We are pleased to announce the new monthly release of Aspose.Words for Android via Java 18.4. Aspose.Words for Android via Java has full functionality of Aspose.Words for Java with few limitations, minor API changes and additional requirements. This version also includes all bug fixes and public API changes made in Aspose.Words for Java 18.4, see following release notes for more information.

Aspose.Words for Java 18.4 release notes
Aspose.Words for Android via Java 18.4 release notes

Aspose.Words for Android via Java 18.4 now allows you to perform following tasks:

• Open and Save Encrypted OpenDocument
• How to Add a Watermark in Table Cell
• Verify Encrypted Document

Public Ref Class for out-ref Emulation Added in API

Related issue: WORDSJAVA-1756
On .NET baseline, some public API methods contain out/ref params in signatures. Service classes Ref, RefInt, RefBoolean, etc. are added to emulate out/ref in Java. Now, the code like:

void SomeMethod(ref Document doc, out int i)

void someMethod(Ref doc, RefInt i)

The Ref* classes contain get() and set() methods to get and set the value.

Here is a look at just a few of the biggest features and API changes in this month’s release.

• Added public Ref<T> class for out/ref emulation in public API.
• Provide an ability to work with password-protected ODT and OTT file formats
• Preserve PaperTray information in PCL
• Added ShapeBase.IsLayoutInCell property 
• Implemented optimization of metafile rendering vector output. Optimization includes applying intermediate transformations directly to the graphics and removing redundant canvases. Such optimization is also performed by MW when saving metafiles as vector graphics to PDF, XPS, etc.
• PaperTray information is now saved in PCL output
• “DrawingML shapes are not fully supported” warning is not thrown anymore, more specific warnings are used instead while rendering
• DrawingML shapes with auto-size and empty textboxes don’t throw exception while rendering now
• WordArt objects with empty fill now cast only outline shadows while rendering. Previously the whole shape cast a shadow
• Improved rendering of MathAccentElement. The accent symbol is rendered in accordance with the letter’s height
• Improved rendering of PieChart, if data labels have a manual layout
• Improved rendering of the text boxes with OleObjects (e.g. Math equation)
• Improved rendering of WordArt objects with gradient fill
• Fixed a bug causing the corruption of radial gradient fill for rotated shapes while rendering
• Fixed rendering of “Monotype Hadassah” font with legacy encoding
• Fixed a problem with META_SETPIXEL WMF record while rendering meta-files
• Improved frame width calculation when paragraph has right indent
• Improved computation of widths of ideographic space when combined with document grid, space inside footnotes
• Improved floating table positioning for RTL tables in 2013 compatibility mode
• Improved layout of 2013 compatible documents when page break overlaps footer
• Improved positioning of wrapped lines in 2013 compatibility mode, and lines with large inline images
• Fixed issue with character compressing when Kinsoku rule is ignored by document
• Fixed incorrect glyph selection for Zero Width No-Break Space when font does not have this glyph
• Fixed comment range highlighting issue when comment spans multiple pages inside a repeated header row of a table
• Fixed rendering of text in merged cells when row contains hidemark attribute on the cell break and all remaining cells are merged

‘Aspose.Words for Android via Java’ is an advanced Word document processing API to perform a wide range of document processing tasks directly within your native Android applications. Aspose.Words for Android via Java API supports DOC, OOXML, RTF, HTML, OpenDocument, PDF, XPS, EPUB and other formats. You can generate, modify, convert and render documents.
Learn more about Aspose.Words for Android via Java

Aspose.Words for Android via Java API Resources

Following are the links to some useful resources you may need to accomplish your tasks.

• Aspose.Words for Android via Java Online Documentation (‘Aspose.Words for Android via Java’ is very similar to ‘Aspose.Words for Java’. So, you can use the same documentation)
• Features
• Limitations and API Differences
• Product Page
• Install Aspose.Words for Android via Java from Maven
• API Reference Guide (Aspose.Words for Android via Java is very similar to Aspose.Words for Java. So, you can use the same API Reference Guide)
• Free Support Forum
• Paid Support Helpdesk
• GitHub Examples

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Start a free trial today – all you need is to sign up with Aspose. Once you have signed up, you are ready to try all the powerful file processing features offered by Aspose.

You can easily download ‘Aspose.Words for Android via Java’ API for evaluation. The evaluation download is the same as the purchased download. The evaluation version simply becomes licensed when you add a few lines of code to apply the license.

The evaluation version of Aspose.Words for Android via Java (without a license specified) provides full product functionality, but it inserts an evaluation watermark at the top of the document on open and save, and limits the maximum document size to several hundred paragraphs.

If you want to test ‘Aspose.Words for Android via Java’ API without the evaluation version limitations, you can also request a 30-day Temporary License. Please refer to How to get a Temporary License?

We are pleased to announce the new monthly release of Aspose.Words for Java 18.4. The release of this month contains number of new features, enhancements and bug fixes of the issues reported by our users in previous versions. Please check the detailed release notes of Aspose.Words for Java 18.4 to get an idea about all the new features/enhancements and fixes made in this release. Furthermore, if you are planning to upgrade the API from any previous version, we strongly recommend you to check the Public API Changes section of current release and other intermediate releases from release notes folder, to know what has been changed since your current revision of the API.

The following sections describe some details regarding these newly added features/enhancements.

Public Ref Class for out-ref Emulation Added in Java API

Related issue: WORDSJAVA-1756
On .NET baseline, some public API methods contain out/ref params in signatures. Service classes Ref, RefInt, RefBoolean, etc. are added to emulate out/ref in Java. Now, the code like:

void SomeMethod(ref Document doc, out int i)

void someMethod(Ref doc, RefInt i)

The Ref* classes contain get() and set() methods to get and set the value.

Ability to Work with Password-Protected ODT and OTT File Formats

The OdtSaveOptions class can be used to specify additional options when saving a document into the ODT or OTT format. You can initializes a new instance of this class that can be used to save a document in the ODT format encrypted with a password. You can also use OdtSaveOptions.Password property to get or set password to encrypt document. The code sample below shows how to load and save OpenDocument encrypted with password.
Open and Save Encrypted OpenDocument

Ability to Preserve PaperTray Information in PCL Added

We have added support to preserve paper tray information when exporting document to PCL format. No additional code is required. Following information is transferred from document’s model to PCL file.

PageSetup.FirstPageTray
PageSetup.OtherPagesTray

Please note that the value of paper tray is passed from document as is. PCL format supports only 8-bit identifiers for paper tray so make sure this values are correct for PCL printer.

ShapeBase.IsLayoutInCell Property Added

We have added ShapeBase.IsLayoutInCell property in this version of Aspose.Words. This property gets or sets a flag indicating whether the shape is displayed inside a table or outside of it. The property may be helpful for shapes (mainly VML) that are placed into a table cell but are needed to position without binding to the cell. Please refer to the following article.
How to Add a Watermark in Table Cell

Optimization of Vector Graphics Output of Metafile Rendering

We have implemented optimization of metafile rendering vector output. Optimization includes applying intermediate transformations directly to the graphics and removing redundant canvases. Such optimization is also performed by MS Word when saving metafiles as vector graphics to PDF, XPS, etc. Optimization may affect the visual appearance of metafile vector graphics in viewer applications due to peculiarities of vector graphics rendering. For example, there are cases when not optimized output looks faded out in Acrobat Reader comparing to optimized output. Metafile output optimization is controlled by existing FixedPageSaveOptions.OptimizeOutput flag.

Obsolete LoadOptions.WebRequestTimeout Property Removed

We have removed obsolete property WebRequestTimeout from the LoadOptions class in Aspose.Words 18.4. Please use the HtmlLoadOptions.WebRequestTimeout property instead.

Other Improvements

There are 75 improvements and fixes in this regular monthly release. The most notable are:

• Added public Ref<T> class for out/ref emulation in public API.
• Provide an ability to work with password-protected ODT and OTT file formats
• Preserve PaperTray information in PCL    
• Added ShapeBase.IsLayoutInCell property 
• Implemented optimization of metafile rendering vector output. Optimization includes applying intermediate transformations directly to the graphics and removing redundant canvases. Such optimization is also performed by MW when saving metafiles as vector graphics to PDF, XPS, etc.
• PaperTray information is now saved in PCL output
• “DrawingML shapes are not fully supported” warning is not thrown anymore, more specific warnings are used instead while rendering
• DrawingML shapes with auto-size and empty textboxes don’t throw exception while rendering now
• WordArt objects with empty fill now cast only outline shadows while rendering. Previously the whole shape cast a shadow
• Improved rendering of MathAccentElement. The accent symbol is rendered in accordance with the letter’s height
• Improved rendering of PieChart, if data labels have a manual layout
• Improved rendering of the text boxes with OleObjects (e.g. Math equation)
• Improved rendering of WordArt objects with gradient fill
• Fixed a bug causing the corruption of radial gradient fill for rotated shapes while rendering
• Fixed rendering of “Monotype Hadassah” font with legacy encoding
• Fixed a problem with META_SETPIXEL WMF record while rendering meta-files
• Improved frame width calculation when paragraph has right indent
• Improved computation of widths of ideographic space when combined with document grid, space inside footnotes
• Improved floating table positioning for RTL tables in 2013 compatibility mode
• Improved layout of 2013 compatible documents when page break overlaps footer
• Improved positioning of wrapped lines in 2013 compatibility mode, and lines with large inline images
• Fixed issue with character compressing when Kinsoku rule is ignored by document
• Fixed incorrect glyph selection for Zero Width No-Break Space when font does not have this glyph
• Fixed comment range highlighting issue when comment spans multiple pages inside a repeated header row of a table
• Fixed rendering of text in merged cells when row contains hidemark attribute on the cell break and all remaining cells are merged

Aspose.Words for Java Resources

The following resources will help you work with Aspose.Words for Java:

• Home page for Aspose.Words for Java
• Install Aspose.Words for Java from Maven
• Words product family forum – Post your technical questions and queries, or any other problem you faced while running Aspose.Words APIs.
  • Free Support Forum
  • Paid Support Forum
• Aspose.Words for Java online documentation– Help documentation.
• Aspose.Words for Java online API reference– API reference documents.
• Enable Blog Subscription– Do not limit yourself, you can keep yourself updated with the latest news on Aspose.Words, APIs, new features, fixes and other API related topics by subscribing to Aspose.Words blog.
• Aspose.Words for Java Examples – We have published our code examples on the social coding website GitHub.com. Anyone could explore the code examples for learning purposes.

We are pleased to announce our next version Aspose.Words for .NET 18.4. This month’s release contains over 66 useful new features, enhancements and bug fixes. Please see the release notes for more detail. If you are planning to upgrade from older version of Aspose.Words to the current version, we would strongly suggest you to check the Public API and Backward Incompatible Changes section to know what APIs are changed so far.

Here is a look at just a few of the biggest features and API changes in this month’s release.

• Provide an ability to work with password-protected ODT and OTT file formats
• Preserve PaperTray information in PCL
• Added ShapeBase.IsLayoutInCell property
• Implemented optimization of metafile rendering vector output. Optimization includes applying intermediate transformations directly to the graphics and removing redundant canvases. Such optimization is also performed by MS Word when saving metafiles as vector graphics to PDF, XPS, etc.
• PaperTray information is now saved in PCL output
• “DrawingML shapes are not fully supported” warning is not thrown anymore, more specific warnings are used instead while rendering
• DrawingML shapes with auto-size and empty textboxes don’t throw exception while rendering now
• WordArt objects with empty fill now cast only outline shadows while rendering. Previously the whole shape cast a shadow
• Improved rendering of MathAccentElement. The accent symbol is rendered in accordance with the letter’s height
• Improved rendering of PieChart, if data labels have a manual layout
• Improved rendering of the text boxes with OleObjects (e.g. Math equation)
• Improved rendering of WordArt objects with gradient fill
• Fixed a bug causing the corruption of radial gradient fill for rotated shapes while rendering
• Fixed rendering of “Monotype Hadassah” font with legacy encoding
• Fixed a problem with META_SETPIXEL WMF record while rendering meta-files
• Improved frame width calculation when paragraph has right indent
• Improved computation of widths of ideographic space when combined with document grid, space inside footnotes
• Improved floating table positioning for RTL tables in 2013 compatibility mode
• Improved layout of 2013 compatible documents when page break overlaps footer
• Improved positioning of wrapped lines in 2013 compatibility mode, and lines with large inline images
• Fixed issue with character compressing when Kinsoku rule is ignored by document
• Fixed incorrect glyph selection for Zero Width No-Break Space when font does not have this glyph
• Fixed comment range highlighting issue when comment spans multiple pages inside a repeated header row of a table
• Fixed rendering of text in merged cells when row contains hidemark attribute on the cell break and all remaining cells are merged

Ability to Work with Password-Protected ODT and OTT File Formats

In this version of Aspose.Words, we have added support to export document to ODT and OTT file formats encrypted with password. Please read following article for more detail.
Open and Save Encrypted OpenDocument

The following public API has been added to the OdtSaveOptions class:

/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of this class that can be used to save a document in 
/// the <see cref="Words.SaveFormat.Odt"/> format encrypted with a password.
/// </summary>
public OdtSaveOptions(string password)

/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets a password to encrypt document.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>In order to save document without encryption this property should be null 
/// or empty string.</para>
/// </remarks>
public string Password

Added Support to Preserve PaperTray Information in PCL

We have added support to preserve paper tray information when exporting document to PCL format. No additional code is required. Following information is transferred from document’s model to PCL file.

PageSetup.FirstPageTray
PageSetup.OtherPagesTray

Please note that the value of paper tray is passed from document as is. PCL format supports only 8-bit identifiers for paper tray so make sure this values are correct for PCL printer.

Added ShapeBase.IsLayoutInCell property

We have added ShapeBase.IsLayoutInCell property in this version of Aspose.Words. This property gets or sets a flag indicating whether the shape is displayed inside a table or outside of it. The property may be helpful for shapes (mainly VML) that are placed into a table cell but are needed to position without binding to the cell. Please refer to the following article.

How to Add a Watermark in Table Cell

/// <summary>
/// Gets or sets a flag indicating whether the shape is displayed inside a table or outside of it.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The default value is <b>true</b>.
/// Has effect only for top level shapes, the property <see cref="WrapType"/> of which is set to value
/// other than <see cref="WrapType.Inline"/>.
/// </remarks>
public bool IsLayoutInCell
{
    get; set;
}

Optimization of Vector Graphics Output of Metafile Rendering

We have implemented optimization of metafile rendering vector output. Optimization includes applying intermediate transformations directly to the graphics and removing redundant canvases. Such optimization is also performed by MS Word when saving metafiles as vector graphics to PDF, XPS, etc. Optimization may affect the visual appearance of metafile vector graphics in viewer applications due to peculiarities of vector graphics rendering. For example, there are cases when not optimized output looks faded out in Acrobat Reader comparing to optimized output. Metafile output optimization is controlled by existing FixedPageSaveOptions.OptimizeOutput flag.

Obsolete property LoadOptions.WebRequestTimeout was removed

We have removed obsolete property WebRequestTimeout from the LoadOptions class in Aspose.Words 18.4. Please use the HtmlLoadOptions.WebRequestTimeout property instead.

Aspose.Words for .NET Resources

The following resources will help you work with Aspose.Words for .NET:

• Home page of .NET API.
• Install using NuGet Package
• Documentation – up-to-date documentation containing Programmer’s Guide, Knowledge Base and much more.
• API Reference Guide – detailing the publicly exposed classes, methods, properties, constants & interfaces.
• Aspose.Words Product Family Forum – post your technical questions and queries, or any other problem you are facing while working with Aspose.Words APIs.
  • Free Support Forum
  • Paid Support Forum
• Enable Blog Subscription – do not limit yourself, you can keep yourself updated with the latest news on Aspose.Words APIs, new features, fixes and other API related topics by subscribing to Aspose.Words blog.
• Examples – we have published our code examples on the social coding website GitHub.com. Anyone could explore the code examples for learning purposes.