight

The Aspose.AdHoc Query Builder component is an ASP.NET component that can be used for a wide variety of tasks, ranging from Ad Hoc reports to quick and easy search screens. Developers can simply drag and drop the Ad Hoc component on to their web forms, assign a DataTable object as the data source and let the component do the rest. The Ad Hoc component uses a DataTable object as its data source allowing developers to use virtually any back end database. The Ad Hoc component offers a variety of outputs, including: SQL statement, Select statement, Where statement, Order By statement, Filtered Data Objects and many more. Take the time to download the free evaluation version today to see how Aspose.AdHoc can work for you.

Aspose using Sitefinity CMS to manage its web content

In an effort to better serve our valuable customers, the Aspose website has been upgraded. We have moved few of our website modules onto Sitefinity CMS. The new CMS based website modules are more user-friendly & easily accessible and feature a sleek design with a consistent layout throughout, making the content more appealing and easy to navigate. We value your feedback greatly and would like you to explore our new website and share your experiences with us. For more information please visit this blog post.

Aspose.Words for .NET on latest platforms

Aspose.Words comes with two DLLs; one is targeted for .NET Framework 1.1 and the other for .NET Framework 2.0. The DLL targeted for .NET Framework 2.0 can also be used in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 with both x86 and x64 applications targeted for .NET Framework 3.0 and .NET Framework 3.5. For detailed information, you are requested to view the relevant post. Aspose.Words has also been tested on and confirmed to have no problems while being used on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64. More details here.

New VBA based UI of the client tool for Aspose.Cells for Reporting Services

In the latest version 1.1.1.0 of Aspose.Cells for Reporting Services, we have made some changes to the client tool which is used to design reports in MS Excel. We have now used VBA to develop the UI of the client tool and C# to develop its other features. This removes its dependency on Excel PIA and makes installation and deployment easier. The support for sub-report design, manual input report range and composite markers have also been included in this release along with numerous bug fixes. The latest version can be downloaded from here. For more information please visit the official release page and the accompanying blog post.

Importing DrawingML graphics with Aspose.Words for .NET

Aspose.Words for .NET version 5.1.0.0 has been released. This new release brings improvements to DOCX (Office Open XML) import of DrawingML graphics; some images in the DrawingML format are now supported. ODT (OpenDocument) export has also been improved as well as an option to export to a CSS stylesheet (embedded in HTML or separate file) is now available when exporting to HTML. We have also resolved some problems that customers were experiencing on 64bit Windows. In addition to this, numerous other bug fixes and improvements have been incorporated into this release. For detailed information please visit the official release page and the accompanying blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Words for .NET can be downloaded from here.

Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services 1.1.5.0 released


The latest version 1.1.5.0 of Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services has been released. In this release we have added the capability to export Hyperlink actions. By RDL specifications, hyperlinks can now be added to images and text boxes in a report. For more information please visit the official release page. The latest version of Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services can be downloaded from here.

Cloning slides inside PPTX presentation

Aspose.Slides for .NET version 2.8.3.0 has been released. This was soon followed by the release of version 2.8.4.0. The new release now supports cloning of slides inside one presentation for PPTX format. Also supported is the rendering of headers, footers, slide numbers and all types of automatically generated dates, etc. on thumbnail, SVG and PDF. Many internal improvements for reading/writing PPTX and numerous other bug fixes have been incorporated into these releases. For more information please visit the official release pages here and here. The latest version of Aspose.Slides for .NET can be downloaded from here.

Digital signature supported in Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java

The latest version 2.0.0.0 of Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java has been released. In this release the support for digital signature has been added. Users are now able to secure the PDF document with digital certificate. Also added is the support for extracting various comments (annotations) including types of text, highlight, stamp, attachment, etc. as well as the support for CJK font for filling fields and stamping texts. Also included in this release are numerous bug fixes and improvements. Please visit the official release page and the accompanying blog post for more information. You can download the latest version of Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java from here.

Aspose.Cells for .NET 4.4.3.0 released

Aspose.Cells for .NET version 4.4.3.0 has been released. This was preceded by the release of version 4.4.2.0 earlier. The new release now supports the DAYS360 function in formula calculation engine, and the 2007 XLSM format. In addition to this, two new methods, Cell.GetStyle and Cell.SetStyle, have been added to optimize memory usage. Also included in this release are numerous bug fixes and improvements. For more information please visit the official release pages here and here, as well as the accompanying blog post. The latest version of Aspose.Cells for .NET can be downloaded from here.

Aspose.Slides for Java supports OLE1 native objects and bidirectional writing

The latest version 1.8.3.0 of Aspose.Slides for Java has been released. The new release includes support for OLE1 native objects and bidirectional writing. Also included is the support for any number of meta characters (which represent slide numbers, header, footers and etc.) in a text frame through TextFrame.getMetaCharacters() method. In addition to this the rendering of headers, footers, slide numbers and all types of automatically generated dates, etc. on thumbnail, SVG and PDF is also supported. Numerous other bug fixes and improvements have been incorporated into this release as well. For more information please visit the official release page. The latest version of Aspose.Slides for Java can be downloaded from here.

Technical Article – Converting DOC to PDF with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 using Aspose Components

This article describes how you can add the ability of converting DOC to PDF (DOC2PDF) to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) using Aspose.Words and Aspose.Pdf. The article will guide you in creating a small console application in Visual Studio that works as a document converter for SharePoint and invokes the Aspose components to perform the conversion. It is easy to add even more types of document conversions by following the example in this article. You can find the complete article here.

Technical Tip – How to efficiently use Aspose.Slides in your applications

Speed optimizations

Aspose.Slides has many features for managing presentations. Some of these features are quite efficient in terms of execution speed while others are a bit time consuming. The main idea of speed optimization is replace slow operations with their more efficient alternatives where possible. Following are some useful operation replacements:

When creating presentations from templates try to avoid cloning slides from one presentation to another. Sometimes it’s better to open template and delete unnecessary slides instead of cloning each slide from the template to an empty presentation.
If you are creating a presentation with several similar slides then avoid cloning each slide from template. You should do it only once and after that clone this created slide inside your target presentation. Cloning local slides is more efficient than cloning between presentations.
Create whole table at once if possible instead of adding new columns and rows later. This can also reduce memory usage.
Fill table cells row by row from left to right and from top to bottom. Another order can slow down the process dramatically.

Size optimization

Most of the optimization tasks related to size of the presentation are executed automatically by Aspose.Slides when you save the presentation to a file or stream. However there are several additional ways to further reduce the size of the presentation:

Don’t forget to delete unused master slides and handout.
Reuse fonts and images in a presentation.
Delete alternative text from shapes if you are not going to use it later.
Insert common shapes and images to master slide.
Minimize the number of text portions if possible.

Aspose Customer Newsletter, April 2008

2008-04-01T20:11:20Z

In This Issue

Welcome!
Product Spotlight – Aspose.Tasks
Aspose.Words for Java has matured
Aspose.Cells for Java 1.9.4.0 released
New Documentation module
Aspose.Words for Reporting Services 2.1.0.0 released
CJK font in Form Field is supported by Aspose.Pdf.Kit for .NET
Aspose.Pdf for Java 2.3.0.0 released
Aspose.BarCode for .NET 2.5.0.0 released
Aspose.BarCode for Java supports OneCode barcode
Technical Tip – Convert text file to PDF

Welcome

Welcome to the April 2008 issue of the Aspose Newsletter! In this month’s newsletter, we will provide some introductory information about our spotlight product: Aspose.Tasks. We will also look at the new and exciting features offered in the recent releases of Aspose.Words, Aspose.Cells, Aspose.Words for Reporting Services, Aspose.Pdf.Kit, Aspose.Pdf and Aspose.BarCode. You will learn about the latest news from Aspose along with the monthly Tech-Tip, which demonstrates how you can convert text file to PDF.

Product Spotlight

Aspose.Tasks is a non-graphical .NET Project® management component that enables .NET applications to read and write Project® documents without utilizing Microsoft Project®. Similar to Aspose.Slides, Aspose.Tasks is in a league of its own. It is the first and only .NET component that provides the functionality to manage Project® documents. Aspose.Tasks is a very mature product that offers stability and flexibility. As with all of the Aspose file format components, Aspose.Tasks works well with both Win Form and Web Form applications. Take the time to download the free evaluation version today to see how Aspose.Tasks can work for you.

Aspose.Words for Java has matured

A matured Aspose.Words for Java version 2.4.1.0 has been released. This release includes a separate Aspose.Words jar built for JDK1.6. All external libraries are obfuscated into Aspose.Words jar and we have used our own javadoc generation tool that better fits Aspose.Words structure so the user can get help more easily. For more information about the enhancements presented in these releases you are requested to visit the official release page here. The latest version of Aspose.Words for Java can be downloaded from here.

Aspose.Cells for Java 1.9.4.0 released

The latest version 1.9.4.0 of Aspose.Cells for Java has been released. This latest release includes support for adding rich text for shapes such as Arc, Oval, Rectangle, Comment, TextBox. In this version you can read all shapes from template and set array in SmartMarker. In addition to this all types of placement for shapes are supported. Also included in this release are many improvements and numerous bug fixes. The latest version can be downloaded from here. For more details, please visit its official release page.

New Documentation Module

We present an updated Documentation section that enables you to browse all Aspose product documentation from one place. While browsing documentation pages, you can always ask questions or make comments by clicking 'Got a question? We guarantee a prompt response to any inquiry!' link in the footer part of the page. Check out the 'bookmark' link in the bottom of documentation pages - it enables you to add bookmark to the current documentation page in your favorite book marking site. For more information please consult the release page.

Aspose.Words for Reporting Services 2.1.0.0 released


Aspose.Words for Reporting Services version 2.1.0.0 has been released. This latest release is based on the latest Aspose.Words for .NET version 5.0.2.0 and includes support for dynamic table/matrix columns, report columns and header/footer background images. The product documentation has also been updated. You will also find many improvements and numerous bug fixes in this release. For more information please consult the official release page. The latest version of Aspose.Words for Reporting Services can be downloaded from here.

CJK font in Form Field is supported by Aspose.Pdf.Kit for .NET

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for .NET 3.0.0.0 has been released. In this release, CJK font is supported in Form Field. We have also spent a lot of time on optimizing the performance and as a result it has improved significantly. Digital signature and attachment features have been made more powerful as well. Numerous other improvements and bug fixes have also been included in this release. For more information please visit the official release page. Please download this latest release from here.

Aspose.Pdf for Java 2.3.0.0 released

The latest version 2.3.0.0 of Aspose.Pdf for Java has been released. In this release, some important features such as Text, Table, Image and Graph have been greatly enhanced. Attachment and HeaderFooter have been rewritten to support more flexible control. The ability to create PDF via XML has been improved and an XML Schema Definition file has been formed. Also included in this release are numerous bug fixes and improvements. Please visit the official release page for more information. You can download the latest version of Aspose.Pdf for Java from here.

Aspose.BarCode for .NET 2.5.0.0 released

After about two months of development and bug fixing, we have released Aspose.BarCode for .NET version 2.5.0.0. In this release, we have addressed the performance issue for USPS barcode recognition. The recognition speed is much better (almost 10 times faster) as compared to the previous version. Numerous bug fixes and improvements have also been incorporated into this release. For more information please visit the release page. The latest version is available for download from here.

Aspose.BarCode for Java supports OneCode barcode


Aspose.BarCode for Java version 1.3.0.0 has been released. With this release the support for USPS OneCode barcode images generation has been added. Numerous bug fixes and improvements have also been incorporated into this release. For more information please visit the release page. The latest version is available for download from here.

Technical Tip – Convert text file to PDF

We often get queries from customers who would like to convert their text files to PDF. We are often asked if we can quickly provide some code which can accomplish this task and save them the effort of going through the documentation. So for the benefit of everyone, we present here a simple example which can be used as it is to easily and efficiently convert a text file to PDF using Aspose.Pdf.

[C#]

System.IO.TextReader tr = new StreamReader("test.txt");

//Instantiate Pdf pbject by calling its empty constructor

Aspose.Pdf.Pdf pdf1 = new Aspose.Pdf.Pdf();

//Create a new section in the Pdf object

Aspose.Pdf.Section sec1 = pdf1.Sections.Add();

//Create a new text paragraph and pass the text to its constructor as argument

Aspose.Pdf.Text t2 = new Aspose.Pdf.Text(tr.ReadToEnd());

sec1.Paragraphs.Add(t2);

pdf1.Save("test.Pdf");

[VB.NET]

Dim tr As System.IO.TextReader = New StreamReader("test.txt")

'Instantiate Pdf pbject by calling its empty constructor

Dim pdf1 As Aspose.Pdf.Pdf = New Aspose.Pdf.Pdf()

'Create a new section in the Pdf object

Dim sec1 As Aspose.Pdf.Section = pdf1.Sections.Add()

'Create a new text paragraph and pass the text to its constructor as argument

Dim t2 As Aspose.Pdf.Text = New Aspose.Pdf.Text(tr.ReadToEnd())

sec1.Paragraphs.Add(t2)

pdf1.Save("test.Pdf")

[Java]

try{

   StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(1024);

   BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("test.txt"));

   char[] chars = new char[1024];

   int numRead = 0;

   while( (numRead = reader.read(chars)) > -1){

      sb.append(String.valueOf(chars));

   }

   reader.close();

   //Instantiate Pdf pbject by calling its empty constructor

   Pdf pdf1 = new Pdf();

   //Create a new section in the Pdf object

   Section sec1 = pdf1.getSections().add();

   //Create a new text paragraph and pass the text to its constructor as argument

   Text text1 = new Text(sec1,sb.toString());

   sec1.getParagraphs().add(text1);

   pdf1.save(new FileOutputStream(new File("test.pdf")));

}catch(java.io.IOException ioe){

   System.out.println(ioe.getMessage());

}catch(AsposeBaseException e){

   System.out.println(e.getMessage());

}