Aspose Customer Newsletter, June 2008

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.